No wonder used car salesmen get such a bad rep.
We drove about 25 miles to the other side of town today to one of the most advertised, biggest new/ used car lots in the city. We had looked a few online so we went in knowing kind of what we wanted to look at.
Out of the 3 we had written down, only 1 was available to see. (?!?).
It was a 200....7? Jeep Liberty, red (Redskins red, I called it), very pretty, but the A/C only worked on level 4, the check engine light was on (the guy told us it was b/c it had a loose gas cap....um, no), and Chris was suspicious of it when after we had test drove it, it started smelling "hot."
Next.
We came across another vehicle that surprise! we had actually seen online. A silver Chevy Trailblazer, good mileage, blah blah blah.......oh, it was in the process of a loan. Damnit.
Next.
A 2007 Saturn Vue, black, 72,000 miles. Wasn't that impressed with it, but thought we might run some numbers to see what kind of payment schemes we could come up with that were in that car's range.
The guy thought we were ready to drive off the lot with it right then. Um, no. Especially since we weren't prepared to pay the taxes upfront today (pretty sure in Indiana you have 30 days, maybe I'm wrong) and especially since I wasn't sold on the Saturn. You should have heard this guy. I could tell Chris was getting irritated, especially since he needed to get out of town. Chris said, "Well, we really want to just compare pricing and things, thanks for your help," stuck out his hand.......and the guy doesn't shake it, just keeps talking. Says he'll be right back with his card. Okay, great.
Nope, his SUPERVISOR comes over next to talk to us, and Chris is just DONE. Walks out. I'm left feeling awkward and apologetic even though I was annoyed too. Explained to the guy that we felt pushed even though we told the guy we were "just looking" after he came up to us after about 15 seconds of us being out of our car.
Sigh.
Looks like I'm sticking with the 'Bu for awhile longer.
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