Remar Sutton with coy charm, and an acid pen, takes you on a SERIOUS ride into the mysterious world in which most consumer people know little (or even worse think they know a lot). Buying a car.

I bought this book while researching for my first new car, and while I found numerous tricks before through some websites, this book had everything and more. Dealer tricks, tips, how to finance, understanding the lingo, and knowing most importantly what YOU need.

The book is written in a very logical style, and goes through a hypothetical situation of the ultimate care salesmen nicknamed 'Killer Monsoon'. With Killer in tow, Suton creates a world that is massively informative and entertaining to the reader. You are followed through the day as Killer rips off, people and moves like a shark with stealth pray all the while, you the reader learn how to beat his (and the dealerships) secrets. This how to manual is hardly boring, always fascinating, and enjoyable (yet frightning) to read. I bought this book with the intention of reading it for a 2 week vacation period, but started reading it before I left and COULDN'T PUT IT DOWN! I finished it in about 4 days. And that's the joy of this book, besides its massive amount of information it is never dull or confusing to read, but majorly entertaining as Remar creates every scenario you may face when shopping for a new/used vehicle.

I can't wait to use the knowledge in this book to my advantage I've never been so excited about what I know and what others don't about the whole dealership experience. Suddenly terms as 'water' at a dealership, and 'in the bucket' will keep you empowered.

DO NOT BUY A CAR WITHOUT READING THIS BOOK FIRST!!!!! GET IT NOW!!!

If you don't mind giving your money away, don't read this book but if you're sick and tired of being confused, intimidated and feeling inferior, this book is all about EMPOWERMENT. I agree with the previous reviewer, this book makes you ill reading about car salesman strategies and tactics but when you figure out their game, it's fun to turn the tables and see THEM squirm. Don't forget to do your internet research on car invoice pricing too. That's more arsenal in your pocket! I'm a female car buyer who was robbed on her first car (must be a rite of passage or something) but now feels SOOOO confident about shopping for a car that I don't need to bring my husband along as a "bodyguard". I am shopping for car right now and I have seen every trick described in this book used on me. It's actually funny to see what they'll do next.

I looked at a number of automotive buying books before selecting this one. I give the book 5+ stars for overall readibility and a superb content presentation. The author takes you through the (we only wish) fictional days of a car salesman affectionately named "Killer Monsoon." Killer knows how to manipulate and steal at every opportunity. The author points out strategies of the car salesman and dealership to confuse, trick, manipulate, and steal from customers. It also talks at length at how just giving the dealership your drivers license for a test drive allows them access to matches in their vast databases and your credit information. It's enough to make you think twice about even test driving a car knowing you're credit has been reviewed (without your knowledge) before you even open the door.

A fascinating read for insight into the mind of the salesman and required reading if you are even remotely considering engaging in a transaction involving a car.

Everyday people just rambling on about the major and minor events of their lives, not unlike the way they'd talk around the kitchen table with you if you hadn't seen them in a long time. And then every ten pages or so a famous somebody like George Plimpton or Mary Lou Retton pops up and has a say. Sometimes the topics and the words are fascinating for their very banality, sort of like the graphic stories of Harvey Pekar. And just as often you are moved by the eloquence and universality and "commonness" of all of us. Try to get a copy. It's a great bathroom book. A friend gave me one because she is among the hundreds of people featured in it. A year later I bought FIVE of them from a homeless street vendor in New York. They were kind of scuzzy with age and wear, and the homeless guy couldn't understand why I seemed so happy to find them. Nor could he remember where he had come upon them.

After 16 years in the automobile business, 7 as a manufacturer's representative and 9 as a car dealer, I found Remar Sutton's book, "Don't Get Taken Every Time," the first book that I have read which really tells about the inside workings of an automobile dealership. It offers valuable insight into the automibile business and is important reading for anybody who is about to make one of the largest purchases of their life. If I had read this book when I was in the car business, it would have frightened me. A consumer entering a car dealership without being armed with the information that is in this book is going into battle virtually unarmed. In my post-automobile business years I have given many people similar car buying tips and, from their experience, I can assure you that the information in this book can help change the trama of car buying into an experience that can be fun while saving you hundreds, maybe thousands of dollars. Do not buy your next car before you read this book!

Everyone in the US buys a car at some point. Whether it's a new or used car this book tells you how to buy a car the right way. Think of it as an investment. Spend a little for this book, save a huge amount when buying a car.

It's hard to say enough about this book. Highly, highly recommended.

An incisive look at a dog-eat-dog business. Helps the car buyer through the major pitfalls of purchasing a new or used car which, unfortunately, exist at just about every stop in the car dealership.

For car buyers willing to do their homework, there is no reason to get ripped off. Sutton shows you how to arm yourself with some common-sense tactics that almost anyone can use.

An amusing sidebar for me was, after reading Sutton's book, was having several salespeople AND managers ask me if I was a former car lot manager. I just smiled inscrutibly and answered that I had 'contacts' in the business.