My finace and I have been toying with the idea of getting her a new car since she does most of the driving and I really like to have fast vehicles. Ive been trying to talk her out of a Mercedes and into a CTS-V as I think they are an incredible car for the money and my dad is a fleet manager for GM and I get a supplier discount through work as well.
Well I took her up today to look at them and needless to say she LOVED it . Well she wasnt the only one and on our way to return it I decided that I was going to get one as well and get rid of the truck.
I met with a pretty unexpected reception. Upon arrival I wanted to talk turkey and the guy wanted credit info. I deal with credit every day and scores dont come much higher than mine and my DIR is very low ( in the range of 20%). So I wanted to get to the bottom line before I had my bureau pulled.
The guy wouldnt give me the time of day and even started helping some other older couple looking at a Catera. I got the distinct impression that the guy thought I couldnt afford or even qualify. I was in my gym clothes. His loss. Im not sure what he wouldve made on a 100K deal, but I took it as a sign that I should keep the truck. I'll have my dad dealer trade it for me. I'll make sure to take it back to have them detail it for me
Ive worked very hard to get where I am and expect to be treated well for the money I spend. Maybe I expect too much. I had a guy call me 6 times yesterday and I spent almost 3 hours total talking to him. It was a 750K purchase. Thats how business should be conducted IMO.
Rant over
BTW, the Tahoe is staying.

 

I'm glad you are keeping it... dealership guys are ******** at times. And your right.. seemed to be a sign for you to keep it

 

Another vote here for dealerships that suck.

 

dealerships = stealerships

 

freedom chevy here in san antonio woulda given me 2500$ for my old truck all they saw was the milage and that was it they didnt bother to drive it nor did they even turn her on....i went up cavernder chevy and they drove her around played with all the features it had, and they where gunna give me 5500 on the spot and they woulda taken care of my tax and tiltle transfer with no haggle or anything, ended up sellin it to my friend at aamco transmissions for 6500

 

I walked into a dealer one time with the plan on taking the new H1 Hummer home that they had setting in the show room. The sales men didn't even want to talk to me he turned around and walked off when I asked about it.