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#271 of 300 Good news gals and guys! by andeet

Dec 28, 2007 (5:55 pm)

I'm officially back on track for maintenance. Got new tires, switch to synthetic oil (about three oil changes ago), 60k maintenance, new front brake pads and rotors.
 
All cost me 1,500's and my dealer did all my work except for new tires. They gave me one of their other Toyota techs and I was assigned to different service consultant (one of the two I was hoping for.) No pressure and paid less than what I was planning. To top it off; they still washed my car even if we were getting snow storm at the time and they also cranked up the heat so when I got into my car; I was going into warm car.
 
For some odd reason, I smell the "new car smell" and I haven't smelled this quite new since the day I bought my car. They didn't change my cabin air filter

#272 of 300 Re: Good news gals and guys! [andeet] by joel0622

Dec 28, 2007 (6:16 pm)

Replying to: andeet (Dec 28, 2007 5:55 pm)
Well come on, the suspense is killing me.

#273 of 300 Re: My car buying experience [shifterz] by greanpea68

Dec 29, 2007 (1:21 pm)

Replying to: shifterz (Dec 27, 2007 4:20 pm)
Last couple of times I went to go get a car, if I went to the lot by myself. No one came and talked to me. No one. I remember one time I was ready to plunk down money to purchase a car,
 
It is fact I believe from NADA that woman make 90% of the house hold decisions. i would rather talk to a woman any day of the week over male prospect. Plus the woman are better to look at and spend time with.
 
Also woman in my experience are not afraid to pay profit. Doesn't mean they want to be taken advantage of but if treated right they will pay profit.
 
GP

#274 of 300 Re: My car buying experience [greanpea68] by andeet

Dec 30, 2007 (5:57 pm)

Replying to: greanpea68 (Dec 29, 2007 1:21 pm)
Also woman in my experience are not afraid to pay profit. Doesn't mean they want to be taken advantage of but if treated right they will pay profit.
 
How funny you said that. Cause my personal sales consultant (I guess you can call her personal; since we have done two deals together. Probably more to come) treated me like she would treat a daughter. I gave her respect cause I knew I was getting respect back. So it kind of gave us trust on both ends. I offered to take 530 month car payment with different company but she explained to me I could go with brand new Tahoe for about that much and it would of been crazy to just buy a Scion tC with those loan terms. So she got me better terms with Toyota Financial and I accepted with smile.
 
She also explained I could finance any accessories with the loan. So I picked over 2,000's worth. Then I made comment about me carrying spare car key during work hours so on cold days I could start the car & run it while it's locked. She quickly said "You should get remote starter! I can get you one installed." I kind of hesitated since I heard remote starters could screw up starters and alternators. She kept pressuring and I finally said "Okay." Turns out, it was very helpful specially on those 10 degrees days when I leave for work. No problems yet. Then again, I also don't use it everyday; only on those very cold nights. I found out long idle really does kill gas.
 
Who knew a car saleswoman sucker sales pitch would be helpful? lol

#275 of 300 Re: My car buying experience [andeet] by oldfarmer50

Dec 30, 2007 (6:22 pm)

Replying to: andeet (Dec 30, 2007 5:57 pm)
"... explained I could finance any accessories with the loan..."
 
What kind of interest rate did you get from your saleswoman? Was it lower than the other company and was it for the same or longer term?
 
Sounds like you had an enjoyable car buying experience.

#276 of 300 Re: My car buying experience [oldfarmer50] by andeet

Dec 30, 2007 (8:15 pm)

Replying to: oldfarmer50 (Dec 30, 2007 6:22 pm)
If I can remember correctly, American Credit Union wanted 17% or 16% for 72 while Toyota Financial wanted 8.5% for 72. I originally wanted to buy my tC as second car and she agreed at first. We did credit application and every requirements for each loan stated "Must trade in current TFS loan." She explained to me "I know you can probably do this. But you will be paying double everything. Here at Carmax, we don't want to see our customers get into serious problems down the road. If you went to another dealership, you would of left with the keys long time ago. I rather see you trade in the xA that's if you want the tC that bad?" I told her back, "Let me think about it and see if there's any other options." Following Monday, she called me on my cell phone (I don't know how she got my number? But she got it.) I think the call last least five minutes and out of those minutes I think only minute and half was about the car. We were talking more about each other's days and jobs. lol
 
The woman I bought it from; she's been employed at Carmax for almost 10 years. She was one of the few who was able to keep her job when Carmax bought out the auto mall. The woman sure knows what she is talking about and that's why I trust her all the way. She was flattered when I bought in all of the paperwork, did my homework, knew finance offers, my Dad sat far, far away from us so I can do everything on my own when I bought my first car. This was my first ever loan car; I knew 315 month car loan was too much for minimal wage job so I deeply thought and asked if 72 month loan could be option right on the spot.
 
She has told me that many customers come back and buy cars from her again and again. In fact she has one customer who comes in every five months and trades in the car she sold him the last time for another one. He will only deal with her.

#277 of 300 Re: My car buying experience [andeet] by greanpea68

Dec 31, 2007 (7:29 am)

Replying to: andeet (Dec 30, 2007 8:15 pm)
Andeet,
 
It is nice to hear a story like that, a good one at a car dealer froma consumer
 
On the reomte starter... Don't worry too much every once in awhile they need to be adjusted and it ussualy takes a day. The company we use will do it for free for life of the car as long as it is the original owner.
 
GP

#278 of 300 Re: My car buying experience [greanpea68] by andeet

Dec 31, 2007 (10:20 am)

Replying to: greanpea68 (Dec 31, 2007 7:29 am)
I guess you could say I had rare buying experience compared to other car buyers. Don't worry I told Carmax during the survey "She did excellent job. I'll probably buy from her again." But she actually tried convincing me about saying "Oh yeah, Christine sure knows her sh**" Just to see what her manager would say during review time. Unfortunately , they called me about 9:00 am and I was dead sleep. Kind of forgot to say it but I think "excellent" could easily equal to "Knows her sh**"
 
I know this might sound corny but I actually admire her alot. It's something I learned from being on here and reading through all posts. Seeing most female salespeople usually doesn't stick around that often unless they are successful and they go through alot of crap from colleagues & male customers.
 
But then on the other hand; I've been admiring lot of female professionals like my employer's owner. She's 60 something and started her company in the basement of her house while she came from a family with money. Company started booming while making even more millions and owning the same old Ford Town Car for 15 years. I never met this woman yet...I heard she is witch but I heard if you work in a warehouse and woman. You're already on her good side.
 
I think it could be caused by not having a mother to look up to through my teens and the women around me like certain family members aren't really good examples except for two (my older sisters.)

#279 of 300 Re: My car buying experience [andeet] by oldfarmer50

Dec 31, 2007 (1:52 pm)

Replying to: andeet (Dec 31, 2007 10:20 am)
"...most female salespeople usually doesn't stick around that often unless they are sucessful and they go through alot of crap from colleagues & male customers..."
 
That's the same as for male salespeople.

#280 of 300 I need advice. I was taken advantage of by norcal182

Jan 09, 2008 (10:02 pm)

I went into San Rafeal Chevrolet in San Rafeal, Ca to purchase three cars. One brand new Hyundai Santa Fe, one used 03 Chevy Tahoe and a used 05 Dodge Ram.
 
First Issue: We first purchased a 03 Chevrolet Tahoe for the price of 20K. Everything was fine until I went home and happened to stumble on the dealerships webpage. Out of curiosity I had looked up my SUV I had just purchased. To my surprise I found my vehicle priced for 19495. Immediately, I phoned the dealership and spoke with the manager about the situation. They took care of it and said that they would fix the price and send a check to the financial institute my vehicle was financed through. TWO MONTHS later the bank has not seen the check. I have called several times to the dealership and have had no responses. Even a couple of visits with assurance someone would call me back but everytime leaving empty handed because so and so isn't in today.
 

Second Issue: We also purchased a used 05 Dodge Ram. As a condition of the sale they were suppose to install a bed liner. My first gripe about this deal is that I had purchased this vehicle in early November, but the deal with the bank did not close until late December. In the meantime of them closing the deal they took it upon themselves to sell my trade in before the deal was even funded. Not only did it take until late December for the deal to even get funded but I was not able to get my bed liner for the entire month. Now that they have received their money from the bank, I have yet to get any money for my bed liner to be installed. I have also made several attempts to contact them regarding this issue and have received no responses. I am now out 1000 dollars because of this situation.
 

Does anyone have any advice on what I should do now? Do I have a leg to stand on in court? Should I take them to court??

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