didnt know exactly where to post this question, but hope someone can answer this for me. How difficult is it to buy a car in the DR ? and what is the deal with paying so much down and having the dealer hold your car while you make payments to him. Is it also true that if you do this the mechanic at the dealers sometimes strip parts off your car and sell them and than replaces them with faulty replacement part off of non running cars, so that basically if it takes you a while to pay for your car you could end up with a real JUNK ? and if you sign a contract with a dealer can he keep all the money you have paid him if you can not finish paying for the car, and must cancel the original deal with the? or are you just penalised for cancelling the contract, say a percent or a forfiet fee ? Thanks, really need an answer on this. and also is it extremly hard to get financing thru a bank in the DR ? do dealerships often try to sell you stolen cars and do you also have to go to the police after you buy the car and pay for an inspection to find out that you infact have just purchased a stolen vehicle....I just cant believe some of the story that I have been told by someone there. BW