Simple Dir Question

[fallnwrld]

Ok, in a dos environment if i wanted to find a file that begins with car and doesn't really matter what the file extension is i would type. Dir/s c:\car.*...now i want to do something similar in vb but don't know any wild card...ex

If Dir$(\book\car) <> "" Then
msgbox "I want it to find any file that has car but no extension"
elseif
msgbox "but instead it finds the car file but if the file is car.12 and i look for "car" it doesnt find it..so need to get that code to look for car.*..got me?)
end if

[Iain17]

If Dir$("\boo\car.*") <> "" Then
  'At least 1 file exists
End if

[fallnwrld]

I thought * is used as a operator, not a wild card. Got a little confused there, but thanks.