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CharlesM posted:Also, gently caress You Baltimore. In general, I mean. loving truth.
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leica posted:Anyone ever get a key that could possibly start a free new car in the mail? A few years back that was a common ploy, I got a bunch of them. I love those. It's always a super-generic plastic key that would break the second you tried to use it in an actual ignition. I give them to my son for his Cozy Coupe. :3 He loves them and has a collection going.
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Dec 8, 2014 16:52
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Why do dealers use those big 20' inflatable gorillas or fan dudes? Do they actually increase sales? Does anyone just drive by, see a gorilla/inflatable tube man flailing about and thinks "My, I should pull into this lot and check this crazy thing out?"
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slidebite posted:Why do dealers use those big 20' inflatable gorillas or fan dudes? Do they actually increase sales? Uhh, you mean you don't? it's a giant loving gorilla!
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Dec 9, 2014 06:14
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If it means when you think of a dealership you think of theirs, they'll do anything allowable by law.
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Dec 9, 2014 14:23
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At least they are being honest in loving you?
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BrokenKnucklez posted:At least they are being honest in loving you? And at least Dodge is taking steps to prevent this as best they can: quote:The longer a Hellcat sits without being sold -- as it might if it were to have a $10,000 or $20,000 market adjustment on it -- relative to those on other dealer lots, the fewer future Hellcat vehicles a dealer will receive, the Dodge brand boss explained. From: http://www.autonews.com/article/20140909/RETAIL07/140909871/dodge-challenger-hellcat-dealer-ordering-begins----with-a-catch
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I do enjoy this one https://autos.yahoo.com/blogs/motoramic/dodge-challenger-srt-hellcat-hit-with--150-000-dealer-markup-151946896.html quote:The idea of a car dealer charging extra for a hot car has long been a controversial one. After all, manufacturers can't order any store to sell their products at a certain price, and dealers make their living understanding their markets. Yet to many customers, marking up a new model feels like gouging, and automakers generally try to fight those impulses from dealers even when they're flattered by the attention.
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Dec 9, 2014 15:43
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I saw an update on that last one yesterday, the car just flat-out wasn't for sale. Rather than say "not for sale," they thought they'd be funny and put a markup so large on it nobody in their right mind would try to buy it.
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Dec 9, 2014 17:54
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I've never seen the key before. Is that a regional thing?
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Dec 9, 2014 18:32
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Last year we bought a BRZ and it had a $9995 Market Adjustment on the sticker, when we sat down to negotiate, before we said anything the sales guy just struck that off and we went from the MSRP on it, we didn't have to say a word.
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:I've never seen the key before. Is that a regional thing? I'm in Seattle and I think leica is in Florida so we're basically at opposite ends of the country. I think I've only got a key 2, maybe 3 times though. In my case it was some old worn out keys so they probably just get them from the junkyard or whatever.
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Dec 9, 2014 21:36
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Around here the keys have gone away in favor of these things: Of course the code always "matches" and the "up to" language in the gift card prize is their out.
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Dec 9, 2014 21:44
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Shifty Pony posted:Around here the keys have gone away in favor of these things: So, three are 1:350,000 - and the last is 349,997:350,000. It looks like the minimum charge is $10, but I doubt that is enforced for a large purchase. If you don't meet the minimums, there is a $3/mo charge, too. What do you want to spend your $1 on? The last time I saw the "key" crap was in about 2008/2009. It was literally cheap plastic glued to the mailer. 
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Dec 9, 2014 21:49
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CharlesM posted:I'm in Seattle and I think leica is in Florida so we're basically at opposite ends of the country. I think I've only got a key 2, maybe 3 times though. In my case it was some old worn out keys so they probably just get them from the junkyard or whatever. Yeah I'm in FL, the keys I got were new and shinny, but I could tell by looking at the cut of the keys that it was very generic and would never start any car.
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Shifty Pony posted:Around here the keys have gone away in favor of these things: Jesus christ, the resources wasted to make this garbage.
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Dec 10, 2014 00:54
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Where'd Goatse go, did we run her out? 
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meatpimp posted:Where'd Goatse go, did we run her out? I'm around, just struggling through some dark days.
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goatse guy posted:I'm around, just struggling through some dark days. 
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goatse guy posted:I'm around, just struggling through some dark days. gently caress, I thought that phase was over. Was it something I said?
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meatpimp posted:gently caress, I thought that phase was over. Was it something I said? Do you mean before, during, or after posting?
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Viggen posted:Do you mean before, during, or after posting? Some times you're unfunny, and some times you're painfully unfunny.
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meatpimp posted:Some times you're unfunny, and some times you're painfully unfunny. What can I say? Familiarity breeds contempt.
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meatpimp posted:gently caress, I thought that phase was over. Was it something I said?  I think that's a pretty good summary of the current state of my life. Something pretty awful happened, all of my friends are being unsympathetic and unsupportive dicks about it, and a lot of people that I don't even know are passing some pretty harsh judgments on me.
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Dec 11, 2014 02:23
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We still love you goatse guy 
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leica posted:We still love you goatse guy As long as you're not a furry. Some poo poo can't be passed over. Don't know what happened, GG, but obviously we're all here. Except Vig. Ignore him. Past couple weeks have beenn poo poo here also, with no sign of looking up before the end of the year. Might as well end the same way it's gone the rest of it, I suppose. Friday night can't loving come soon enough.
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Sorry to hear things are going lovely goatse guy. On the subject of car dealers, my girlfriend just bought a used car from one, and they had a pretty impressive warranty which she sprung for. I know dealer warranties are almost universally a scam, but this one seems pretty great. For about $1900 on a 5 year old, 35k mile car which she paid 12k for, they cover pretty much everything except wear components with no limit and a $100 deductible. The best part is that if you don't use the policy you get all the money back (minus financing costs of about $70) when it expires. In her case, based on her low yearly mileage (about 8k/yr) it's valid for 4.5 years up to 75k miles. As long as she doesn't use it unless she has a repair costing more than the policy I see no downside. Anyone know many other dealerships that offer something similar?
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Disgruntled Bovine posted:
Supervisor's daughter just bought a CPO Mercedes CLA with the same style warranty. He claims it looked legit and supposedly read the fine print.
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Disgruntled Bovine posted:Sorry to hear things are going lovely goatse guy. I got one on my touareg. When the cats failed a month later they refused to cover it. Luckily I was within the refund period and got one.
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kmcormick9 posted:I got one on my touareg. When the cats failed a month later they refused to cover it. Luckily I was within the refund period and got one. Cats are one of the things not covered under this warranty, along with rubber suspension components, brakes, tires, cosmetics, etc. However the warranty specifically listed everything not covered, and stated that anything not listed was covered. The list was about what you'd expect. I don't expect she'll even need to use it, but in case something major does go wrong (engine/trans) it seemed like a good bet, especially since she only loses $70 if she doesn't use it.
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Disgruntled Bovine posted:Anyone know many other dealerships that offer something similar? I've seen them offered through finance departments in most of the dealerships that I've worked at. I had a customer come in last night and buy a vehicle. She called me as soon as she drove off the lot to tell me that the CEL was on. Nevermind the fact that it was also on during the test drive and delivery, because she bought the warranty. This month is off to a pitiful start. I've had 17 appointments shown and seven cars sold. Couple that with the fact that I've got five extra days off this month between holidays and personal time, so I'm not terribly optimistic about December's final numbers.
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Banks frown upon unpaid child support, so don't try to buy a Hummer if you owe your babymama $38k. Oh well. At least I still get paid when these people come in for their appointments.
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goatse guy posted:Banks frown upon unpaid child support, so don't try to buy a Hummer if you owe your babymama $38k. Why is this so fitting?
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goatse guy posted:I've seen them offered through finance departments in most of the dealerships that I've worked at. The salesman took her out on a test drive with a CEL? And she didn't ask questions about it?
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mariooncrack posted:The salesman took her out on a test drive with a CEL? And she didn't ask questions about it? Yes. Not every car we sell is going to be perfect. We sell a lot of cars that other dealerships would send to auction, because they are the right price for some of our customers.
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That's crazy. I know you live somewhere lovely, so maybe you don't have the same system, but here in CA the seller is responsible for smogging the car, and a smog certificate is required to transfer the registration. No way would you be able to smog something with a CEL. Doesn't that mean you're selling something that is unregisterable? Or is the buyer expected to deal with whatever you didn't fix before it's time to smog / get an inspection / whatever?
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You better take that back right now, Minnesota is great and Minneapolis is the best city on the earth. I don't live in North Dakota anymore. Smog? Inspection? You're talking crazy talk. If it's got a VIN, you can register it.
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So it's just going to run on 3 cylinders until it blows the cat into the muffler, disabling the car entirely. Nice. I did think you still lived in ND, but never not live on a coast.
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Raluek posted:That's crazy. I know you live somewhere lovely, so maybe you don't have the same system, but here in CA the seller is responsible for smogging the car, and a smog certificate is required to transfer the registration. No way would you be able to smog something with a CEL. Doesn't that mean you're selling something that is unregisterable? Or is the buyer expected to deal with whatever you didn't fix before it's time to smog / get an inspection / whatever? Many places don't require inspections. You can legally register and drive whatever rotted out deathtrap you want in Michigan, for example. I thought the always-lit CEL in my parents' cars was normal until I was like 17 (they are terrible car owners). I used to work at an Advance Auto Parts near Lansing, and some of the stuff that came in there was just unbelievable...like the dude who came in driving an early '80s half ton pickup - with 3 brake lines cut and clamped shut. The brakes wore out / started leaking, and it was cheaper to just clamp the line shut than actually fix them, you see. He had one functional drum brake on one of the rear wheels. 
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