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tried test driving a mustang cobra, but they gave me BS excuse
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Well, imho it all comes down to appearance, not necessarily credit etc. I have never had a dealership check my credit even when test driving expensive cars. I am also a little older than some of you guys (30's) and I think my clean cut appearance makes a difference. I was in a dealership a few months ago looking at some cars and they had a sweet looking new Escalade. I asked to take it for a drive and the older salesman throws me the keys and says have fun. No DL, no credit check, not even my name.....
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Lifer
Originally posted by: Jzero
Originally posted by: Gillbot
My buddy was looking into buying an Escalade or a loaded Navigator. He spyed a Viper at a dodge lot across the street and went to see. The salesman was a total PIA and said for "your type" I'd need a $10k deposit. My buddy pulled out his checkbook and said sure. The guy was all excited and ran the papers. When he came back we left, went across the street and bought an escalade by check. (he got an insurance settlement from his old car and wreck) We just had to drive back to the dodge dealership and rub it in.
Some salesman are just......
He gets ab/c he wanted protection on his expensive car?
You get ab/c you wasted the Dodge dealer's time when you had no intention of buying the Viper either way.
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I can't believe that this thread has gone on this long without a Ford salesman chip in! I had a friend who used to work at a Ford dealership. It was Policy for the last part of a Mustang Cobra deal to be the test drive. Mustang GT is no problem. Mustang Cobra, you do paperwork first test-drive later. That's just how it is.
BTW a car that is a decade old and didn't cost big$ new doesn't count for much.
BTW a car that is a decade old and didn't cost big$ new doesn't count for much.
mAdD INDIAN
Diamond Member
I don't think he was insulting you. In fact he was praising you. He meant that he's wasting his money...atleasts thats how I interpreted it.
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Lifer
Nah, your sarcasm meter is broken. 🙂 But even though his bank account is depleting and he has to take out a loan for school for the first time, he still thinks it was wise to buy a brand new Lexus as a college student who still has graduate school ahead of him. To each his own I guess.
Screw saving for the future, living for the moment and buying things we can't afford is the American way, damn it!
Actually it was depleting cuz I wasn't working 🙁 😀
I am currently working tho. I have about 800 rolling in tomorrow. I can make enough to pay for my car and pay my loan off. I do spend money on things I don't need but I'm not the type that'll put myself in a position to file bankruptcy or such.
If I know it's out of my limits then I wouldn't have gotten it.
For test driving cars, you need two things. You must be generally respectable and you must be in the position to buy. A couple years ago my dad decided he wanted to buy an Olds Aurora. The car was about 30~35K. We drove up in his '96 Mercury Grand Marquis (not a real high end car). He talked to the salesman for a while. Then he went to test drive it. The saleman even let me drive it (I was only 15 at the time).
I think this is a time for the 3 C's. Confidence. Class. Colateral🙂
EDIT: BTW, we left the lot with the new car.
I think this is a time for the 3 C's. Confidence. Class. Colateral🙂
EDIT: BTW, we left the lot with the new car.
I think, like a lot of other people do in this thread, that the salesperson made the valid assumption that you were there just to do a joyride. Because let's be brutally honest here. I have a gut feeling your age falls somewhere in the range of 18-21. The only way YOU would be purchasing a Cobra is if your parents purchased it for you or you won the lottery. Salespeople are trained, or at least learn, how to spot an actual potential buyer of a car as opposed to a joyrider. It would've been a waste of his time to do a test drive with you in a car that you were very unlikely to purchase and time does VERY much equal money for these folks. Personally when I was looking at cars last year I went to a Nissan dealership to take a look at the 2003 Nissan Altima 3.5 SEs. I actually was able to do a test drive in one, granted they aren't quite as expensive as a Cobra but they aren't cheap either, without any hassle. Ended up purchasing another vehicle since the payments I would've had to do on it would've put a painful crimp on my budget. But I think the main reason I was able to do a test drive so easily is because I actually expressed an interest, and looked like I could afford the car. That is VERY much key.
Well I would say the Majority of the 18-21 are joy riding, but there are prolly a number of their parents that are willing to pay for it.
Remember the guy who was complaining about a SRT ? whatever that thing is called.
Also there are a small percentage of younger people whether they be drug dealers and what not that can purchase it.
Hell how old is Anand ?
Just assuming that the younger person is gonna joy ride is pretty messed up i think. Atleast treat them like they are a customer instead of pulling some bs.
Well like you said, the majority of the 18-21 crowd are out there joyriding. Sure if I was a nice guy I MIGHT let you do a joyride if I was the salesperson but it would be pretty short. He would've had a better chance had he pulled up with an adult that looked like they had the money to spend for that type of car for their kid. I think Anand is somewhere in his 20s but I have the feeling that when he pulls up in the dealership he has a pretty professional appearance going. There aren't a ton of well to do 20 something year olds out there but the salespeople recognize one when they see one.
IamElectro
Golden Member
It depends on you and the dealership. My dad sells cars "Chryslers, Dodges" and they dont just let anybody who walks in test drive any car on the lot. I dont know about this particular place but two young guys pull up in a ten year old sports car and ask for the keys to a 35k vehicle where my dad works they wouldn't do it. Most places the dealer tags are registerd through the company to that salesman meaning they are responsible for that vehicle that they are on.
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