<prompt> Human: I love the car buying process. Its fun, I take my time, test drive cars, find what I like and try to find a good deal on a 2-4 year old car. Car salesmen are not the ones you need to fear. Many of them are great, and work long hard honest hours to push some cars. As my dad told me before he dropped me off to buy my first used car, When they get you in the back room, thats when theyre going to try to screw you.If you think thats a joke or an understatement, please accept the fact that it is neither. When you sit down in the chair in the finance office, you need to be as alert as a deer in hunting season. Heres how they tried to get me, and I hope I can help one person not get taken. -When I sat down, the finance manager had already opted in on my behalf for every single add-on available. I mean, all of them. They do this every time, and all they need is one final signature, not individually to keep them on. It had an extended warranty, Gap coverage, alarm system, electronics warranty, and a couple others Ill never remember. It was 10:30 at night when I finally got out of there and was exhausted. Two things to know:1 You are not obligated to ANY of them, NO MATTER WHAT THEY SAY. When I had crappy credit, I was almost convinced when they told me the finance company REQUIRED Gap Insurance. Dont believe the nonsense. 2Apparently, after my experience last night, they are not required by any means to explain to you what youre buying. Unless the finance manager I used broke several laws, after an hour of him explaining every detail there was still an extended warranty for a whopping 3,000 that he barely even alluded to! When I finally said, Whats this warranty you keep saying is included? I knew the car was under manufacturers warranty for a short time still, I thought he was talking about that. Nope. I literally had to ask specifically, What am I paying for that? Without me asking that very specific question, he had no intention of mentioning the price. The car still had 13k miles on the warranty, and they wanted to sell me a new one...-You DO NOT have to buy the 1,000-1,500 alarm systeminsurance plan they will almost cry rather than remove. This was the longest part of the process as I waited twenty minutes while they fought me the entire way, using every trick in the book. Dont buy it, dont let them win. Finally, they left it on AND didnt charge me.With all that being said. There are some that you can drastically change the price of and get a good value on something that matters. They offered a dentscratch repair on the body and wheels for five years for 895. I spent over 1,000 over the last four years on my last car from my car being hit while parked at work, so I offered them 300 and they took it. Its something I know with no deductible I can get great value out of. Whats difference? The difference between the number I walked in that room to and the one I left with was 150 a month... Edit: Meaning, I left with 150 lower monthly payment after stripping everything to the boneAgree or disagree with anyone of this, but if I can help one person not get taken, this twenty minutes was worth it. Good luck out there! -PieEDIT: My first post with an upvote ever! Take the time to read through these comments, there are COUNTLESS great pieces of advice people are leaving!  <response>: good post. I had an experience where I found a great deal on a nice used car, with only 8k miles on it. This place was over an hour away from me, so I obviously would not go there for any car service or maintenance. But, after buying the car, the pressure to get a maintenance plan was insane. I could get their platinum plan where they did absolutely everything every week, or their gold plan which did a ton of stuff.They didnt even offer me the choice of getting no plan. When I said i want nothing it was like I was speaking a different language to them, they didnt understand what I meant by nothing.It was hard to get out of there, but I did. I got to admit, I felt like I stabbed the salesman in the nutsack with a hot sauce covered icicle. He looked like his boss was gonna eat his children if he didnt sell me the extended warranty maintenance plan. 