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And I always ask for it back when I leave. They DO NOT need that info until you actually buy a car. Dealerships are not great about protecting personal information so I shred it myself.
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I might add....I always try to treat them with the same respect I want back. I try to be nice, friendly and business like, and I expect the same from them. It doesn't hurt to make a good impression. You can do business without being a jerk.
I really dislike buying from our local Honda dealership (which I did once for CRV), An Auto Nation. They play all these games. Buying my wife's Lincoln Nautilus was a good experience from that dealership and dealing with their service department is the same. It's amazing the difference in dealerships. Last edited by Ralph; 02-01-2024 at 01:25 PM. |
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When I have a vehicle choice narrowed down, I rent one. Yes, it's money out of my pocket but I have time to really get to see/drive it without someone yammering in my ear.
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... with the possible exception of a new Corvette. A lot of dealers won't let you sit in a new Corvette, much less drive it, until the deal its done. Apparently, it's really important to many buyers that they take possession of their new car with only 1.3 miles on the odometer.
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They don't want to buy one that someone test drove to 100+ mph in the break in period and then accidentally downshifted from 5th to 2nd. |
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Corvette owners have their stereotype for good reason and they love to think all these random things add value to their relatively common cars. But the break in concern is very valid for performance cars that people have legitimate reason to want to drive swiftly during a test drive. I always felt like a dealership should have demos for cars like these so people could go enjoy a broken in car like they are made to be driven and then sell you a brand new one with single digit mileage. But there's a lot of extra cost for a low volume car involved. |
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In that case, maybe a Blackwing...
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It seems to be a weird Corvette thing. I have test driven many high performance cars. Sometimes a salesman rode along, and sometimes they just tossed me the keys and asked that I bring the car back in an hour. The only other car I was unable to test drive was a Viper, but that was a one-time thing.
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When we bought our Volvo's about 12 months ago the salesman asked how we'd be paying, we said cash and he didn't bat an eyelid or try to talk us into finance. We paid the deposits on credit card and did an EFT for the balance a few days before pick up. Couldn't have been any easier.
Thinking about it I don't think any dealerships would take a bank cheque these days. Last edited by Llewellyn; 02-02-2024 at 01:56 AM. |
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I do agree it's probably way less likely you're going to damage an automatic transmission/automated manual car, and if the manufacturer really has a break in like restricted RPMs until you hit a certain mileage/hours then they should be programming that into the computer. The stereotype of the Corvette owner is very easy driving though I guess. You want to see a tough buying experience go try and see if anyone will let you test ride a high performance sport bike. At one point I was allowed to test ride a used sport bike.. after I had many years of experience with the dealership and they knew I was skilled & responsible. I was never ever able to test ride a brand new bike though. For good reason, it's so easy to find those videos where the new buyer totals the bike < 100 yards out of the dealership when they pick it up. Speaking of break in a couple of the motorcycles I owned had severe break in guidelines, one was so severe you couldn't go on the highway till the break in procedure was done because it limited you to 50mph for the early break in. Almost all bikes like that will do 75mph in first gear, many do 100mph in first gear, so a clueless test ride would absolutely blow right through those RPM limits. Last edited by benb; 02-02-2024 at 09:14 AM. |
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If paying off loans early, are car loans front loaded - pay more interest up front? If so would think taking a loan to pay off quick wouldn't work.
Forgive me, last time I had car loan was 1980s.. Wishy Ryun was nearby (New England) neighbor across st needs car fast, someone totaled his few weeks ago |
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