Car Buying Unit PowerPoint

Web Sites Cars: You may purchase either new or used cars. Remember, you have to choose cars based on your career and car budget allowance from the budgeting/careers unit. Your choices must be reasonable based on your projected income. www.kbb.com www.autotrader.com www.automall.com www.nadaguides.com www.AutoNation.com www.carfax.com www.autobytel.com

Miles Per Gallon: If you are buying a used car it should be on the site you used to buy the car.

Insurance: www.geico.com You are going to have to fill in quite a bit of information to get your quote. Make sure you put in accurate information so your quote is accurate.

To calculate the cost of your loan: www.bankrate.com/brm/cgi-bin/apr.asp?prodtype=cc

Required Slide Information *Title Slide Catchy Title Your Name

*Transportation Needs Describe how you will use your vehicle How many miles a month will you drive? Features: Those you need Those you want

*Three Vehicles Compared (Vehicle Comparison) Put all of them on one slide. Name & Year of Each Vehicle Picture of Each Vehicle Price of Each Vehicle

1 *Vehicle You Are Buying Name Year Picture Price Features Basic Features Extra Features

*Insurance Premium price per month—you will be given a semi-annual rate in Geico. You will have to divide this by 6 to get the monthly premium.

*Vehicle Monthly Operating Expenses Insurance Taxes and Fees Gas Maintenance Total Monthly Operating Expenses

*Car Payment—do a comparison of 3, 4, and 5 year loans. Put the comparison information on one slide. Down Payment—will you have one? If so, how much? Amount Borrowed (don’t forget to subtract the down payment) Interest Rate – 5% Years – 3, 4, and 5 years Monthly Payment Amount the loan will really cost *You have to put all of the above information for each year’s scenario. *Tell which scenario you are choosing—3, 4, or 5 years after you look at the monthly payment and the total cost.

2 *Total Monthly Vehicle Expenses Total Operating Expenses Car Payment Total Monthly Expenses

*Conclusion—you come up with a conclusion—a way to wrap up your presentation.

*Works Cited List web sites you used on your very last slide.

PowerPoint Features to Include . Pick one slide color scheme and stick with it. Background Title – text style/color Text – style/color Bullets – style/color . Animations—don’t need any. You are only going to print. . Keep info short and to the point. . Pictures/Clip Art/Word Art . Spell Check/Proofread . Save often! . Print three slides to a page and pure black and white.

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