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There’s value in education. When you know better, you do better they say and that goes for car buying as well. So I was just sitting here thinking how challenging things were for me 3 years ago when I was trying to find a car. I didn’t know what kind of car I wanted to drive and what kind of car I needed. I didn’t know where to go or what to do because I really didn’t know anything about buying a car. Now I know so much more about car buying and I have such a better understanding of the process. I planned on purchasing used — hey, that’s something I knew, but outside of that if I knew then what I know now . . .

- I could have saved myself two months of frustration. Looking for a car should be a fun experience and can be when you don’t have an immediate need.

- I would have planned and prepared a lot better by looking around and visiting dealerships before I really needed them.

- I would have had a better understanding of what I wanted and needed in a car (for example, I’d be driving a four door instead of a two door, only a recent discovery that I’m a four-door kind of gal).

- I would have explored more options because I would have had the time to do so.