"Alex M. Stein" <alexmstein@eartnospamhlink.net> wrote in message
news:ATqJb.32034$Pg1.19208@newsread1.news.pas.eart hlink.net...
> We just got a Civic Hybrid and did almost the entire thing over the
> Internet.
>
> I got quotes from Internet managers via several services (autobytel and
> Edmunds, I think). Let them negotiate via email, then called the Internet
> manager only when I'd agreed on the price. Went in, gave them a check,
got
> the car. According to the net sites, we got the car for $300 below
invoice
> (so with dealer holdback, they were still able to make a bit of money).
>
> My big piece of advice if you use the internet is not to put your correct
> phone number in when you register at autobytel, etc. Otherwise, even if
you
> clearly say you don't want phone calls, everyone calls you immediately.
>

I'm still getting phone calls from last week's car stuff. You need to give
right number though if you are honest about trying to get them to do
business with you. I'm sure the internet people at dealerships get a lotta
junk and people just toying with them. I mean, I dealt with about 20
dealerships via/email phone and only 2-3 got my patronage.