Total cost of ownership, why the monthly payment is the wrong number, and what depreciation does before anything else.
The largest cost of owning a car never appears as a bill, which is why it is the one most often left out.
Buy on total cost, never on the monthly payment, and negotiate the price and the financing as two separate transactions.
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