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Whilst they have a generally lousy reputation I quite like dealing with some car dealers, they come up with a written quote without silly haggling or "I'll talk to my boss and see what we can do", give us the keys once they've photocopied our driving licenses, listen and talk to both of us.
then you have conversations that go:
"How much is the five-year guarantee extension" (pointing at the advert on the wall)
"you can't have that, it's a utility vehicle"
"It's a 'véhicule de loisir' not a utility" (significant legal difference in France)
"The extended guarantee is only on cars but if you buy it on credit you get an extended guarantee for the period of the credit. If you take out a loan over ten years you get a guarantee extension for ten years blah, blah, blah blah... ."
"How much is that?"
"blah, blah, blah"
"How much does the credit cost?"
"blah, blah, blah"
"What's the interest rate?"
"5.5% but blah, blah... ."
"That's a fortune, have you got a calculator, I don't want credit just a guarantee of more than two years?"
FAIL
"We do tinted films for the windows"
"Not interested^"
"They reduce solar heating by 30%"
"Not interested"
"They act like laminated glass and stop people breaking in"
"They'll break in the front windows"
"We can do those too"
"No you can't, it's illegal"
"blah, blah, blah"
"I hate tinted windows! understood?"
The classic here was - i want to buy a 1.7cdti vx combo in red please - sorry the commercial vehicle guy only works mon-fri.
How about this corsa.....
Wtf man - are you thick.
"how about" cracks me up. "how about buying what I've got to meet my target on" more like.
I know you mock at Skodas in general t_r -- the salesman, when he couldn't supply what I was after (decent sized i.e. estate with decent poke - having been used to hauling around family of 4 on activity holidays in decent sized Saab with decent engine, I wasn't going to skimp) - nope, no Octavais with 1.4TSI -- how about this Rapid, despite it being way smaller with only up to 1.2 TSI - "that'll be all you need" --- "how the heck do you know?"
I bought my current car from an Arnold Shark main dealership. Usual games about checking with the boss, finance, tax, full tank and mats, which ended with I'll pay £X and no more. Deal done in jig time after that. As I was about to drive away the sales manager came over to shake my hand and effusively utter some pish about valued custom, followed by loving glances along the bodywork and "is this a brand new car, it really is beautiful?" No, this is a 2nd hand Skoda and you are a VW dealer.
They are the most condescending, patronising cockwombles known to man. If it wasn't for the silly cheap prices, I wouldn't ever darken their door and they're certainly not getting to service it.
****ers
The car salesman who spoke only to my father when I was looking for a new car got told exactly why I wouldn't buy a car from him.
I said to the gaffer of the last place I bought a car from, 'ok what's the proper cash price with loads more off, on the Mondeo Titanium X estate'. & he said,'what does it say in the window, cos thats it'
I still bought it.