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kleinbl00  ·  3109 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: #Dieselgate

When I was buying the Stealth not one, not two, but three different dealerships wanted me to sign a "release" in order to test drive vehicles. These "releases" were actually agreements to buy at prices higher than those advertised.





user-inactivated  ·  3109 days ago  ·  link  ·  

This is one reason that the dealers are shitting themselves over Tesla's business model. I'll never buy on of their cars (too expensive for what they are), but I'd buy from any car company that sold cars in the same way.

This is sort of how I ended up with a Scion. Back when I got the car, I wanted a manual. There were none available within 150 miles. Sigh. Thy told me to go onto the web site and custom out a car, click "have financing will settle at dealer" or something along those lines and wait for an email (in 2002!!) that the car was ready to be picked up. No haggle, no sales crap, got the car for exactly what Consumer Reports said the car was worth and got the exact vehicle I wanted. I had to go to the dealer, sign paperwork, deal with my trade-in, hand over the loan info from the bank, and within an hour of showing up I was out the door in my new car.

I am filled with nothing but dread for when this car finally bites the dust. No car buying experience will ever be that good again.

user-inactivated  ·  3109 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Man. Fuck that. The only thing worse than that was when a local Nissan dealership tried to talk my friend into a $650 a month lease on a Maxima. Fuck that too.