Re: Manual or Automatic Transmission? Would you compromise?

When it comes to car salesmen & car purchases, you have to be a dick to get a good deal & to get what you want. On my last shopping experience, I ended up talking to the owner's son before getting the answers I wanted. They basically tried to sell me something I wasn't to excited about for a ridiculous price. I got them down $5000 bucks in about 20 mins. Really shows the huge mark up on new/used vehicles. Car shopping isn't for the faint hearted by any means. Good for you for sticking up for what you want. I don't blame you. If you are spending that much money....you damn well should get what you want!!!

> > Mike Smith writes: > > > Just curious if he is telling me the truth when he says that > > none of his customers want a manual transmissin anymore or if > > there are still some die-hard people out there like me. > > The objective of a car salesman is to move inventory. Hooking > you up with what you'd prefer to have is secondary. Not that > an effort won't be made to find what you want among the dealer- > ship's stock, of course. But if, failing that, the salesdroid > can talk you into accepting a vehicle that isn't quite a complete > fit with what you had in mind, so much the better -- for him. > > Sometimes the approaches they take can be pretty lame. Some > years ago I went shopping for a Toyota pickup. I had a specific > color in mind, but the salesman I talked to at one dealership > tried to sell me a truck that was basically what I wanted, but > in metallic brown. He pitched it to me on the basis that the > color was "really popular." Not with me, it wasn't. I held > out and eventually found exactly what I was looking for at > another dealership. > > > > I have heard more people compromise with wanting an auto but > > getting a standard shift car as a compromise, but I guess I > > am the only 'oddball' that wants a stick shift in my cars. > > Not by a longshot. Salesmen will appeal to the all-too-common > herd mentality by telling people that most customers actually > prefer the "other" option, whatever it may be. Of course, the > fact that it happens to be readily available in the stock on > hand is purely coincidental... > > Maybe if you weighed your choices, accepting a car with an > automatic that was otherwise to your specs might be a good > decision. But if not, don't let 'em bullshit you; hold out > for what you really want. > > > > Geoff > > -- > If you want peace, work for superior firepower. >
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