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"davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com" (davesaddiction) 10/10/2017 at 14:52 • Filed to: None

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I’m sure I’m not the only one that does this...

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 10/10/2017 at 14:58

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You aren’t the only one now...

WilliamsSW > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 10/10/2017 at 15:01

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Y is this so hard.

Nice email!

whoarder is tellurium > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 10/10/2017 at 15:01

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Dealer replies with:

“So, are you paying cash or financing?”

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > whoarder is tellurium 10/10/2017 at 15:06

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Someone gets a lot of emails from Autotrader...

but it sure ain’t me.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > WilliamsSW 10/10/2017 at 15:07

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My go-to fake email address.

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 10/10/2017 at 15:08

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Thank you, I don’t do this, but I’ll start! Great idea.

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > whoarder is tellurium 10/10/2017 at 15:09

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“did you know paddle shifters are practically the same as a manual? What is your monthly budget?”

E90M3 > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 10/10/2017 at 15:13

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You’re not the only one. However, which is worse, when a dealer lists an auto as a manual or a manual as an auto?

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 10/10/2017 at 15:13

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It frustrates me enough that I pretty much do it every time I see one that’s wrong. Seems like most of them would want their listing correct and would change it...

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > E90M3 10/10/2017 at 15:14

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Definitely the latter - I’d never see it!!

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 10/10/2017 at 15:17

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Sometimes I think they do it because they want to call it a manual due to it having paddle shifters or even the +&- off to the side on the PRNDL

E90M3 > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 10/10/2017 at 15:24

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That’s what I figured, I some how came across that car and was befuddled. I was hoping it was going to stay on the market until I got a job and then I could get it cheap.

Interestingly enough, the ad for my M-Sport didn’t specify the transmission and I came across it by happenstance. I think that might have helped me, because people, like me, who wanted a manual 3 series probably didn’t see it in their search results.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 10/10/2017 at 15:30

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So annoying.

marshknute > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 10/10/2017 at 15:32

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If it’s a dealership, it’s often done accidentally. When they get a car in on trade/auction, the guy making the ad often only has a VIN number to go off of.

The VIN gives you the make/model, but not the transmission. Automatic transmissions are generally optional extras, and are not specific to certain trim levels. Therefore, the system automatically inputs whatever the standard transmission option was (most likely a manual).

Unless the online sales department takes the initiative to confirm the transmission in person once the car arrives on the lot, it will often remain mislabeled on their ad.

StudyStudyStudy > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 10/10/2017 at 15:52

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Hate dealers who do this, it has manual mode so it is basically a manual...No, no it isn’t go sit in the corner and face the wall.

whoarder is tellurium > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 10/10/2017 at 17:05

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Oh, it’s not emails. I’ve just been viewing/test driving a few cars as of late and a few of the dealers have greeted me with those exact words.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > whoarder is tellurium 10/10/2017 at 17:18

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Unbelievable.