I hate car shopping.

[wegotchickens]

When I bought my first and only new car ever, I knew exactly what I wanted and exactly what I wanted the payments to be.

First dealership, guy wants me to sign a paper up-front, agreeing that if they match the per month amount I want I'll HAVE to buy the car. I wouldn't sign, so he wouldn't show me the car. Said it wasn't worth his time to go through the whole pitch if I wasn't going to guarantee him a sale. I was stunned. I walked out.

Next dealership for the same kind of car, they were much better to work with. But when we got to the per month payment I wanted (after down payment and such) it turned out they'd added a YEAR to my payment plan!! I got up to walk out. They fussed and hemmed and hawed.
And then I got the price/payment I thought was perfect, plus 0% financing through the dealership. I was happy.

That car is paid for now, 2 years ahead of schedule.
Does that mean it's due to die any day now? Because I love my little Nissan Sentra stick shift!!

 

[LilBizzy]

When I bought my first new car, the salespeople wouldnt talk to me at first. After all, I was 20 years old and *GASP* female. I knew exactly what I wanted. I wanted vinyl seats because I had a kid in potty training , and that was tough to find. But Ii found one. So, my husband starts doing the talking and I say.. I will only pay 7,000. So I let the guy get everything all written up, and I say- Uh, no, I will only pay 7,000. So he removes all the "extra charges", and comes back, and I say once again, I will only pay 7,000. TOTAL, after taxes, tag
s, and all the etceteras. Hee hee, made the guy write it up 3 times. Then, before I signed, I said " I WILL be getting a full sized spare, right?"

I just don't understand why he didn't like me.. I'm nice!

My second new car, I didnt take husband. ( Who shortly after became an ex). Actually, husband didn't even know I was out car shopping. Every dealership I walked in to , I'd say, this is what I want, and this is what I'll pay. They all tried to talk me into something else. Finally, I ent into one dealership, and without even trying to argue with me, this guy agreed. I brought home the car, and the husband claimed I got a bad deal because I was a woman ( didnt he learn from the first one?) So, I ask him what he would have paid for it- and laughed because I paid 2000 less than he would have settled for.

My son drives a suburu. Does that mean he's a lesbian?

 

[spookyevilone]

Another one tonight, from a Toyota dealership I emailed about a Forester they have on carsoup.com. "Hi. I want the Forester. I can pay it all up front, but would like to pay most of it down and finance a little bit for 2 years to build a credit score. I want to put $3000 down, finance the other $1900 at up to 11% interest for 2 years, with total payments under $300/mo. Let me know if we can do that."

"Finance companies will only take cars under 7 years old or under 100000 miles. For that downpayment and at $300/month, we could get you into a new car. Why don't you come out and we'll show you some?"

"Thank you for your time. I want the Forester, not a new car. I could pay all of it up front, but would like to finance some to build a credit score. Sounds like we can't do that for the car I want. Again, thank you for your time."

Bets on whether he emails me back to say there might, just maybe, if he works real hard and leaves cookies out for Santa, be a way to do it my way?

-Spooky

 

[ksacres]

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[mom'sfolly]

My biggest gripe with car shopping is I hate the idea that someone sitting next to me can get a better deal because they were a better negotiator.

I recently bought a new car. The old car had two major systems go out and it wasn't worth fixing (12 years old, 140,000 miles). I looked a bunch of different cars and looked around. Went in, test drove what I wanted and talked to the sales person. I asked him for the best deal he could give me, and he came back with a contract written for MSRP. I looked at him, said "is this the best deal you can give me?", he said make me an offer "I said no, the dealer's invoice is $xxxxx. and I'm not going to pay MSRP", I grabbed my purse and got up to leave. The man had a sudden change of heart and I was soon dealing with someone else. I got the car for invoice, thought it was a good deal and left that day with my new car. I might have gotten it for less, but maybe not......but ARGHHHHH!!! This was after walking away from a dealship that wouldn't let me drive their hybrid, said it was too mcuh in demand to let it be test driven. I said I wasn't going to buy anything I couldn't drive, so they offered to let me drive the non-hybrid version. ?????? They said if I'd sign a contract they would let me drive it. Crazy!!!!

 

[conny63malies]

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OMG i was a lesbian for like three month then.

 

[ksacres]

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OMG i was a lesbian for like three month then.

That must have been your "experimental" phase...

 

[debilorrah]

You people are wrong on so many levels.

 

[beak]

My wife hates going car shopping with me. I emberass her.

You tell them you can afford 1000 down 260 a month. They disappear to the sales mgr desk talk about sports for 20 minutes then come back and say how about 2000 down and 600 a month. We get up and leave.

Don't ever give them the keys to your trade. You wont see them again for at least 2 hours.