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<blockquote data-quote="Paradoxish" data-source="post: 651885" data-attributes="member: 9623"><p>Well, lately I've been spending a lot of time at car dealerships. Recently, a friend of mine, who really doesn't know much about cars and isn't particularly good at negotiating, wanted me to come along to help him get a new used car since his old Pontiac LeMans exploded on him a few months ago. He had around $5000 to spend and wasn't interested in financing. Despite being incredibly clear about this at each dealership we went to, the salespeople would still argue (sometimes for over an hour) to get him to take out a loan on a newer car with a $5000 down payment. And that's not even to mention the fact that they constantly badgered me to trade-in my car, even after we were clear that <em>I</em> was not the one looking for a new car. All in all, it was pretty frustrating. I was hoping things would be better when I started looking for a new car for myself. Damn, I couldn't have been more wrong.</p><p></p><p>I currently drive an '02 Nissan Maxima SE 6-spd and I've been looking at new (or 1 or 2 year old) Audis, Infinitis, and BMWs. I've been saving for a while and plan to put down between $6-8k on top of my trade-in, so I figured that I wouldn't have much trouble at dealerships despite my age. Well, I've been snubbed at almost every dealership I've been to today. It was a struggle to convince the Audi salesperson to even let me test drive an A4 and the guy at the BMW dealership looked genuinely shocked that I could actually afford to finance the car I was looking at. About the only place where I wasn't totally blown off was the Nissan dealership I stopped by, but there I was heavily pressured to buy a 350Z - even though I told the salesperson over and over again I wasn't interested in a two-door (even though I loooove that car).</p><p></p><p>Overall, this has been an incredibly unpleasant day. Has anyone else had similiar experiences with new car purchases? Any advice?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Paradoxish, post: 651885, member: 9623"] Well, lately I've been spending a lot of time at car dealerships. Recently, a friend of mine, who really doesn't know much about cars and isn't particularly good at negotiating, wanted me to come along to help him get a new used car since his old Pontiac LeMans exploded on him a few months ago. He had around $5000 to spend and wasn't interested in financing. Despite being incredibly clear about this at each dealership we went to, the salespeople would still argue (sometimes for over an hour) to get him to take out a loan on a newer car with a $5000 down payment. And that's not even to mention the fact that they constantly badgered me to trade-in my car, even after we were clear that [i]I[/i] was not the one looking for a new car. All in all, it was pretty frustrating. I was hoping things would be better when I started looking for a new car for myself. Damn, I couldn't have been more wrong. I currently drive an '02 Nissan Maxima SE 6-spd and I've been looking at new (or 1 or 2 year old) Audis, Infinitis, and BMWs. I've been saving for a while and plan to put down between $6-8k on top of my trade-in, so I figured that I wouldn't have much trouble at dealerships despite my age. Well, I've been snubbed at almost every dealership I've been to today. It was a struggle to convince the Audi salesperson to even let me test drive an A4 and the guy at the BMW dealership looked genuinely shocked that I could actually afford to finance the car I was looking at. About the only place where I wasn't totally blown off was the Nissan dealership I stopped by, but there I was heavily pressured to buy a 350Z - even though I told the salesperson over and over again I wasn't interested in a two-door (even though I loooove that car). Overall, this has been an incredibly unpleasant day. Has anyone else had similiar experiences with new car purchases? Any advice? [/QUOTE]
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