Buying a car

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[Toadman]

Just had an enjoyable email/text buying experience. Flew in to retrieve the vehicle. Sales rep picked me up at the airport. Had agreed on price before I bought the ticket. They had the paperwork already done, even though it wasn't a 100% done deal until after the vehicle inspection and test drive. Probably the best car buying experience out of the half dozen times I've done it. I hear you can now buy a car at a vending machine. What will they think of next?

[simple]

I've done it like that 3 times. Know what you want and be willing to pay for it. Then again I don't buy appliances.

[Gepeto]

I would recommend the 4wd convertible - easier to spot you in your (I'm a local from afar) chapeau



https://www.indystar.com/story/enter...ne/2305729002/

eta: passive aggressive much?

[Toadman]

I went with this - can't believe I'm driving this home after work.

[gravitylover]

Sheeit. My daddy's 72 Caprice wagon was an orgy pit.

TMI

[liv2ski]

I went with this - can't believe I'm driving this home after work.

Nice, loved my 911. Great memories for sure. Enjoy your car.

[half-fast]

Bought a car in the late ‘80s. Done deal, salesman said he had to talk to his manager. It was at night. He went into the cubicle area and had a smoke. I could see him from the reflection in the windows. He didn’t talk to anyone. He came back and I said “you know I could see your reflection in the windows”. I don’t know what he accomplished, trying ice me or something

[Benny Profane]

Yeah. Same shit today. You have to talk to the manager. About what. You just have to talk to him. I walk after ten minutes. Email, what's up, have manager call me. She says, gotta face to face. I say, no, have him call me. Or deal is off. Finally he calls me, wants me to buy stupid shit, I say no, we done here?, he says yeah, I say, need anything else from me next week?, he says no, we both end the call. What is this stupid game? Why is it so hard? Does this work?

[uglymoney]

Took me an hour to buy the VW in October after agreeing on price via email then voice at a random dealer from cargurus. He did talk to the manager according to his email. Put 500 down via CC to hold the car for two weeks till I could make it. Told them I would walk if I showed up and price changed but the bluster was unnecessary. Salesman insisted I drive it first so he could show me the features. Spent 20 minutes with the closure who pushed no extras on me and wanted to talk Subaru mechanicals. Drove home.

It did take 2.5 months to get plates and registration through a third party the dealer uses. Had to call dealer twice for a new Minnesota 30 day temporary which they Fedex'd to me here and some documents went back and forth with them paying for all the next day postage.

All in all pretty easy day compared to going to work.

[plugboots]

So Bunny, you don’t know anybody that drives a Honda that could recommend you a car salesman that isn’t a dick? Even the online car forums usually have a section for recommended dealerships.

[Benny Profane]

No. I do this shit like once every ten years. Like a colonoscopy. But worse.

[Toadman]

Nice, loved my 911. Great memories for sure. Enjoy your car.

So far so good. Drove it down from Spokane on Saturday. Fun was had. Everyone should experience the sound and sensation of a Porsche engine as you hit the accelerator and hear that beautiful note that comes out of the exhaust as the revs go past 6,000 RPM on the way to 7,000 RPM. Or pick your sports car of choice.


One car owner. Garaged, never driven in winter. 25k miles. Dude must have waxed and washed after each drive. Immaculate condition. (2014 Base model Cayman PDK transmission, upgraded sport package, 19" Porsche sport wheels, with lots of other options.) No way I would have paid the MSRP new for this vehicle. As a co-worker said, let someone else pay for the car and then get it after the depreciation. It may be the poor mans Porsche, but it sure is a hell of a lot of fun to drive.

[Wrecked]

No. I do this shit like once every ten years. Like a colonoscopy. But worse.

A friend of mine owns a Honda dealership in the Detroit area. I don’t think he actually knows anyone who works there though... hope that helps.

[iceman]

My car, I knew what I wanted and researched the shit out of it, then configured the car exactly how I wanted it, then typed up an email to dealers with an invitation to give me a price to order it from the factory exactly as configured.

3 places got back to me, 1 had the best price by a small amount and I went with them. It was cool getting it built, I was able to follow it all through production, then onto a train, then onto a ship, then onto a truck and to the dealer. I knew it was gonna be there the day it came and there it was.

Painless and pretty fun but it took a long time, like 6 months or a bit more from order to delivery. That was in 2010 and I still drive the car every day pretty much.

ETA: Benny wears a beret.

[Bobby Stainless]

I would recommend the 4wd convertible - easier to spot you in your (I'm a local from afar) chapeau



https://www.indystar.com/story/enter...ne/2305729002/

eta: passive aggressive much?

Has Carvana turned a profit yet? They burning some serious cash trying to sell used cars.

I went with this - can't believe I'm driving this home after work.

Color matched wheels. Nice.

[BmillsSkier]

Yo Benny, when’s round 2?

[plugboots]

Yo Benny, when’s round 2?

Round 3 I think. Again, Bunny, ask a Honda owner. Even the guy at the gas station. How about: https://www.dealerrater.com/director...ecticut/Honda/

[PNWbrit]

Yo Benny, when’s round 2?

I think he's moved onto 3rd world dentistry now?

There are really going to be some belly laughs when he fucks that up.

[Benny Profane]

I think he's moved onto 3rd world dentistry now?

There are really going to be some belly laughs when he fucks that up.

Not as much as the many laughs we get about your countrymen's dental care. I mean, seriously?

[Benny Profane]

Yo Benny, when’s round 2?

As soon as they find me a red one.

[PNWbrit]

I mean, seriously?

Want to share Xrays?

Bet I win.

[Self Jupiter]

Oh fuck yeah

[Benny Profane]

Fuck, that's gross.

[Norseman]

Want to share Xrays?

Bet I win.

Fuck, that's gross.

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