"Eury - AFRICA TWIN!!!!!!!" (eurylokhos)
06/30/2019 at 10:29 • Filed to: None
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"Eury - AFRICA TWIN!!!!!!!" (eurylokhos)
06/30/2019 at 10:29 • Filed to: None | 4
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My wife has decided she’s had enough of the Odyssey and wants a Volt. We have solar and batteries, so we can charge for free, and she likes the way it looks and drives. I no longer influence her car buying choices after a disastrous incident 11 years ago. I give suggestions, she looks, she drives, tells me what she wants, then I go hunting for that.
I’ve found a local 2016 Volt for $18k with just under 8k miles on it. Basically new, it was a local municipal vehicle, if it was at a dealer with a new Monroney on it, I’m not sure I’d question that it was new or not. Very nice car, and 11k under what a new 2019 is going for with current rebates etc. We’ve looked at 6 or so different used ones and 2 new, as well as the Ioniq, Clarity, and Prius. She wants a Volt.
Used 2016
Current plan is to go and buy that car this morning. Before Doing so, I sent out a TrueCar request. I bought my last 2 cars using their service, a Subaru and a VW, both times within a couple hours I had emails from 3 dealers with specific cars, specs, and prices. What do I get from Chevy dealers?
!!! UNKNOWN CONTENT TYPE !!!
This exact same email from all 3 dealers with different names. This is not how Truecar is supposed to work. Beyond that, I’ve looked at 2 new ones and both had 0 charge and the sales people said that they’d try, but they really don’t know anything about the Volt. This is not how you sell an electric car. Plug the damn thing in so it has some charge, for starters, that’s what makes it special.
Beyond that, they really want to make it easy and just send me an email with the deal. I’m willing to take it, knowing I’m leaving money on the table rather than playing the game. But if they want to play the game, cool. I’m a bastard to negotiate with, I’ll get every penny and make them work their asses off for it.
The dealer that has the used 2016 she likes had it charged, clean, and had a sales rep who I could geek out with. THAT IS HOW YOU SELL A CAR! I’m going in at noon, and asking them for the best price possible on the 2019 they have and going from there. If I can get the new one for within 5k net of the used one, I’ll buy it so I have the warranty, power seats, and other improvements of the 2019. Otherwise, we will own a 2016.
New 2019
OmerCarrothers333
> Eury - AFRICA TWIN!!!!!!!
06/30/2019 at 11:04 |
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“I am e
xcite”?
superdave847
> OmerCarrothers333
06/30/2019 at 11:09 |
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I work at a law firm & read a paralegal’s resume bragging about outstanding proofreading skills—yet the resume contained at least ten grammatical errors.
Stapleface-Now Hyphenated!
> OmerCarrothers333
06/30/2019 at 11:11 |
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Image of salesman
shop-teacher
> Eury - AFRICA TWIN!!!!!!!
06/30/2019 at 11:12 |
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I’ve yet to meet a Vo lt owner who doesn’t love it.
Yeah, Chevy dealers can be super hit or miss.
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Stapleface-Now Hyphenated!
> Eury - AFRICA TWIN!!!!!!!
06/30/2019 at 11:14 |
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I’m really not surprised. In the past 9 years I’ve bought a car from the following dealers: Toyota, Nissan, Mazda, Subaru, Honda. And really none of them knew the product or how to sell it.
MiniGTI - now with XJ6
> Eury - AFRICA TWIN!!!!!!!
06/30/2019 at 11:24 |
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Can confirm. We looked at a Bolt recently. loved the car, test drive was great. Saleswoman disappeared into the office for over half-hour when we started talking about price. We left.
Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
> shop-teacher
06/30/2019 at 11:28 |
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My nephew has a Volt and parked it at my house for a spell. We live near an airport and provide long term parking for family members, which affords me opportunities for extended test drives, and since my family is a bunch of radical progressives, there are various hybrid-powered cars in the extended family fleet.
Anyhow, I did not drive the Volt because I found it too complicated. I don’t like cars that require type ratings.
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OmerCarrothers333
> Stapleface-Now Hyphenated!
06/30/2019 at 11:59 |
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Wow!
Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
> shop-teacher
06/30/2019 at 12:33 |
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Sounds about right. I’d love to have one, even a first gen, based on the experience I had when I borrowed my dad’s last year. For the first few days I kept banging my head getting in because I’m used to the tall doors on my minivan, but that’s to be expected. I don’t have solar panels or even a place to plug it in so it’s not the right car for me right now. He got rid of his E-class for a Chevy of all things, but he really likes it. For me, 250 miles of driving on 4 gallons of gasoline was enough to convince me; in my Mazda, 250 miles is 15-16 gallons...
Captain of the Enterprise
> Eury - AFRICA TWIN!!!!!!!
06/30/2019 at 13:05 |
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I’m not a Chevy fan at all but the Volt is a brilliant idea and if I wasn’t worried about the battery replacement I’d be interested in one.
John Norris (AngryDrifter)
> Eury - AFRICA TWIN!!!!!!!
06/30/2019 at 13:30 |
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So they stopped production of the Volt . The Bolt will go on though. I th ought t he Vo lt was a better idea, but the market certainly knows more than I.
https://electrek.co/2018/11/26/gm-chevy-volt-factory-shutdown-electric-investmet/
Under_Score
> Eury - AFRICA TWIN!!!!!!!
06/30/2019 at 23:24 |
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What was the disastrous incident?
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Eury - AFRICA TWIN!!!!!!!
> Under_Score
07/01/2019 at 05:55 |
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A 14k bath in less than a year on a 2008 Malibu that we bought new and drove 10k miles. Our son had just been born and she asked me to find a replacement for our TDI that had just exploded (literally). I drove all the midsize sedans, that one had the best safety, most room, drove great, and a great price. I really liked it. She decided a few weeks later that she hated it.
I no longer shop for her.
Ready for an adventure!
> OmerCarrothers333
07/01/2019 at 06:21 |
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Much Wow!
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Under_Score
> Eury - AFRICA TWIN!!!!!!!
07/01/2019 at 08:01 |
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$14,000 bath? Does that mean you lost money by buying it? Those Malibu’s have the old GM key, but I don’t see anything wrong with them otherwise.