Disrecommendation

[msmemory_archive]

Boch Toyota "on the Automile". Run away very fast.

On Monday, I wrote:
My car will be here soon. According to my new liaison at the dealership, it's on the ground and will be ready for me to test-drive RSN. I suggested that having it ready for me tomorrow evening would suit me very well

Today, they say it's been held up by a storm in the South, and isn't here yet. If I don't have a firm delivery date by Saturday, I believe I shall go down there and ask for my thousand dollars back.

Comments

[rustmon.livejournal.com]

See - I've been *really* lucky as of late.

I go into a dealership that I like (granted, if they lie to me, I will leave), and tell them exactly what I want. This either involves a fleet deal or a fee above invoice. I don't dicker, and I don't argue.

I also look at it this way - If they don't have it on site, I don't buy it. I think I've been burned too much by the 'We'll have it in 3 weeks' thing to do it. What I've done is this:

"Okay - I want this car. You have it? No? Here's my number. Call me when you do, and then I'll be back."

I just found that leaving them money just never worked for me. I also found that when I say fleet deal, a lot of them get turned off.

Using that strategy, I've had very little problems. Of course, being imposing helps, but the last truck I bought, the guy misinformed me, and when I found out, I promptly left and went to another dealer where I got the truck I was looking for. (The sad part is that a very good friend of mine is one of the senior mechanics at the first place I went to...)

Good luck - car buying is *never* fun.

[msmemory.livejournal.com]

That's what I should have done. Told them "Thanks, call me when you get my car in. I'll come straight down with a deposit for you." Ah, hindsight.