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!!!
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20 years ago
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> Mike Smith writes:
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> > 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.
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> 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.
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> > 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.
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> 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...
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> 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.
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> Geoff
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