Approved used - bit underhand?
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Expecting a car salesman to know about cambelts/chains/tensioners etc implies that there are an awful lot of 'glass 7/8 full' people about.
I recently looked at the 'meet the team' for one of my local 'prestige brand' dealers. A large number of fairly young chaps, none of whom I recognised from my previous visit, and a few checks revealed 'experience in PR', 'ex-haidresser or similar', 'ex-estate agent', ex-entrepreneur' etc..
In conversation with one the word 'car' was never mentioned, it was all about 'units'. Another highlighted the sportiness of the 'black' chrome. What engine does it have? No idea, it's a 55/400/93545 etc (take your pick). What do those numbers mean? No idea, it's where it sits in the range, and the 93545 is better than the 400.
In my experience, unless you are at a specialist marque dealer, the chances are the salesperson is simply selling units, though if you wanted to know whether you could sync your blah-blah phone/watch with the car's ambient lighting, they might know that.
How many phone salespeople know whether the latest phone they're trying to sell you has a 'McDougal Pre-sensitizer Flux Capacitor 97.3 Terragig chip' installed? Dunno mate, it just works.
Ps., for the sensitive ones amongst us, please don't take all of the above as fact; other views are available.
I recently looked at the 'meet the team' for one of my local 'prestige brand' dealers. A large number of fairly young chaps, none of whom I recognised from my previous visit, and a few checks revealed 'experience in PR', 'ex-haidresser or similar', 'ex-estate agent', ex-entrepreneur' etc..
In conversation with one the word 'car' was never mentioned, it was all about 'units'. Another highlighted the sportiness of the 'black' chrome. What engine does it have? No idea, it's a 55/400/93545 etc (take your pick). What do those numbers mean? No idea, it's where it sits in the range, and the 93545 is better than the 400.
In my experience, unless you are at a specialist marque dealer, the chances are the salesperson is simply selling units, though if you wanted to know whether you could sync your blah-blah phone/watch with the car's ambient lighting, they might know that.
How many phone salespeople know whether the latest phone they're trying to sell you has a 'McDougal Pre-sensitizer Flux Capacitor 97.3 Terragig chip' installed? Dunno mate, it just works.
Ps., for the sensitive ones amongst us, please don't take all of the above as fact; other views are available.
AlanS20 said:
I farted in an approved used car once and didn’t buy it. The next punter bought it and complained about a brown stain on the seat.
You and I have a different definition of fart. If you follow through it’s not a fart.That is an argument for buying new. God knows I’ve picked my nose, scratched my balls, and farted in many a car. The one thing that will put me off is the smell of cigarettes, everything else I’ll take my chances.
av185 said:
Sorry but I thought snowflake chocolate cambelts with the ability to snap at super low mileage and nukeing the engine in the process dominated the cheapo Ford Escorts of the 80s and 90s.
Sympathies but buy a proper car next time with a genuine non maintenance non lunching engine chain driven cam and not an overpriced pseudot 'premium' Aldi. Even Vauxhalls have quality mega mileage for the cars life chain cams btw.
Chains and tensioners wear out too and are far more expensive than a belt to replace. I have had to do a chain in a merc v6 at 90000 miles due to a misfire from the timing being miles out and it was a ballache comoared to a belt and the parts were expensive, and have had a few motors where the chain has become noisy and the performance has become hesitant as the timing drifts. Sympathies but buy a proper car next time with a genuine non maintenance non lunching engine chain driven cam and not an overpriced pseudot 'premium' Aldi. Even Vauxhalls have quality mega mileage for the cars life chain cams btw.
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