Advising a friend.

[Saul Good]

Originally Posted by WilliamTheIrish

We're cut from the same cloth. I have serious issues with new auto purchases. I got my ass kicked on my first car purchase. Newly married (22), two kids, driving a 75 VW Bug. They had me and they knew it.

Since then, I've read everything I could on the subject and followed that up with actual practice trips into a dealer ( I was 29) so I could learn to look them in the eye and say "Nope, no thanks". Sounds kinda weird but it really worked.
Now I have neices and nephews that ask me to go with them to the dealer, cause I fuck with them all the time. Especially when they use the "I'll need to talk to the GM about this".
My usual answer to that is : "Oh, does he keep the crystal ball in there? May I tag along? I've always wondered where you kept the all the secrets". Or "Oh, you can't make that decision on your own? Next time just take me right to his office, and we'll skip the formalities".

It's fun to bend their minds a bit.

I helped a friend buy a car that he was in love with about 7 years ago. The GM at the dealership all but took a swing at me. He wound up getting an incredible deal on the car, but he was literally willing to pay about 25-30% more than what he did.

[WilliamTheIrish]

Originally Posted by Saul Good

I helped a friend buy a car that he was in love with about 7 years ago. The GM at the dealership all but took a swing at me. He wound up getting an incredible deal on the car, but he was literally willing to pay about 25-30% more than what he did.

God damn, that's hilarious.

"Sir, you can't go back there". (to the GM's office)

"I can't? Is there some kind of violation for going back there. Is it a HIPAA violation"?

"A what"?

"HIPAA. It's a .. forget it. I'd like to go back with you while you talk to the GM".

"We don't allow that".

"What? Why? Is there a dead body back there or is that where you bury the truth"?