# Dumb comments from car dealers. **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [March 9, 2006, 7:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dumb-comments-from-car-dealers/9083 "2006-03-09T07:34:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![dirtye30](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dirtye30/32/7333_2.png) [@dirtye30](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dirtye30)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 5:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dumb-comments-from-car-dealers/9083/61 "2006-03-10T05:00:11Z")
> [@originalsin](#): > > _at mitsu dealer with newman_ > > sales guy: now the evo 9 does come with the 8 vortex generators > newman: yeaa > sales guy: now are you familiar what the votex generated does > newman: umm yeaa kinda… > sales guy: well it directs all the ait to stay over the spoiler > newman: yeaaaaa > sales guy: yea. its pretty sweet. you should check outt he video, its soo cool was this at ray laks? i was looking at one and thats all he kept talking about was that stupid fucking thing. in colorado female friend: id like to look at a 2nd gen eclipse Salesdude: oh we have a black vert out in the lot female friend: really? salesdude: yeah its right there. female friend: … you’re joking right?..thats my car you twat… and its a 3rd gen. :bloated: ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 5:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dumb-comments-from-car-dealers/9083/62 "2006-03-10T05:16:18Z")
> [@dirtye30](#): > > was this at ray laks? yes. ---
**Author:** ![OfficerK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4da419/32.png) [@OfficerK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OfficerK)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 6:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dumb-comments-from-car-dealers/9083/63 "2006-03-10T06:34:10Z")
> [@rskrause](#): > > …the price of the 5 was ~10% of my annual income at the time. you were making like half a mil a year!? Can we be friends? ---
**Author:** ![POOPRA](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/poopra/32/7188_2.png) [@POOPRA](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/POOPRA)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 6:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dumb-comments-from-car-dealers/9083/64 "2006-03-10T06:52:17Z")
When I worked at Don Davis a few times I thought I was going to die driving with retards in the firehawk we had on the lot. Dont expect a salesman to know shit about a car unless your buying a Ferrari. ---
**Author:** ![JaysGreenLX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jaysgreenlx/32/7321_2.png) [@JaysGreenLX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JaysGreenLX)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 6:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dumb-comments-from-car-dealers/9083/65 "2006-03-10T06:59:45Z")
> [@POOPRA](#): > > Dont expect a salesman to know shit about a car unless your buying a Ferrari. That makes absolutely no sense though. Its their livelyhood. They should know everything about the cars they are selling. I don’t get it. I may never use any kind of dental product myself, but my job makes me deal with them everyday so I make sure that I know them inside and out. ---
**Author:** ![raven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc348/32.png) [@raven](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/raven)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 7:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dumb-comments-from-car-dealers/9083/66 "2006-03-10T07:02:08Z")
LOONG time ago, went into the Northtown Toyota dealership with EfiniMX6 (Gary) : Went to check out a Celica GT-S 6spd: Dealer: Yeah I can’t drive stick (She then fumbles with the key) I can’t turn it on. Me: Push down the clutch, the left peddle. Dealer: Ok you guys take the car, be back in 30 minutes, because I can’t drive manual. JoestypeS, if he comes on here can chime on this one. We were looking at Saab’s Saburu Wagon and later went to Subaru to look at their Imprezas: Joe: So why doesn’t the Impreza wagon come with heated seats? I really want heated seats. Dealer: The Saab’s car is wider. They have different seats. US: ??? ---
**Author:** ![Daddie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/daddie/32/7621_2.png) [@Daddie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Daddie)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 7:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dumb-comments-from-car-dealers/9083/67 "2006-03-10T07:05:44Z")
At an Acura Dealership down here. Random Customer : “Does this (the RL) need premium fuel?” Sales Guy : “No, you just won’t get as good mileage with the lower grade” Random Customer : “So I can put regular in it and just experience lower fuel economy?” Sales Guy : “Yup, no other difference, it still makes 300HP” Me : “Uh, a car that requires premium fuel will not get better gas mileage because of it, it’s because the higher octane provides more resistance to predetonation which is (I begin explaining it to them, both the customer and the salesguy, suck squish bang blow and yadda yadda yadda for 5 minutes).” Sales Guy : “So you’re telling me the Acura technicians lied to me?” (sarcastically, as if I was lying) Me : “I’m telling you that you don’t know what you are talking about, and maybe you listened wrong with the guy was telling you this stuff.” Customer (to saleman) : “Do you know why this (the RL) car’s V6 makes more horsepower than this car’s (the TL) V6?” Salesman : “Yeah, it’s got a bigger motor. It’s better designed.” Customer looks at me. Me : “Yeah, the displacement is larger, but it probably has more aggressive cam profiles and higher compression, which also constitutes moreso to the need for the 93 octane fuel. I don’t know all that much about the motor, I’m just assuming. But then again, I don’t work here.” Customer looks at salesman : “Where’s your manager?” Salesman looks at me. I leave, and do a huge dorifuto onto the street. EDIT : Huge dorifuto in the street with stook. lol ---
**Author:** ![OneFastMonkey](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onefastmonkey/32/7241_2.png) [@OneFastMonkey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OneFastMonkey)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 7:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dumb-comments-from-car-dealers/9083/68 "2006-03-10T07:14:29Z")
> [@Daddie](#): > > At an Acura Dealership down here. > > Random Customer : “Does this (the RL) need premium fuel?” > > Sales Guy : “No, you just won’t get as good mileage with the lower grade” > > Random Customer : “So I can put regular in it and just experience lower fuel economy?” > > Sales Guy : “Yup, no other difference, it still makes 300HP” > > Me : “Uh, a car that requires premium fuel will not get better gas mileage because of it, it’s because the higher octane provides more resistance to predetonation which is (I begin explaining it to them, both the customer and the salesguy, suck squish bang blow and yadda yadda yadda for 5 minutes).” > > Sales Guy : “So you’re telling me the Acura technicians lied to me?” (sarcastically, as if I was lying) > > Me : “I’m telling you that you don’t know what you are talking about, and maybe you listened wrong with the guy was telling you this stuff.” > > Customer (to saleman) : “Do you know why this (the RL) car’s V6 makes more horsepower than this car’s (the TL) V6?” > > Salesman : “Yeah, it’s got a bigger motor. It’s better designed.” > > Customer looks at me. > > Me : “Yeah, the displacement is larger, but it probably has more aggressive cam profiles and higher compression, which also constitutes moreso to the need for the 93 octane fuel. I don’t know all that much about the motor, I’m just assuming. But then again, I don’t work here.” > > Customer looks at salesman : “Where’s your manager?” > > Salesman looks at me. > > I leave, and do a huge dorifuto onto the street. > > EDIT : Huge dorifuto in the street with stook. lol HAHAHA that was great, what a retard. ---
**Author:** ![focusinprogress](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/focusinprogress/32/7227_2.png) [@focusinprogress](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/focusinprogress)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 7:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dumb-comments-from-car-dealers/9083/69 "2006-03-10T07:28:33Z")
howie 1, idiot car salesman=fired ---
**Author:** ![POOPRA](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/poopra/32/7188_2.png) [@POOPRA](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/POOPRA)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 7:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dumb-comments-from-car-dealers/9083/70 "2006-03-10T07:32:56Z")
> [@JaysGreenLX](#): > > That makes absolutely no sense though. Its their livelyhood. They should know everything about the cars they are selling. I don’t get it. I may never use any kind of dental product myself, but my job makes me deal with them everyday so I make sure that I know them inside and out. The problem with carsales is that its a high turnover low paying profession. Dealers get any idiot off the street to go through the motions with someone. Other dealers compensate there saleman more and you get better and more knowledgeable employees. Hence the knowledgeable salesman at a Porsche or Mercedes dealer. This is just a general statement though, im sure you can find a really knowledgeable guy at a Hyundai dealer too, but good luck with that. ---
**Author:** ![JaysGreenLX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jaysgreenlx/32/7321_2.png) [@JaysGreenLX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JaysGreenLX)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 8:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dumb-comments-from-car-dealers/9083/71 "2006-03-10T08:17:13Z")
> [@POOPRA](#): > > The problem with carsales is that its a high turnover low paying profession. Dealers get any idiot off the street to go through the motions with someone. Other dealers compensate there saleman more and you get better and more knowledgeable employees. Hence the knowledgeable salesman at a Porsche or Mercedes dealer. This is just a general statement though, im sure you can find a really knowledgeable guy at a Hyundai dealer too, but good luck with that. Sales in general are a high turnover type of job. Nevertheless, to be totally clueless about a car boggles my mind. I can read through a marketing brochure and be able to speak intelligently about a particular in a half hour. Anyway, I do love calling the dealers out on their mistakes. I feel bad unless the guy is being a tool. Then it feels great. ---
**Author:** ![Fetter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@Fetter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fetter)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 8:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dumb-comments-from-car-dealers/9083/72 "2006-03-10T08:29:35Z")
> [@Daddie](#): > > At an Acura Dealership down here. > > Random Customer : “Does this (the RL) need premium fuel?” > > Sales Guy : “No, you just won’t get as good mileage with the lower grade” > > Random Customer : “So I can put regular in it and just experience lower fuel economy?” > > Sales Guy : “Yup, no other difference, it still makes 300HP” > > Me : “Uh, a car that requires premium fuel will not get better gas mileage because of it, it’s because the higher octane provides more resistance to predetonation which is (I begin explaining it to them, both the customer and the salesguy, suck squish bang blow and yadda yadda yadda for 5 minutes).” > > Sales Guy : “So you’re telling me the Acura technicians lied to me?” (sarcastically, as if I was lying) > > Me : “I’m telling you that you don’t know what you are talking about, and maybe you listened wrong with the guy was telling you this stuff.” > > Customer (to saleman) : “Do you know why this (the RL) car’s V6 makes more horsepower than this car’s (the TL) V6?” > > Salesman : “Yeah, it’s got a bigger motor. It’s better designed.” > > Customer looks at me. > > Me : “Yeah, the displacement is larger, but it probably has more aggressive cam profiles and higher compression, which also constitutes moreso to the need for the 93 octane fuel. I don’t know all that much about the motor, I’m just assuming. But then again, I don’t work here.” > > Customer looks at salesman : “Where’s your manager?” > > Salesman looks at me. > > I leave, and do a huge dorifuto onto the street. > > EDIT : Huge dorifuto in the street with stook. lol :lol: That’s classic ---
**Author:** ![ly555is](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3bc359/32.png) [@ly555is](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ly555is)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 8:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dumb-comments-from-car-dealers/9083/73 "2006-03-10T08:37:56Z")
eh, car guys are the minority. it’s amazing when you see someone driving a new car that you know is a total shitbox… b/c these people have no idea what they’re buying and/or listened closely to stupid salesman who aren’t interested in their needs. i’m sure that guy wasn’t counting on some hawaiian guy schooling their asses on cam profiles 🙂 that was some funny shit, damn… but man, it’s scary considering how little the average person wants to know about one of the second biggest assets they’ll typically invest in ---
**Author:** ![articzap](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/articzap/32/7361_2.png) [@articzap](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/articzap)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 8:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dumb-comments-from-car-dealers/9083/74 "2006-03-10T08:50:46Z")
Me and my friend were looking at an integra and eclipse respectivily. dealer - try keeping the racing to a minimum us - ight _laughing_ squeal tires out of the dealer, then side by side goin at full throatle get back dealer - what the fuck did you do that for ---
**Author:** ![BaD\_AZz\_Z\_28](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f04885/32.png) [@BaD\_AZz\_Z\_28](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BaD_AZz_Z_28)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 9:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dumb-comments-from-car-dealers/9083/75 "2006-03-10T09:01:10Z")
This thread reminds me to go test drive more often :tup: When I took a buddy of mine out to Ogbiene (sp?) Ford to look at a 95 Trans Am they had: dealer: this car is super fast me: is it stock? dealer: o yeah its in perfect shape me: ok looks nice, lets go test drive it dealer: ok, but I have to drive me: why would I buy a car that I havent driven dealer: we cant let you drive it, its way too fast, I’ll just give you a feel for it me: it might be faster than the mustangs you sell, but it isnt fast, did you see what we came here in? then the guy made up some story about it being held for another customer and wouldnt let us test drive it, so we left. Its probably still there. Worst part was that we didnt just show up out of the blue, my friend had made arrangements with them to come out and test drive it. ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 9:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dumb-comments-from-car-dealers/9083/76 "2006-03-10T09:23:15Z")
most domestic car dealers: “this car is made in the USA” ---
**Author:** ![MaximaSE98](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/maximase98/32/7600_2.png) [@MaximaSE98](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MaximaSE98)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 9:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dumb-comments-from-car-dealers/9083/77 "2006-03-10T09:26:42Z")
> [@newman](#): > > most domestic car dealers: > > “this car is made in the USA” as u read the “Assembled in Mexico” on the window sticker ---
**Author:** ![97Ranger](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/97ranger/32/7342_2.png) [@97Ranger](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/97Ranger)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 9:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dumb-comments-from-car-dealers/9083/78 "2006-03-10T09:31:01Z")
y > [@Mikes98RT](#): > > when talking to a guy at Paddock about a WS6 i was gonna buy, then carfaxed it and showed it to the salesman, so i had proof it was in an acident: > > Me: so has this car e ver been in an accident? > him: oooo no, never, this car is in pristine shpae, not a scratch on her! > me: (hands over the car fax) so what about this? carfax says it was totaled and rebuilt > him: thats a lie! you’re trusting carfax? thats wrong, we know everything about this car. we’re the biggest chevy dealer in NY, y would we lie to our customers? yep i told u it was in an accident ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 9:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dumb-comments-from-car-dealers/9083/79 "2006-03-10T09:35:14Z")
lol in a car salesman’s defence… what are they gonna say? “yup, it’s super slow… un reliable and not worth what were asking… so when do you want to pick it up?” :lol: 😃 I have a few good ones I’ll post up later ---
**Author:** ![MonteCarloChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@MonteCarloChick](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MonteCarloChick)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 9:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dumb-comments-from-car-dealers/9083/80 "2006-03-10T09:38:15Z")
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