Bought my first car ( Premium Plus edition ) after searching online and i am nob about cars. been comparing different brands and i thought automatic is automatic. boy.. i was wrong.. i have never hear about CVTs transmission. I have never went to dealers for test drive any of the cars or model.. haha. just watching videos reviews in Youtube.
it really helps to see the interiors of the cars without talking to the dealers in person.
I use mostly ChapGPT to help me making comparison, pricing and using the right words to email to dealers. I would say ChapGPT guide me alot. telling me what need to check etc. any hidden pricing etc. squeezing the pricing down $3500 below MSRP.
I would say emailing can help you to decide properly as facing a dealer will make you make unnecessary mistake.