Let's face it. Even though we don't like to admit it, you can run a dealership without any software. You can fill out the contracts and state forms by hand. We have even heard of dealers filling out an amortization sheet (You know, the list with each predicted payment, the date due, interest and principle) by hand. You can fill out the bank forms by hand or with a typewriter, if they require it.

If you do your own financing, you can use a calculator to calculate the interest and principal paid with each payment. You can fill in the receipt by hand. You can keep running accounts of balances on sheets of paper in a folder in the metal file cabinet. You can keep 3 by 5 cards with customers' addresses and phone numbers and birthdays so you can keep in touch with them.

But why would you want to? All of these things can be done by EZ Auto Sales. The only thing you do "by hand" is to type in the basic information required for each sale. You only have to type it once. With a few clicks, you can print the sales forms and contracts, an amortization sheet and a birthday list of your customers. You can take payments and automatically calculate the next due date, late fees, interest principle and get a list of payments for that customer who said he "really did" make his last payment.