Car buying for the intelligent
My ears perk up when people start talking about buying a new car or even just thinking about it. “What are you looking for? How much do you think you want to spend? New or used? Do you drive stick?”
So this past week I have been excited at the prospect of purchasing my new car. I wasted thousands of brain cycles on exactly which makes and models to look at and then we went and test drove 2 of the more convenient ones and one not-so-convenient. Turns out the not-so-convenient one is it.
The make and model that is.
That particular vehicle is entirely unacceptable for reasons only making sense to me, mostly because the salesman sicked his sales manager on us, but the color wasn’t exactly right and the price was absurd.
So for the past 4 days, I have been scouring the Internet looking for the best possible price and honest, transparent dealers. Much to my surprise, I found a couple. But only a couple.
I have been in contact with the Internet sales departments of at least 16 dealers in the past 4 days and that number will increase until my car sells and I make a purchase.
Once that is done, I will provide the names and numbers of the guilty, copies of emails with the good the bad and the indifferent and other nuggets I learned along the way.
Stay tuned.
Rob
P.S.: For those who are interested, my Eclipse is posted for sale on Craigslist, Cars.com and Autotrader.com
