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That's why I wouldn't consider a high-end car unless I was pretty sure I wouldn't have it beyond whatever time frame the warranty covers. I understand why people do, but a repair bill that high is not something I'd want to deal with. We've had good luck with Hondas and will probably stick with them. Mine was two years old and purchased from an individual. I paid about half of sticker price and $2,000 below blue book. The only repairs I've had are a door lock motor and a wiper motor and it's got 220,000 miles on it now. I drive 35-40K per year. Mrs. Catfish's 2013 Pilot was bought new and has been great. She's a born negotiator who's skills were finely-honed in her previous career, so we got a really good deal on it. She spent two months talking to Lord knows how many dealerships, though.
I had the same thing happen. Told him "free" would get me to sign today. The guy called me this past Monday or Tuesday asking me to make an offer. I told him "$5" and he laughed. I told him I was on the phone with a customer and couldn't talk so he told me to call him back. Obviously I have not. Like I said, he's French, and I know their culture comes across as rude here. I'm born and bred Southern. I expect a certain amount of politeness. Pushy won't get you anywhere.I'm going to be in the market for a new car (well, slightly used) in a few months. Unless I got a great deal on a new car, I think I've bought my last brand new car. The depreciation is a killer if for some reason you have to get rid of it in the first couple of years. A lease turn in on an Accord or Acura is probably what I will look at.
Back to the original post, I had a salesman ask me if I would be willing to "make a decision and sign papers today." I got the hell out.
That's where we got our Pilot. They seem to be good people. The people at Damson Honda in Florence were good to work with, too. We almost bought from them. I had a bad experience with Tameron once and won't deal with them again.
The answer is they are crappy. They are too thin now even to turn and resurface...
This is an understatement. My Tacoma is used, a 2011, which I bought a couple of years ago. I looked at a 2010 at Carmax with about 25K on it. I backed out on a tentative deal and shopped a wider area. I ended up getting essentially the same truck, but a 2011 model with between 5K and 6K on it for $1,000 less...
I can't say anything bad about Brannon...pretty good people. The sales manager at Tameron is a stand up guy, but thats not to say evryone there that way. There are idiots at every store. There is another big Honda dealer in Birmingham whose name i won't call (lets just say their sister store has made the news) that i know very well. I am a firm believer in Honda and have put my whole family in them, but I would buy a used Yugo before i went to this unnamed place.
with just a few days left in the month rude shouldn't surprise you. He thinks if pushes just right he'll close another sale and I'm sure his GM or Sales Manager is encouraging him to call you
If you wanna say what vehicle you are looking at, I'll make a phone call and tell you what you can buy the car for. You may have to make some phone calls or email a couple of places to find someone to accept your offer, but somebody will.
If he can find someone to sell a late model used car for $5 with a few phone calls or emails, he should change careers.
OTOH, it's frequently not a bad time to get the best deal. One thing I can't understand is why it takes so damned long to buy a car. It's worse than buying a gun - and I always buy cash, bringing a cashier's check. That used to take an hour. The truck I mentioned took a couple of hours. Two years ago, with the Subaru, which I bought in CO Spgs, the dealership picked us up at our hotel in the morning. Six hours later, we were on our way, still having to drive over to Vail - and that was with a cashier's check in hand. Even further back, the previous Tacoma we bought from the local dealership. Hell, the damned dealer was a co-partner in a condo in Vail and it was still at least 3 hours. I've gotten the impression I was being "put on ice."
I figured that, but if he could do that I would quit my job and fund his new business venture.
There are 2 types of dealerships...unit based and gross based. You can get a good deal at a unit based dealership anytime of the month. Their goal is to sell as many units as they can every month. Gross based dealerships spend the first three weeks of the month making as much profit as they can, and the last week scratching and clawing to hit the quota. You can definately get a better deal at the end of the month. 95% of dealerships are gross based. As far as how long the paperwork took, that is ridiculous.
I have a co-worker that came upon a Mini Cooper a guy had sheltered in his basement. Guy owed him about $1000 for some computer work he did and just let him have the Cooper for somewhere between 3-4k. He drove it for a year or so and traded the Cooper in on a GMC pickup and made $200 off the trade.
