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Re: Stolen Trailblazer [explorerx4] by jmonroe
Jul 29, 2006 (2:59 pm)
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Replying to: explorerx4 (Jul 29, 2006 2:20 pm)

jmonroe... i'm sorry if this upsets you. it was not my intention to do that to anyone.
 
No need to apologize, I'm not that thin skinned.
 
I just thought it was an interesting story that I couldn't pass up commenting on.
 
Still friends ?
 
jmonroe
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Re: Stolen Trailblazer [jmonroe] by explorerx4
Jul 29, 2006 (4:07 pm)
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Replying to: jmonroe (Jul 29, 2006 2:59 pm)

still friends, of course.
sometimes my posts do elicit a 'nastygram' from the hosts, though.
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Re: my 2 cents [traindriver] by buffalonickel
Jul 29, 2006 (5:43 pm)
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Replying to: traindriver (Jul 28, 2006 9:19 pm)

I accede with you. My experience with our local dealer is perhaps the exception to most of the folks in that we are a small town with a Yota dealership just outside St. Louis. Our local dealership has grown over the last three years due to word of mouth and the quality of Toyota. The salesmen do not work on commission. And they have talked straight with me for 20 years. They have always simply given the best deal and that is that. I did test them against two dealers in St. Louis and was satisfied that both those dealers wanted me to "work" my way to what our local dealer offered initially. Bottomline: my time is valuable. I am not prone to driving around from lot to lot and shoot the breeze with salesmen who are paid to make me work at a deal. My wife just bought an 07 Solara and the deal was EZ. We got a terrific deal from the reading I see in these forums and they even provided us a free pin striping on the car as they have for 20 years.
 
There is no place like home.
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Re: my 2 cents [buffalonickel] by explorerx4
Jul 29, 2006 (6:12 pm)
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Replying to: buffalonickel (Jul 29, 2006 5:43 pm)

this post could get me a 'nastygram'.
hope you like your car.
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Re: my 2 cents [explorerx4] by tidester HOST
Jul 29, 2006 (7:47 pm)
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Replying to: explorerx4 (Jul 29, 2006 6:12 pm)

this post could get me a 'nastygram'
 
Hey, we've become kinder and gentler - you could at least acknowledge that!
 
tidester, host
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Re: Stolen Trailblazer [bmw3434] by the_big_al
Jun 27, 2008 (3:16 pm)
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Replying to: bmw3434 (Jul 28, 2006 2:31 pm)

This reminds me of an experience that my mom had several years ago... not really related but it did remind me of it. Several years ago our family was growing and needed to replace my mom's 76 Firbird Trans Am with something a little more familyish. We ended up with an 85 Plymouth Voyager. We must have bought it new, but it could have been used because I can't remember if it was in 85 or 86 that we got it. My mom traded the Firebird for it. Several weeks later the Texas State Police called us in Arizona saying they had her car and would she like to come get it. My mom was like "what car?". "Your Firebird. We confiscated from an illegall immigrant as he tried to cross the border back into Mexico."
 
Apparently the car had probably been wholesaled (even though it was a 76 Firebird in 86 and it was the Trans Am), and then the resulting dealership didn't process the paperwork properly so my mom was still listed as the registered owner. Hence the phone call. My mom (either fortunately since it was the right thing to do, but unfortunately since that would have been my car once I hit driving age 10 years later ) let them know that she had traded the car in and that it was no longer hers. I also think she called the dealership and let her know what was happening and they could take what ever action they felt was necassary.
 
I almost wish she would have went and picked up the car. It was a good car as I realized later once I grew up. It would have made a great first car for me, but I probably would have killed myself driving it since I pounded the pedal in every car I owned during my high school years. Fortunatly every car I owned in high school (one for the each of the 3 years I drove) was in capable of achieving any great speed quickly.
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Re: my 2 cents [traindriver] by the_big_al
Jun 27, 2008 (3:16 pm)
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Replying to: traindriver (Jul 28, 2006 9:19 pm)

I noticed that when I started noticing, the small town where I grew up in actually had better deals and better prices than the metro area I was living in. Although, the draw back to that though was the selection was not as good. But for a good price, I would be willing to give a little on selection as long as the vehicle met my needs...
 
Smallville is probably better for buying because it's easier to get a reputaion trashed by a couple bad deals and even more difficult to get it back. Less people in a small town, more in a big town...
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Re: my 2 cents [buffalonickel] by graphicguy
Jul 30, 2006 (5:11 am)
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Replying to: buffalonickel (Jul 29, 2006 5:43 pm)

buffalo.....couldn't agree more. Your dealership is trustworthy. You reward them with your repeat business and get a good deal with no hassle.
 
BTW....More Bill Heard....
 
http://www.newschannel5.com/content/investigates/20957.asp?q=newschannel+5+inves- tigates
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Re: my 2 cents [graphicguy] by cluedweasel
Jul 30, 2006 (10:59 am)
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Replying to: graphicguy (Jul 30, 2006 5:11 am)

We used to get a lot of people from Los Angeles coming out to our dealership and the auto mall in general just because they couldn't take the hassle of the L.A. Market.
On the other hand I now live in a smallish town that's 130 miles from any large metro area and the local dealers know it. ADM stickers abound, most places are "non-participating" on deals and there is a "take it or leave it" mentality among some of the dealers.
 
On the Bill Heard thing, why does Chevrolet still have them as a franchisee? I would have thought the negative publicity would lead them to pull the plug. Maybe sales numbers count for more than customer service?
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Re: my 2 cents [cluedweasel] by snakeweasel
Jul 30, 2006 (11:31 am)
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Replying to: cluedweasel (Jul 30, 2006 10:59 am)

On the Bill Heard thing, why does Chevrolet still have them as a franchisee? I would have thought the negative publicity would lead them to pull the plug. Maybe sales numbers count for more than customer service?
 
Bingo its the sales, As long as their sales numbers are good Chevy won't do much. Remember that the bad press is against the dealer not Chevy.
 
Also since you say you're 130 miles away from any large metro area could you please define what you would call a large metro area?

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