Yesterday I set out to purchase a car for my father, who just moved to Salt Lake City from Miami (don’t worry dad, the winter is not so bad here . . sigh)
In the interest of fairness and support to our ailing automotive industry I went to a Chevy dealer, in spite of my resent experiences.
I took some test drives with Christian, a nice young fellow who was very interested in my needs and working hard to address any of my questions, as we drove. Once we returned, as is expected, I soon met Christian’s manager, who also seemed pleasant and interested. However, he soon brought up the fact that the currently offered 0% financing was only available until Monday and that I would have to act fast. He asked me what was keeping me from the purchase and I mentioned that I was hoping to reach $XXX.XX as a monthly payment. He sent me off on another test drive and mentioned that when we returned, he would do his best to work the numbers so we could reach this goal. Great, I said, and went off to the next test drive with Christian.
On my return, after some niceties, I asked him “Perhaps we can go inside and see if we can work on those numbers”. His response, was shocking but not surprising “well, only if you are committed to purchasing the car”. At that point it became clear that the sales manager was interested in something beyond my best interest; perhaps his time. I said goodbye.
From there are I went to a couple of dealers. I purchased a Toyota. I reached the price point I needed, my dad likes it. Almost everyone won.
Rudy Vidal
Committed to XCS!
