If you like see sharks outta water, go car shopping. LOL You know what I mean. You drive up to a dealership and dun dun dun dun, you hear the theme of the movie JAWS being played as the sales people shark fin makes their backs go up right straight and point in your direction. Sometimes dey even circle around you. How scarey is dat?
I am no good at shopping for cars. I’m the reason male sales people take advantage of females when it comes to mechanical items; especially automobiles. Its like there’s SUCKER tattooed on my forehead. Or more like IGNANT, aka Ignorant. I am the first to concede car shopping is a male thing. I’m da “just drive and put gas type” ok just drive. LOL Wot!
For one thing I don’t do homework when it comes to car shopping. I don’t do car shopping in general. I drive wot get. All I ask is that it runs and don’t broke down. Oh and I no have to do push dis, kick dat, lift da hood pound dis or dat, let it warm up, anden pray it don’t broke down. I’m thinklng new is good and will always start and run. Magically. Its call “man thing” I don’t do the check dis or dat. Hope-a-less wahine I know. So sue me.
Yes it is women like me who temp car sales people to do unscrupulous deals. I am aware of that. Thats why I’ve never bought a car. But I’ve tagged along car shopping. And I every now & then I might say stupid stuff like “Do you have it in purple?” Or “Is there a candy apple red one with mettalic flakes? I do know the difference between “corinthin leather” and “tuck and roll” doe. *L*
My kids have always followed their Dad car shopping. Be it shopping just look or shopping yeah lets buy one. Since they were little its been their quality time wit their Dad.
So today I went car shopping with my Daughta & Husband cause Daughta needs a new vehicle. She knows what she wants. She just wanted to look at what was available, etc. Maybe test drive. I wasn’t planning on going.
Then I was reminded if I no go I no go out eat either. Lord knows I needed to be out some at least. So I went. Condemned to da back seat. Its all good. I took my latest murda mystery book I stay reading and nerd dat I am finished da book as Daughta & her Fahdah wen checkout & test drive different vehicles.
I like the idea of driving a new vehicle. Its buying one thats a mystery to me. AS IF I have the money, hah? I know I should learn. I find the sales people a total turnoff doe. Dey schooled in being pushy & how to pressure and I not. *L* I cannot stand the hard sell sales pitch, I don’t know how to handle dat except to say; no neva mind I no likem’ now.
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March 5th, 2006 at 8:30 am
I hate wen da salesperson u talkin to says, “Lemme go check wit my manager”… cuz u know dat he going go back to whoevah dat person is and say, “I get dese lolo customers who tink dey going get one car for dis lolo price, wat I going tellum?” Anden dey both snicker and talk about da tings peepo ask dese days. Dey have a beer, shoot da breeze, while alla time u stay waiting for “DA BIG DECISION”. Den da salesperson comes back wit dis humbug answer about how, “no, we cannot do dis, but we can do dat”, anden u talk anden da whole “gotta go talk to my manager” again bs happens.
We wen find a way outa dis. We went to one auto broker who came highly recommended. We called him, told him wat we needed. He wen find one for us. Told us da price. We wen holoholo ovah deah for one test drive. Liked da car. Was in our budget. Bought it. Dat was it. No games. No humbug. Worked like a charm.
Da oni time I would go back to one dealership again is for test drive all kine cars. No go insai da office. No talking. Dat’s it.