/r/askcarsales/

r/askcarsales

286k members
r/askcarsales is a subreddit with 286k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and pain & anger, and the community frequently discusses car, dealership, car sales, buying, and buy, and they frequently recommend/review dress shoe, car loan, and midsize suv.
A place to ask professionals in various aspects of the industry your questions. Top level replies are from accounts that have been vetted and flaired. If you have not decided what car you wish to buy, please use /r/whatcarshouldibuy.

Popular Themes in r/askcarsales

#1
Advice Requests
: "Need to buy a car, but don’t want to waste a whole day at a dealership. How do I speed up the process?"
20 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "Dealer agreed to OTD price over email, now saying they "forgot" to include a $1,200 ceramic coating once I'm sitting in the finance office"
11 posts
#3
Money Talk
: "I found a "new" car I want. It's a 2025 been on the lot for 400+ days, so it appears to be a great deal. Dealer won't sell it, because they don't want to do the two recalls on it. They're just going to let it sit.....why?"
7 posts
#4
Solution Requests
: "Need help with Refinancing APR HIGH"
2 posts
#5
News
: "Experian Q1 2026 State of the Automotive Finance Market report"
1 post

Popular Topics in r/askcarsales

#1

Car

: "I found a "new" Car I want. It's a 2025 been on the lot for 400+ days, so it appears to be a great deal. Dealer won't sell it, because they don't want to do the two recalls on it. They're just going to let it sit.....why?"
118 posts
#2

Dealership

: "Dealership is screwing us out of commisions"
45 posts
#3

Car Sales

: "First month in Car Sales, sold zero so far. Feeling very sad"
43 posts
#4

Buying

: "Buying a new car and clueless"
41 posts
#5

Buy

: "Need to Buy a car, but don’t want to waste a whole day at a dealership. How do I speed up the process?"
37 posts
#6

Dealer

: "Dealer agreed to OTD price over email, now saying they "forgot" to include a $1,200 ceramic coating once I'm sitting in the finance office"
25 posts
#7

Worst

23 posts
#8

Time

: "Dealer agreed to OTD price over email, now saying they "forgot" to include a $1,200 ceramic coating once I'm sitting in the finance office"
20 posts
#9

Struggling

20 posts
#10

Negotiation

: "Dealer wants to add $2,100 to my purchase order because of tariffs, car is still in transit. Is a signed PO even binding?"
20 posts

Products Discussed in r/askcarsales

Dress Shoe

6 reviews
#1
Cole Haan
5.0 from 3 reviews
#2
Ecco
5.0 from 1 review
#3
Johnston & Murphy
4.0 from 1 review

Car Loan

5 reviews
#1
Credit Union
4.7 from 3 reviews
#2
Credit Unions
4.0 from 1 review
#3
Mazda
5.0 from 1 review

Midsize Suv

4 reviews
#1
Toyota
4.0 from 2 reviews
#2
GMC
4.0 from 1 review
#3
Volkswagen
5.0 from 1 review

Flair Used in r/askcarsales

#1
US Sale
: "New car I was about to buy was hit while being shown the features of the car"
145 posts
#2
Canadian Sale
: "Popup on account with message “customer is rude to service”?"
12 posts
#3
Meta
: "How and why did trucks go from "blue collar staple" to "luxury status symbol"?"
11 posts
#4
Private Sale
: "Post sale disagreement"
4 posts

Member Growth in r/askcarsales

Yearly
+31k members(12.0%)

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Last updated: June 4, 2026