subject: How to Buy a New Car and Save [print this page] The key to successful bargaining is to offer much less than what you are willing to pay initially. Chances are they might accept your first offer, then you will have struck a good deal and got more than what you bargained' for. If they don't accept your first offer, then go ahead and give them another. They are most likely to agree this time and the new car will be yours in a matter of hours.