"Jayhawk Jake" (jayhawkjake)
12/19/2015 at 16:44 • Filed to: None
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"Jayhawk Jake" (jayhawkjake)
12/19/2015 at 16:44 • Filed to: None | 4
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I’m getting an oil change, and I’m giving thought to the possibility of leasing a 2016 Camaro Turbo.
I know the turbo hasn’t hit dealers yet, but I wanted to ask if the dealer knew when they might show up, express interest, and ask them to let me know when they show up so I can drive one and determine if I’m really interested or not.
I approached a salesman and asked just that: do you know when they are coming and I’m considering getting one if I like the way it drives.
He said he didn’t know but he could ask his manager. Then he asked if I was interested in a 2015.
No. Why do you think I am? I asked for a very specific thing.
He brings me in, gets my info. I’m okay with this, if he’s going to call me when they show up he needs to be able to reach me. He leaves to ask his manager then comes back a minute later.
‘Here’s what we can do’ he says, ‘you can spec one how you’d like it and put down a refundable $500 deposit and we’ll order one’
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No. I don’t want to tie up $500 for the chance to drive a car. It’s not like they are going to be rare, you’ll have tons of them by next summer I guarantee it.
‘Well the next two months they are all sold on orders. So it might be a while’
That’s fine, I’m not in a rush. I just don’t want to go through all that to drive a car I’m on the fence about.
He then again asks if I’m interested in the 15 and tells me they aren’t much different. No, they are very different. The 2016 turbo is like 400 pounds lighter than the 2015 V6. The whole car is smaller and completely different underneath. I’m interested in that car.
His reply? They’re the same size inside.
Jesus Christ have you listened to a word I’ve said? I want to know how it drives, not what it looks like inside. And I still don’t want to tie up $500 for a preorder. This isn’t some boutique ultra limited production sports car, it’s a base model Camaro. I understand why you want me to do that, but I’m not ready to make that level of commitment. I’m not ready to write you a check. Just call me when you get a turbo I can test drive.
Finally he agrees, but of course it’s not that easy. He asks if I care if it’s a base model, or if it was the V6 I wanted to drive. I, for the 20th time, said I want to drive the two liter turbo. Trim level is irrelevant, if I like the way it drives I’ll order it how I want.
After this whole 20 minute exchange we finally shake hands and part our ways since the salesman finally did what I directly asked him to do 20 minutes ago.
Did it really need to be this complicated?
/rant over
Grindintosecond
> Jayhawk Jake
12/19/2015 at 16:54 |
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Getting one more sale is one more coin in his pocket. He has to pay a mortgage and all that too but some go overboard. He will try any angle possible to move another unit. Who can blame him. It makes a difference in his monthly pay. How he goes about it of course, is debatable.
Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
> Jayhawk Jake
12/19/2015 at 16:56 |
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Speaking of complications, I was extatic the other day when I was approved for a small auto loan, so I could pick a new daily driver. Then they told me what I needed, after a couple of days of course. They needed me to have the car inspected(no big deal and completely understandable), have a bill of sale for my down payment plus what is owed(once again, understandable), and have the actual title in hand(huge deal). Which is a bit of a problem, since the car is 450 miles away. So no new(actually older than current dd, but several less miles and completely stock) car for me.
EL_ULY
> Jayhawk Jake
12/19/2015 at 16:57 |
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Car salesman is a car salesman
DrScientist
> Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
12/19/2015 at 17:14 |
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your lender needed the title?
whats the point of that if youre going to have to retitle it?
im sure if youre purchasing from a dealership (even a small used dealer) they’d talk to your bank and figure something out.
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DrScientist
> Jayhawk Jake
12/19/2015 at 17:14 |
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seriously though, did you expect anything else?
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Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
> DrScientist
12/19/2015 at 17:26 |
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Yes, but I wasn’t purchasing from a dealer.
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DrScientist
> Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
12/19/2015 at 17:37 |
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yeah.. that makes it a little more complicated. i did it once with a private sale, required a lot of phone calls and faxes, but it was a special car and a very nice seller (who liked me, i think).
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Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
> DrScientist
12/19/2015 at 17:42 |
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This is a completely stock NA Miata with under 100k miles, stock, stick, and for under 2500. I wanted a loan to build credit, but I guess I’ll wait and pay cash.
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DrScientist
> Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
12/19/2015 at 17:46 |
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ah...
is there someone with the cash now, closer to you, like a family member that could “buy” it for you, then sell it to you with the lender and everyone else in place?
sorry, just thinking outloud.
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Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
> DrScientist
12/19/2015 at 17:56 |
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Nope. If my parents weren’t in process of buying a house, they said they would co-sign, but they are.
d15b
> Jayhawk Jake
12/19/2015 at 18:01 |
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Fart by his desk. And by fart, I mean REALLY fart. Make exaggerated leg lifts. Point chemical weapon in his direction. Straighten your spine for max upper intestinal discharge.
That will show him.
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Jayhawk Jake
> Grindintosecond
12/19/2015 at 18:20 |
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While I understand that, after I've said what I want 5 times he should trust me and get it done so he can move on to the next customer
BaconSandwich is tasty.
> Jayhawk Jake
12/19/2015 at 19:27 |
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I guess common sense isn’t taught in school anymore?
Xyl0c41n3
> Jayhawk Jake
12/19/2015 at 19:30 |
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Why were you at a dealership getting an oil change? Why were you not changing your own oil?
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Jayhawk Jake
> Xyl0c41n3
12/19/2015 at 19:56 |
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Because it costs $40 at the dealer and I'd rather pay that than get dirty