Buying a car

[Benny Profane]

HRV. Sport. Red.

[::: :::]

Walked. Fuck these games

I used a broker for two new vehicles (both VW, but he could get anything new; he could do used, but said we were better off finding something used on our own). His company was bought by AAA Oregon and we used him under that banner once. His fee was fixed $400 back then. He would find several vehicles locally that fit our criteria. We go see the fleet sales guy at the dealer & sign some shit and walk out within 45min with the car. On the first car, a tdi jetta, he got aftermarket heated seats put in prior to our pickup since it didn't come with them.

maybe something like that is avail to you?
have you tried AAA?

[Timberridge]

Bunny

[Ted Striker]

I used a broker for two new vehicles (both VW, but he could get anything new; he could do used, but said we were better off finding something used on our own). His company was bought by AAA Oregon and we used him under that banner once. His fee was fixed $400 back then. He would find several vehicles locally that fit our criteria. We go see the fleet sales guy at the dealer & sign some shit and walk out within 45min with the car. On the first car, a tdi jetta, he got aftermarket heated seats put in prior to our pickup since it didn't come with them.

...and was it cheaper? or just less of a pain in the ass?

[Svengali]

no free toast?

[BmillsSkier]

HRV. Sport. Red.

Is that an appliance?

[m2711c]

[Benny Profane]

I said red.

[iceman]

[Benny Profane]

...and was it cheaper? or just less of a pain in the ass?

I swear, 400 is worth it, just to not deal with assholes.

[Timberridge]

[Svengali]

[::: :::]

...and was it cheaper? or just less of a pain in the ass?

I swear, 400 is worth it, just to not deal with assholes.

Price was not screaming, but we were after a car that was in demand. It was under dealer pricing including the fee. Could we have done better on our own? Not without some serious klonopin...

the $400 was absolutely worth it not to deal with assholes...just figure your billable rate into the time spent with these characters. We basically told him what we wanted and he did the searching and came back with options several days later.

as i write this, i realize we bought 3 vehicles thru him...

[basinbeater]

Cute. You sure that isn't a chick car?

sent from some fucking device using some fucking program.

[DBdude]

Amen. BTW you’re going to be hard pressed to find a modern car that doesn’t lose some oil between oil changes. The thin oils that are recommended by the manufacturers (ex. 0-20w in my 14 Forester) has a way of getting by seals, gaskets and rings and majors way out of the engine.

That’s the way they are designed. New cars go through oil


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[fastfred]

...and was it cheaper? or just less of a pain in the ass?

how much is your time worth an hour? I run about $75 an hr
if you have nothing but free time then four or five hours at the dealer may be ok

best car experince ever was driving down to denver, looking at a truck, talk to the guy, test drive, waste about an hr of my time, he throws me a price, I say that's nice, I'll think about it, call him back six hours later tell him I'll take it, he drives the truck an hour and a half to my house, we sit at my kitchen table, paper work is ready, I sign sign sign hand him a check and he drives back to denver, truck is in my driveway, amazing

[fastfred]

Cute. You sure that isn't a chick car?

sent from some fucking device using some fucking program.

black man, with blacked out windows
people are going to want to know if your having a sex change operation driving that thing around

are you going to come to summit county in that to close out the season next week?

[::: :::]

we sit at my kitchen table, paper work is ready, I sign sign sign hand him a check and he drives back to denver, truck is in my driveway, amazing

i should add broker was willing to deliver in this manner too (tho not 90mins away, local to pdx)

[iceman]

[plugboots]

JHC, how short are you?

[4matic]

Cute. You sure that isn't a chick car?

sent from some fucking device using some fucking program.

The old man calls e30 convertible a chick car, try’s to buy that, and can’t even close a deal? From a Mini, to Forrester to that thing? It’s all so clear now.

[Benny Profane]

You Americans, so pathetic. Just spent two weeks in France, get back to JFK, and watch a demo derby of Pickup trucks and large SUVs all around me on the Van Wyck. The fucking Van Wyck! Why the fuck does some asshole in NYC need a giant, 60,000 dollar pickup truck? Oh, yeah, forgot about that, little, thing.............

[Timberridge]

[skaredshtles]

You Americans

I lol'd.

[bodywhomper]

I have so many amazing memories from that place!