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Vehicles / bikes 🏍 Car Talk

mendelman said:
No. But I can appreciate their time in history...which is where they should stay.
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After making a salesman's Christmas with a fat commission when I bought a truck at age 22, I have grown to like shopping for cars.
Back then I fell for all the old school textbook sales tactics:
  • "Oh we were just talking about this truck in our sales meeting this morning..."
  • "We only haggle on price if your paying cash"
  • "The cigarette smell faces over time"
  • "You better come down here and close the deal, I have another family coming to look at it in a hour..."
  • and the ultimate jerk move: "Filling up the gas tank is only for new vehicles..."

Anyways, the purchase of my truck in 2024 was great. I haggled a bit on my trade and the purchase, brought market aspects into it and let them know Im not averse to travelling to Portland or Seattle for a deal, but I'd like to stay local. The only qualm I had was asking for a lower price, but I also felt that it is business and I was asking for something reasonable. I got my price too. Good experience overall and I'd go back.

The thing I like about car buying is the research. I always go in knowing the specific vehicle on the lot I want, get the market prices. Even when Im not buying a car, some of my favorite youtube binges are on car buying tactics.
 
zman said:
After making a salesman's Christmas with a fat commission when I bought a truck at age 22, I have grown to like shopping for cars.
Back then I fell for all the old school textbook sales tactics:
  • "Oh we were just talking about this truck in our sales meeting this morning..."
  • "We only haggle on price if your paying cash"
  • "The cigarette smell faces over time"
  • "You better come down here and close the deal, I have another family coming to look at it in a hour..."
  • and the ultimate jerk move: "Filling up the gas tank is only for new vehicles..."

Anyways, the purchase of my truck in 2024 was great. I haggled a bit on my trade and the purchase, brought market aspects into it and let them know Im not averse to travelling to Portland or Seattle for a deal, but I'd like to stay local. The only qualm I had was asking for a lower price, but I also felt that it is business and I was asking for something reasonable. I got my price too. Good experience overall and I'd go back.

The thing I like about car buying is the research. I always go in knowing the specific vehicle on the lot I want, get the market prices. Even when Im not buying a car, some of my favorite youtube binges are on car buying tactics.
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This right here. I am a very informed buyer and let them know it up front. I have no problem with them making a profit; they should, they're a business. But it's not going to be exorbitant. I have fun when I ask what the price of the car is and they "it depends, are you financing or paying cash?" Well no sir, HOW I pay for the car has no bearing on the intrinsic value of the car. If they can't answer that question I move along. (side note: never pay cash for a new car)

I will never understand why we have to haggle anyway. I can't negotiate when I buy a pair of sneakers. I know what the price is, I either pull the trigger then or wait until a sale.
 
I did two rounds of haggling on email, threw in a "show me your invoice so I know your price for the car and the holdback" and settled on a price out the door. Not talking with them about the balance of financing vs. cash and made sure not to commit to any of that.
 
One of the wiper blades on my Gladiator broke yesterday. It took my about 4 minutes to swap it out with a new one.

I am mechanically uninclined enough and it was such a PITA on some other vehicles I've owned where I would rather just trade it in than deal with that mess.
 
I hate changing wipers. I swear it's different for every car and they all have hidden switches you need to press to easily take them off.
 
WSU MUP Student said:
One of the wiper blades on my Gladiator broke yesterday. It took my about 4 minutes to swap it out with a new one.

I am mechanically uninclined enough and it was such a PITA on some other vehicles I've owned where I would rather just trade it in than deal with that mess.
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DVD said:
I hate changing wipers. I swear it's different for every car and they all have hidden switches you need to press to easily take them off.
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