According to esure, only 65 per cent of consumers would attempt to negotiate on the price of a new car and 2.3 million drivers would not bother to check the current market value of their existing motor when planning a part-exchange deal. What's more, the insurer noted that 30 per cent of motorists said that they would spend less than an hour, if any time at all, researching how to actually pay for their new car. Worryingly, 92 per cent of people were unable to correctly explain the meaning

man how much more money would we be able to make or save if we just be bothered!

UK motorists are set to waste almost £174 million by signing up to car dealer finance when they buy their new ‘08’ registration cars in March, reveals uSwitch.com, the independent price comparison and switching website.

Shopping around is a must! I can't beleive more people don't do it. The internet is a great tool for doing research and comparing prices. I got £1000 off my Audi TT as i was haggling with 2 dealers playing them off one another.