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Originally posted by CHDS PNY@July 19, 2005, 4:27 PM
very few dealers have technical knowledge of the mustang
i pulled up to purchase my 05 in my 02 MG V6 Vert and got the comment "Nice Cobra"
i had 03 mach wheels with the AFS Cobra Center caps...i am just waiting to purchase different ones
very few dealers have technical knowledge of the mustang
i pulled up to purchase my 05 in my 02 MG V6 Vert and got the comment "Nice Cobra"
i had 03 mach wheels with the AFS Cobra Center caps...i am just waiting to purchase different ones
"Yeah, she's got alot of power, i love it. How much is this thing worth trade in value?"
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Originally posted by kerafaith@July 19, 2005, 5:17 PM
Here you go:
And after add on's this car went for just above 25k
Here you go:
And after add on's this car went for just above 25k
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My dealer was very knowledgable about the stang, and so was his staff. Tri-motor Ford in Oak Harbor OH for those of you in OH, MI and PA. He is also an avid collector (68 428 shelby gt 500, and many other special editions). I was lucky that they knew their stuff.
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When purchasing my Mustang, I went to look at the car I ended up buying. I walked up to the dealer. I sat in it. I looked and admired it. I asked to drive it. He tossed me the keys and said have fun. I drove it, returned it, then asked the price. He gave me a # ($500 over invoice - in December).
I went to Toyota to look at a family car (thinking of the future). The wife and I test drove a few cars. The salesman started pushing me... and pushing me... AND PUSHING ME. He wouldn't back off. I went and sat down to get an idea AN IDEA of what this car would cost. We were talking trade ins and such. they went outside to check the milage on the trade in car, and then I realized this was getting WAY too complicated to just get a price idea on the car we were looking at.
I started getting PISSED off. It climaxed with me having to YELL at the salesmen and make an all out SCENE in the middle of the showroom just to get my keys back.
My family has always ALWAYS baught Toyotas, but Toyota's biggest black mark is the fact that their dealers don't know how to treat customers.
I went back to the Ford dealer and ended up paying the very first price he quoted me NO HASTLES. the price I got when I asked was the price I payed exactly what he said right there and not a penny more. He never even tried to push extended warranties or unwanted extras. He knew I was informed and stuck to the sale. That ultimately won it for me. Even though Ford doesn't have quite the same quality as Toyota, I would forgo that just to have the same buying experience all over again.
Side note - this was my first ever new car purchase, and Ford made an impression on me. These guys have taken care of me like family from day one. I'd have it no other way.
Don't judge a book by looking at the cover. I'm sure there are bad Ford dealers, but if you look at the overall customer satisfaction levels, just about anyone will tell you that buying a Toyota is the PITS. Lexus and Acura are different because they're Luxury brands. They HAVE to act respectful and kind or the big sale will just get up and walk away. In fact, Toyota is sending Lexus salesmen in the area to the 4 seasons hotel for an all expense paid trip. That's to teach them how to treat the customers. Why can't they do that at the Toyota dealers? That's where it's needed!
I went to Toyota to look at a family car (thinking of the future). The wife and I test drove a few cars. The salesman started pushing me... and pushing me... AND PUSHING ME. He wouldn't back off. I went and sat down to get an idea AN IDEA of what this car would cost. We were talking trade ins and such. they went outside to check the milage on the trade in car, and then I realized this was getting WAY too complicated to just get a price idea on the car we were looking at.
I started getting PISSED off. It climaxed with me having to YELL at the salesmen and make an all out SCENE in the middle of the showroom just to get my keys back.
My family has always ALWAYS baught Toyotas, but Toyota's biggest black mark is the fact that their dealers don't know how to treat customers.
I went back to the Ford dealer and ended up paying the very first price he quoted me NO HASTLES. the price I got when I asked was the price I payed exactly what he said right there and not a penny more. He never even tried to push extended warranties or unwanted extras. He knew I was informed and stuck to the sale. That ultimately won it for me. Even though Ford doesn't have quite the same quality as Toyota, I would forgo that just to have the same buying experience all over again.
Side note - this was my first ever new car purchase, and Ford made an impression on me. These guys have taken care of me like family from day one. I'd have it no other way.
Don't judge a book by looking at the cover. I'm sure there are bad Ford dealers, but if you look at the overall customer satisfaction levels, just about anyone will tell you that buying a Toyota is the PITS. Lexus and Acura are different because they're Luxury brands. They HAVE to act respectful and kind or the big sale will just get up and walk away. In fact, Toyota is sending Lexus salesmen in the area to the 4 seasons hotel for an all expense paid trip. That's to teach them how to treat the customers. Why can't they do that at the Toyota dealers? That's where it's needed!
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Originally posted by ISELLFORD@July 19, 2005, 5:48 PM
It is sad that a lot of auto salespeople are not product savvy. What I have found in almost 24 years is that there are two basic types of salespersons. The first takes it as a job and does not look at the big picture [e.g. relationship building and future business]. All they care about is making a sale [and usually a used vehicle sale as that is where they make the real $$]. The new vehicle sales process is so cut throat, that a salesperson will literally starve to death selling just new so they concentrate on used.
The second salesperson type is the career person of which there are not too many of us left. I have been at our store for almost 24 years and early on I received some advice to which I still adhere. "Treat EVERY customer the way you want to be treated and everything else will take care of itself". I believed that philosophy and the car business has given my family and I more than I ever could have imagined. Just take care of the customer, period. My son has now followed in my footsteps and has 5 years under his belt and he has adhered to the advice this old warhorse has given him.
If you do not like a salesperson that you are dealing with, there are thousands more out there. Unfortunately the "professionals" are few and far between.
I may get flamed for my insight but I am just calling a spade a spade.
It is sad that a lot of auto salespeople are not product savvy. What I have found in almost 24 years is that there are two basic types of salespersons. The first takes it as a job and does not look at the big picture [e.g. relationship building and future business]. All they care about is making a sale [and usually a used vehicle sale as that is where they make the real $$]. The new vehicle sales process is so cut throat, that a salesperson will literally starve to death selling just new so they concentrate on used.
The second salesperson type is the career person of which there are not too many of us left. I have been at our store for almost 24 years and early on I received some advice to which I still adhere. "Treat EVERY customer the way you want to be treated and everything else will take care of itself". I believed that philosophy and the car business has given my family and I more than I ever could have imagined. Just take care of the customer, period. My son has now followed in my footsteps and has 5 years under his belt and he has adhered to the advice this old warhorse has given him.
If you do not like a salesperson that you are dealing with, there are thousands more out there. Unfortunately the "professionals" are few and far between.
I may get flamed for my insight but I am just calling a spade a spade.
.BTW, nice avatar of the LCF
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