A few minor things to add to the very helpful advice you have been given, particularly from sa Meredith.
My wife buys her own cars and goes into the dealer, knowledgeable about what she wants and ready to buy. On too many occasions she has not been taken seriously by the salesman and has walked out. Seems she "needs" a man around, which means me, to buy a car. Sad state of affairs but this is the dealer's loss. These experiences were not in NH.
The internet is a tremendous method to gather information about cars and to locate the one you want. But, buyer beware. About 5 years ago we were about to purchase a car 3000 miles away and insisted on seeing the invoice, etc. Seems the specific car we talked about was a year older than was advertised and we were very specific about the model year we wanted; this was not an oversight. We eventually did purchase long distance from another dealer with no problems.
We love cars, just don't like to shop for them
