When I was looking at Mazda 6’s, I told him I wanted black and the price I wanted to pay.
Dealer - “I just got a car in, I can do your price, has everything you want.”
Me - “Ok great, what color is it.”
Dealer - “It’s white”
Me - “Um, ok I’m going to pass on the white one, I’m not really digging it.”
Dealer - (In appaled voice) - “What I go out of my way to get you the best deal and you are going to pass it up because you dont like the color, thats the craziest thing I have ever heard.”
Me - “Ok thanks for calling.” CLICK
Now I was talking to the owner of the dealership, not a manager, or a sales person…
While inquiring about c6 Z06’s…
I said something along the lines of… “yeah, I really like what they did with the new ones…”
Dealer - “oh absolutely… they made a couple different changes. probably the biggest and most appealing change they made was the exposed headlights and navigational system”
Myself - "ummm. I was talking more along the lines, of the motor…powerwise. Thats more appealing to me than the headlights…you know, the extra 100+ hp, and 1.3 more liters. "
Dealer - “oh yeah…that too. but you can’t forget the navigation system”
Myself - “I’m not really intrested in the navigation system. I’d rather not have it”
Dealer - “But without the navigation system, how are you going to see where you are going??”
Test driving a Mazda 6 at Holtz:
Dealer : “Go ahead, give it some gas, it really gets up and goes”
Me - downshifts from 5th to 3rd on 390N take it up to around 110mph
Dealer : “Uhhh… I think that was a cop, I think we need to get off now”
At a dealership in Ft. Myers Florida about a month after the 350z was introduced, they had 6 of them on the lot. I went in for a test drive and somehow got the 22 year old who was 2 days on the job, a job given to him by his father
So we’re out testing out this Z (touring, so no traction control ;)), we’re cruising down 41 (the main shopping/car dealer strip, 5 lanes with a divided median). We end up at a light next to a Mustang, meanwhile this guy has been talking this car up non stop.
Dealer: “This car IS the faster car, that Mustang hasnt got anything on us”
Guy in mustang revs at us
Dealer: “I know this is the faster car, give it some gas”
Me smiles Light goes green I goose it off the line, floor it through 1st, 2nd and 3rd.
Dealer: “Hahaha, I TOLD YOU this was the faster car. Ok, let’s turn around now and head back to the dealership”
So I pull into the left hand turn lane and prepare for a U Turn around the concrete median when we get the green arrow. Light goes green, I roll out, turn in give it some hard gas and slide it all the way across both empty lanes straighten it out and grab second.
Dealer: “Hahaha Awesome man! This car is made for you, the last dude who took this thing out could barely drive!”
I garuntee he didnt have a job there much longer than a month.
while looking at a wrx at a dealership in NH… the lady claims the supercharged car has close to 230 hp… also…
“the scoop there on the hood if to allow air into the turbo filter”!!hahaha roffle
while test drivin a srt-4…the salesman had never drove stick before… he started in 3rd and claimed that the car had a racing clutch and was hard to start sometimes but it was very durrable and held up to the abuse. HAAHA
my favorite one? at superior auto, looking at a mk4 1.8t jetta with the beast.
dealer - “i don’t get you kids. when i was your age we “suped up” 2 door cars. ever hear of a camero? or a mustang?”
me - “ya, old muscle cars are cool.”
dealer - “i have a c4 vette. V8 powa!!!”
me “oh i bet that things pretty fast. anything done to it?”
dealer - “it’s really fast. but, ya, its pretty much stock.”
me - “my roomate raced a c4 vette in his 4 door subaru once and beat it”
dealer - “really? wow.”
me - “he was towing a jet-ski at the time.”
i just remembered another pne…i dunno how i could forget this:
last year i had to do a paper for school and part of my research ended up including going to Northtown Dodge and test driving a new Hemi Ram. now, obviously, i kno the concept of a hemi engin, but i had to ask:
Me: so, exactly hoow does a Hemi engine work differently from any other conventional engin?
salsesman: uhh, it makes the truck go faster go ahead and get on it, this thing is fast!
Me: o ok, i was just wondering.