anatoliycherkas - stock.adobe.comBuying a car can be a stressful experience. Are you getting what you want and for the price you want? Auto experts say you should use AI to help you... really."AI can also be extremely helpful when it comes to negotiating at the dealership. That's because most of the time, car salespeople use these things called word tracks, where essentially they have lines that they say in response to any objections they want to overcome. So, if you say a car is too expensive, they might say, well, what, what are you looking to spend?" said Keith Barry, Consumer Reports Auto Expert. Barry suggests putting into the AI prompt: pretend you're a car salesman or dealer and you're negotiating a price with me.The script will play out, and you can go back and forth to role-play negotiations, whether in person or by email. What you don't want to do is ask AI a general question. "You don't want to treat AI like a search engine. If you just ask a very non-specific question, what's the best car? If you ask me that question, I wouldn't be able to tell you that because I don't know what you want in a vehicle," said Barry. For example, ask AI this: Give me a list of SUVs with 3 rows, under $55,000 that have good reliability ratings by Consumer Reports. AdvertisementAdvertisementBarry says don't take AI findings at face value. If it says Consumer Reports recommends the car, actually go to the source and read the article to make sure AI didn't manufacture some of the details.And nothing takes the place of a test drive. AI can say all it wants, but you have to like how the vehicle drives, where the cup holders are, and how the seats feel.