Ask a car salesman anything...anything at all.
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berlintaxi said:
Nickp82 said:
the add-on products (GAP, Paint Protection etc) are what earns the good money!
How much is "good money"?Ron99 said:
How often do scary test drives occur? How do you deal with those situations?
Good question.You really do risk your life with some people.
I would say, one in five test drives, you have a WTF moment one in ten will be an actual brown trouser moment.
A salesman I used to work with back in around 2000, was killed by a girl on test drive.
She veered across the nearside lane from the outside lane on a dual carriageway, up the embankment and rolled the car 5 times.
Peugeot 206 from memory.
She walked away, without a scratch, salesman dead, massive head injury from the 'b' pillar.
That was a bad conversation with his wife, when she arrived at the dealership to collect his personal belongings.
RIP Paul...
Mexman said:
Good question.
You really do risk your life with some people.
I would say, one in five test drives, you have a WTF moment one in ten will be an actual brown trouser moment.
A salesman I used to work with back in around 2000, was killed by a girl on test drive.
She veered across the nearside lane from the outside lane on a dual carriageway, up the embankment and rolled the car 5 times.
Peugeot 206 from memory.
She walked away, without a scratch, salesman dead, massive head injury from the 'b' pillar.
That was a bad conversation with his wife, when she arrived at the dealership to collect his personal belongings.
Ah man, that sounds horribleYou really do risk your life with some people.
I would say, one in five test drives, you have a WTF moment one in ten will be an actual brown trouser moment.
A salesman I used to work with back in around 2000, was killed by a girl on test drive.
She veered across the nearside lane from the outside lane on a dual carriageway, up the embankment and rolled the car 5 times.
Peugeot 206 from memory.
She walked away, without a scratch, salesman dead, massive head injury from the 'b' pillar.
That was a bad conversation with his wife, when she arrived at the dealership to collect his personal belongings.
Mexman said:
Good question.
You really do risk your life with some people.
I would say, one in five test drives, you have a WTF moment one in ten will be an actual brown trouser moment.
A salesman I used to work with back in around 2000, was killed by a girl on test drive.
She veered across the nearside lane from the outside lane on a dual carriageway, up the embankment and rolled the car 5 times.
Peugeot 206 from memory.
She walked away, without a scratch, salesman dead, massive head injury from the 'b' pillar.
That was a bad conversation with his wife, when she arrived at the dealership to collect his personal belongings.
Ah man, that sounds horribleYou really do risk your life with some people.
I would say, one in five test drives, you have a WTF moment one in ten will be an actual brown trouser moment.
A salesman I used to work with back in around 2000, was killed by a girl on test drive.
She veered across the nearside lane from the outside lane on a dual carriageway, up the embankment and rolled the car 5 times.
Peugeot 206 from memory.
She walked away, without a scratch, salesman dead, massive head injury from the 'b' pillar.
That was a bad conversation with his wife, when she arrived at the dealership to collect his personal belongings.
KTF said:
Do you find that you have to 'sell' or are more people coming in and saying I want X in Y colour with these options now its easier to do the research beforehand?
I think people have already done the research they need, the internet has a lot to answer for.Most people know what the want, although you do still have to lead some people by the hand and babysit them
swagmeister said:
Thats a strange one, I always find it takes 10 minutes to type what can be said in 5 minutes. Maybe you are a slow speaker.
I don't think it's strange at all, I also much prefer to enquire via email as I don't have access to phone during usual 9-5 working hours, so only get chance to make my enquiries early morning or late evening.Also email ensures I can get all my queries in (in concise bullet points) without forgetting any. This gives the dealer the opportunity to give me an equally brief, concise and accurate reply. If they don't then I know they're being deliberately shifty and evasive and it's not worth pursuing things any further
Most dealers I've visited never seem to be so run off their feet that they don't even have time to type out a quick email.
I suspect the reason most dealers don't respond to emails is...
a. It doesn't give them the same opportunity to use their silver tongued sales spiel on you.
b. They don't want to put anything in writing.
One question I'd like to ask is how/why do so many used dealers these days seem to have very little need or desire to actually sell cars and turnover stock? They all seem to be quite happy having overpriced cars sat unsold on their forecourts for months or even years.
Mexman said:
Ron99 said:
How often do scary test drives occur? How do you deal with those situations?
Good question.You really do risk your life with some people.
I would say, one in five test drives, you have a WTF moment one in ten will be an actual brown trouser moment.
A salesman I used to work with back in around 2000, was killed by a girl on test drive.
She veered across the nearside lane from the outside lane on a dual carriageway, up the embankment and rolled the car 5 times.
Peugeot 206 from memory.
She walked away, without a scratch, salesman dead, massive head injury from the 'b' pillar.
That was a bad conversation with his wife, when she arrived at the dealership to collect his personal belongings.
RIP Paul...
mike74 said:
swagmeister said:
Thats a strange one, I always find it takes 10 minutes to type what can be said in 5 minutes. Maybe you are a slow speaker.
I don't think it's strange at all, I also much prefer to enquire via email as I don't have access to phone during usual 9-5 working hours, so only get chance to make my enquiries early morning or late evening.Also email ensures I can get all my queries in (in concise bullet points) without forgetting any. This gives the dealer the opportunity to give me an equally brief, concise and accurate reply. If they don't then I know they're being deliberately shifty and evasive and it's not worth pursuing things any further
Most dealers I've visited never seem to be so run off their feet that they don't even have time to type out a quick email.
I suspect the reason most dealers don't respond to emails is...
a. It doesn't give them the same opportunity to use their silver tongued sales spiel on you.
b. They don't want to put anything in writing.
One question I'd like to ask is how/why do so many used dealers these days seem to have very little need or desire to actually sell cars and turnover stock? They all seem to be quite happy having overpriced cars sat unsold on their forecourts for months or even years.
I am certainly run off my feet for most of every day, half the time, grabbing a bite to eat in peace and quite is a mission.
A dealer who dosnt need to sell stock, is not a viable business.
No one wants over age stock sitting around depreciating.
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