<VV> Car salesmen-no corvair

[Charles Lee]

You like jumping to conclusions don't you ?  My point was what I think the 
original poster was saying, to go to a dealership and not be annoyed by 
salesmen.

First, I was half-joking, although I meant if you want to look, without 
being hassled, salesmen won't annoy you if they think you can't afford it.

The part about going back "for revenge" was just that, spite, to say, 
"Remember me ?  The guy you though would have been a waste of time.  Well, 
you misjudged me."

I was being sarcastic, but I forgot that they don't have sarcasm on your 
planet ;>}) ggg (< denotes attempt at humor)

However, it kind of works sort of, since I spent a lot of time at a dealer 
looking at cars, one of which was a loaded 2000 Ford ZX-2 (almost new at the 
time) stickered at $13,999.

I really wanted a Corvair but he didn't have any, and didn't even know what 
they were, so he didn't score in my book.

He says, "What do you want to pay ?" and I said "$8000" and he scoffed and 
showed me crappy cars.  I like this size car, but never owned a Ford and 
didn't really want one, but I needed a car the NEXT day (this was a Sunday 
afternoon and I didn't tell him I needed a car so soon).

After looking around for 3 hours, he asks me again, and I say "$8000"

His manager apparently thinks I'm wasting their time and says "You can have 
it if you agree in 30 seconds" so I wait 25 seconds and say "Deal" to his 
obvious dismay, but it constitutes a contract, and that's what I paid.

I drove it for 150 000 miles with nothing but oil changes, brakes (once) and 
tires (2 sets)
Ironically, I had been bragging about how carefree the car had been for 8 
years, and said "If it died today, it doesn't owe me a dime"  (No one should 
ever say that !!!)

About an hour later, on my way home, she died.

I drove it 8 years and 150,000 miles and broke even and all I really paid 
for was brakes tires and gas and oil.  (The long version has been posted and 
you don't want to hear that again)

Charlie


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <kaczmarek at charter.net>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>; "Charles Lee" <Chaz at ProperProper.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 1:22 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Car salesmen-no corvair


> Charles---Are you off your rocker?
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