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Re: So what has been going on... [british_rover] by driver100
Jul 07, 2009 (4:16 am)
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Replying to: british_rover (Jul 06, 2009 5:38 pm)

I kind of drifted away for a while and I am way to busy at work
 
Welcome back BR...the door is always open if you want to return.....
 
You must have a few good sales stories to relate from over the past few months.
 
Yes, we have sold a few cars here over the past few months.
 
What are you selling these days? Give us at least one good story!
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Re: So what has been going on... [british_rover] by qbrozen
Jul 07, 2009 (7:13 am)
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Replying to: british_rover (Jul 06, 2009 5:38 pm)

Hey BR!
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Re: So what has been going on... [jmonroe] by british_rover
Jul 07, 2009 (8:19 am)
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Replying to: jmonroe (Jul 06, 2009 6:14 pm)

ood to hear from you again. If you tell us what you've been selling maybe a buyer or two will give you the answers you're after.
  
You oughta know there ain't no such thing as a "free lunch". You probably know more than you should already.
  
Stick around,
  
jmonroe

 
Been selling more used cars then new of course but I think that trend is starting to turn around. Prices on used cars are still creeping up and the programs for new cars keep cramming the prices down closer to the used ones.
 
More Volvos then Saabs the past few months and almost no Land Rovers.
 

LRguy44
BR - good to hear from you. I dropped out for awhile but came back. Are you still at the same store? Many things have changed at our place - not all for the better. If you still have my e-mail, let's catch up!

 
Still with the same company Cliff but I moved to our Volvo Saab store one town over. Traffic at the Land Rover store just fell off a cliff and they kept trying to add another salesperson to make three total. That store only needs two salesperson and I think after the last three they hired had left they finally figured that out.
 
Three people can't make money there.
 

deltheking
Hi British Rover ,,Nice to see u back..read quite a lot of your previous posts.
I have a question...Are you originally from Midland,Texas? I think I read that somewhere.
Thanks....

 
Yup originally from Midland, Texas though I haven't lived there in 15ish years. We moved when my dad went active duty again and we moved to Virginia.
 
hey qbrozen what is going on. Still have that G35X?
 
Just crazy prices on new cars right now. I am usually the only flipping people from a new car to a used car as the deals on used cars were just so much better. I have had three people in the last couple of weeks that I flipped the other way. They came in looking for used cars, usually one year old 2008 models, but once I showed them they could buy a new 2009 model for just a couple of thousand more after all the incentives they went with new.
 
What would you rather buy a 2008 S60 for 22,000-23,000 or a 2009 S60 with free maintenance for five years 60,000 miles at about $26,000?
 
Kind of a new brainer really.
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Re: So what has been going on... [british_rover] by dino001
Jul 07, 2009 (8:47 am)
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Replying to: british_rover (Jul 07, 2009 8:19 am)

What would you rather buy a 2008 S60 for 22,000-23,000 or a 2009 S60 with free maintenance for five years 60,000 miles at about $26,000?
 
It is kind of false alternative. If a new S60 can be had for 26K (wow - is that a real price? How much cash is in that car? That sounds like S40, not S60 to me), then a used one is not worth $22K. Plain and simple. So - I would say I would go for new, or perhaps I'd rather have a used one for $19K
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Re: How about some stories? [richard64] by boomchek
Jul 07, 2009 (9:27 am)
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Replying to: richard64 (Jul 06, 2009 7:04 pm)

You're welcome richard.
 
Thanks for sharing your "house" story. It sounds like something from the movies but I bet it happens on a regular basis. I wouldn't be able to put on this "front" of having a well furnished main floor area of a huge house, only to have the rest of my family sleep in sleeping bags. That's just really really wrong.
 
Basically you're putting on a show for others yet living in discomfort because of it.
 
I don't get people sometimes.
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Re: So what has been going on... [british_rover] by boomchek
Jul 07, 2009 (9:30 am)
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Replying to: british_rover (Jul 07, 2009 8:19 am)

BR good to have you back! Hope you're making some decent paychecks!
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Re: So what has been going on... [british_rover] by qbrozen
Jul 07, 2009 (11:35 am)
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Replying to: british_rover (Jul 07, 2009 8:19 am)

Still have that G35X?
 
Yup. Been over a year now. Amazing I still have it, huh? ;b
I've been spending alot of time with an '85 300zx I picked up in Feb, so I think that's been keeping the bug away. Although all these deals I've been seeing do tempt me. I'm way too buried in the G35x, though. Just don't email me any great '06 S60R GT buys and I think I'll be OK.
 
Hmmm... seems more like a CCBA board post. Oh well.
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Re: So what has been going on... [british_rover] by fezo
Jul 07, 2009 (1:53 pm)
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Replying to: british_rover (Jul 07, 2009 8:19 am)

Hey, BR! Good to see you back. Selling Swedish cars in the northeast. Gotta keep you away. That's stuff I like...
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Re: How about some stories? [richard64] by roadburner
Jul 07, 2009 (4:52 pm)
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Replying to: richard64 (Jul 06, 2009 7:04 pm)

There's a gated Mc Mansion community in eastern Louisville that apparently has a lot of homeowners in a similar predicament. One of my realtor friends says that a large percentage of the homes have only two or three rooms that are full furnished.
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Re: I didn’t buy it to make a statement !!! [jmonroe] by roadburner
Jul 07, 2009 (5:06 pm)
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Replying to: jmonroe (Jul 06, 2009 5:07 pm)

I've managed to avoid the "Rich BMW Snob" reputation because most everyone at work and in my home town knows that I bought my first BMW(a 1973 Bavaria) back in 1983-before they started to become status symbols. They understand that I buy them because I like them. I've also gone to great lengths to explain how it doesn't cost a fortune to run a 3er or 5er. As a result, one of my friends-a life long street rodder-has purchased a couple of older 3 Series for his wife while his son(a UAW worker at Ford!) bought a 3er for his wife. One of my co-workers just bought a CPO X3. The local garage where I get my Jeep serviced has me on speed-dial for when they have questions about a BMW they are working on. Rather than a snob, I'm the Eccentric BMW Nut...

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