ahh, one of the million reasons I hate going to buy a used car. so much dishonesty, pressure, double talk, and swindling.
I have owned many used cars in my life, and still have yet to buy one off a lot. always private party for this guy. On 10/23/07, Wayne Putterill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I used to be a car salesman so here are a few insider secrets. > > Rule 1: Always drive the car first and drive as smoothly as possible, if > the > customer gets first go then they are likely to make some errors due to > differences in gearboxes/brakes/controls/driving position etc. If they > have > already experienced the car at it's best they blame themselves for not > being > used to it, otherwise you start to hear "I don't like this gearbox", "The > brakes are too sharp" etc. > > Rule 2: Plan your route. The outward journey (when you are driving) should > be slightly uphill if possible so that when the customer is driving back > downhill the car feels faster than it actually is. Also make sure that the > return route is as easy as possible - no complicated junctions etc. > > There's a lot more I could tell you, but I'd risk a contract being put on > my > head for breaking the salesmans vows... > > On 22/10/2007, Bruce Sorge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I would go with him unless he has the $$ in hand that you are asking, in > > which case I would hold onto the money. > > > > Bruce > > > > Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote: > > > I've got my truck listed for sale and there's a guy coming to see it > > > in an hour or so. How do you handle test drives? Do you ride with > > > the guy, or do you let him take it alone? > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get the answers you are looking for on the ColdFusion Labs Forum direct from active programmers and developers. http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/categories.cfm?forumid-72&catid=648 Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:244875 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
