SUBREDDIT: r/personalfinance
TITLE: building non "credit card" credit
POST: I've generally been quite good with credit cards but I've never understood the different types of credit. I've been good with my money, built up a good credit score (780+) and am now ready to buy my own car (first was a hand me down).

I have enough cash to cover it but I've heard from various people since I was young that credit card credit isn't enough to get the best rates when it comes time to buy a home. I payed for school myself and never took out loans so there's none of that in my history.

So my question is
TL;DR: 
Would I be better off buying a car with cash or should I take out a loan to make some (how many?) payments on a car in order to establish this mysterious "installment" credit that I've never touched?