QUOTE: "I along with many others are terrified of going to the local dealer due to abuse..."
Seems like these car dealerships never learn! I stopped going to car dealers a long time ago for the same reasons, i.e., I felt ripped-off!
Nowadays, when I buy a car, I pay cash, I buy from the owner. Never from a car dealer, and never finance it, that way you have the Title in your hands from the start and nobody can force you to buy collission insurance coverage, which is another rip-off in itself! Just imagine having paid an insurance company for the last 30 years, have you done the math? It's the biggest racket on earth! Politicians and insurance companies are "in bed" together. Insurance companies have an attitude that They Are The Law! Imagine nowadays, they use your CREDIT RECORD to determine your premiums! What a SCAM!
And what do our Politicians DO? Nothing. Absolutely NOTHING! We are at the mercy of those scam-artists, the insurance corporations, and at the mercy of impotent politicians. Think about it.