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Oh good gracious do I hate car shopping.
My faithful little red truck is getting on in mileage, and I've been thinking about a new car for over a year now. I've finally gotten past the thinking stage and started test driving cars, but pushy salesmen are my newest pet peeve. Guys who were helpful and informative when I walk in and say "Okay, I'm considering several other cars but go ahead and sell me on this one" turn overly aggresive once I say "thanks, I'll think about it." I tell them at the outset that I'm not buying a car today and that I still have decisions to make. But each and every one has brought out a manager (or in one noticeable case, two managers and the owner of the dealership) to ask me "what can I do to get you in this car today." And then they don't take no for an answer.
I finally started telling them that to get me in that car right then, no more time for decisions, it would have to be for half price. When you say that, their eyes kind of glaze over.
Since this is likely to be my last non-mommymobile for awhile, I've been looking at fun cars. Roadsters, sporty cars, ones that go "vroom" and make me downshift at 80 mph. Given how much this whole shopping process is wearing me out, though, I may just drive my little truck clean into the ground. But I was planning on keeping the truck. I can't see hauling Christmas trees, sailboats, furniture, or really anything other than a purse, a suitcase, and maybe the cat in this:
Then again, my average daily commute is about 7 miles round-trip. Maybe I'll skip the car and buy a new pair of roller skates.
My faithful little red truck is getting on in mileage, and I've been thinking about a new car for over a year now. I've finally gotten past the thinking stage and started test driving cars, but pushy salesmen are my newest pet peeve. Guys who were helpful and informative when I walk in and say "Okay, I'm considering several other cars but go ahead and sell me on this one" turn overly aggresive once I say "thanks, I'll think about it." I tell them at the outset that I'm not buying a car today and that I still have decisions to make. But each and every one has brought out a manager (or in one noticeable case, two managers and the owner of the dealership) to ask me "what can I do to get you in this car today." And then they don't take no for an answer.
I finally started telling them that to get me in that car right then, no more time for decisions, it would have to be for half price. When you say that, their eyes kind of glaze over.
Since this is likely to be my last non-mommymobile for awhile, I've been looking at fun cars. Roadsters, sporty cars, ones that go "vroom" and make me downshift at 80 mph. Given how much this whole shopping process is wearing me out, though, I may just drive my little truck clean into the ground. But I was planning on keeping the truck. I can't see hauling Christmas trees, sailboats, furniture, or really anything other than a purse, a suitcase, and maybe the cat in this:
Then again, my average daily commute is about 7 miles round-trip. Maybe I'll skip the car and buy a new pair of roller skates.
posted by Lisa at 11:53 AM
2 Comments:
No lie dude! I hate those car dealers. They are inhuman. They just want to prey on people who have no will power. They want to prey on the weak. I have to buy another car soon too. My heater is not working very well, I could still see my breath in my car when I got to work after a 1/2 hour commute!!! It was 3 degrees F this am.
Hey Lisa, ya, I think it could be my thermostat, but my heat gage says its fine. I better just take it in, but man who has $$$ to spend on a junker. I am temped to go buy a new car!!
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