Silly car dealer games....

[bambam]

Here is some encouragement--

 

[roundhouse]

It was quite tempting. It was going to be my first "on my own" purchase. I hated that it worked out like that. The truck was absolutely gorgeous. But, if they'll lie about the mileage, I figured they would have no problem hiding any potential problems as well.

Huh

A car salesman lying

I would never have imagined such a thing


EVERY word from a car salesman’s mouth is a lie

Same as a politician or a cop

Just remember that and act accordingly

 

[roundhouse]

Something that has always bothered me is that until a car has been titled to a buyer, it's considered "new".

Last time I had to have a vehicle serviced (it required dropping the K-member) I was given several loaners over a period of three days, all of which were "new".

We found evidence that one van had been driven to Orlando AND Hilton Head by employees of the dealership. One girl even left her pay stub and bank stubs in the glove compartment. Those few thousand miles weren't test drives, the dealership uses those puppies like personal vehicles.

Also, we went camping once at a state park, and the family beside us were pulling their mega-camper with a "new" truck from a dealership. The man worked there and figured it was fine to take a "new" truck and use it for the holiday weekend.

Think the use / misuse / abuse ever gets reported to the buyer??

Some dealers do that and then certify them as used cars and actually make more money selling it as a used car

I know the V W dealer in Stone Mountain used to do that

They gave us a brand new loaner to drive to Florida while they worked on the wife’s beetle

I mentioned that we were gonna be going on a 1000 miles trip and they said they would just certifiy it
And put it on the used car lot

Without the required window sticker for the new cars
They could sell it for a higher price