For new cars, there's always YC-backed CarWoo, a no-hassle car buying website: http://carwoo.com/
I haven't tried it, but heard good things. For a lot of brands (especially non-luxury Japanese) new cars are cost-effective right now.
I haven't tried it, but heard good things. For a lot of brands (especially non-luxury Japanese) new cars are cost-effective right now.
http://forum.dealerrefresh.com/f46/carwoo-anyone-2746.html
Search that forum for lots of lovely language from the dealers about those two. TrueCar is particularly despised.
There is some positive feedback from dealers about CarWoo though, more so than TrueCar, so perhaps they figured out a thing or two better.
The dealer I went with was a high-volume dealership in the city. Not only was their price low, but they also were very friendly and helpful. It makes sense to use sites such as this - it's a huge time saving for both the customer and the dealer.
They could do better in filtering our junk offers. I clearly stated that I wanted a silver car without a sunroof but still had dealers spamming me with offers for a red one with a sunroof or whatever.