Hi — welcome to Carlarity. You bought (or you're about to buy) the most honest look you can get at a car deal before you sign it. This manual is your complete guide to everything Carlarity does: your report, your verdict, your negotiation, and the Garage that keeps working for you in the years after you buy.
You do not need to be technical to use any of this. If you can copy a VIN and read a text message, you can run Carlarity. Read the section you need, follow the steps, and you're done.
The one idea behind everything
Car buying runs on an information gap: the dealer knows the real numbers, and most buyers are guessing. Carlarity closes that gap. You give us the VIN and the deal on the table; we give you an independent, data-backed report that says whether the deal is fair — before you sign, while you can still do something about it.
What you need before you start
| You need | Where to find it |
|---|---|
| The 17-character VIN | The listing page, the driver's-side dashboard corner, the door-jamb sticker, or the window sticker. |
| The deal numbers | Price, fees, and (if financing) APR, term, and down payment — from the listing or the dealer's worksheet. |
| Your trade-in numbers (if any) | What the dealer is offering, and your remaining loan payoff if you still owe money. |
| 10 quiet minutes | Two minutes of setup, results in minutes. Best done before you're sitting in the finance office. |