only if you let them....i worked at a car lot and some people would just come in and say, i dont know my credit score so im not sure what kind of loan i can get......they run the report, show it to you and then you decide whether you want to have them go ahead with looking for a loan.....Worst idea ever, they will shoot your app out to tons of banks resulting in tons of inquiries on your credit...impacting your score pretty badly.
All auto or home buying inquiries in a set time are supposed to be considered together and not impact you as much, but when I went car shopping last month that was not the case...I got hella dinged.
