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What's the funniest (or dumbest) thing you have heard a car dealer tell you?

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tracebooks | 3 years, 5 months ago
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My parents' car once told me to turn left. I was on a very long bridge at the time.

My car regularly tells me: "The door is a jar"! No it's not. It's a door. Neither is it ajar.

I'm glad I was smarter than these guys:

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/odd/a134994/newlyweds-led-up-mountain-by-satnav.html

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filmkid | 3 years, 5 months ago Report

Haha, intense.

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tracebooks | 3 years, 5 months ago Report

OH, it's been edited, LOL!

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walbold | 3 years, 5 months ago
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My parents told me a story about how they went to a Honda dealership, and they heard one of the employees making fun of their ethnicity. My parents asked to see the manager and told him what happened (im sure it was angrily). Then an employee came in and said something like, "What language do you even speak?" That pissed off my parents. They speak english very well but have an accent and have problems with tense. Beyond that, COMPLETELY understandable. My parents called corporate and told them what happened, they received messages apologizing for days.

That was dumb. Imagine going into a car dealership, with the money to buy something, with all intention to buy something, then being made fun of because of your ethnicity. Real dumb alright.
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filmkid | 3 years, 5 months ago
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Like navigation systems? One time I was trying to get it to show me the closest ATMs through voice command and it kept telling me the time, then I said (frustrated, of course), "No! I want you to show me the ATMs!" to which it responded, "command failure." I guess it doesn't take kindly to impatient voice commands.

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auctiondirect | 3 years, 5 months ago Report

lol...sorry - I meant the funniest thing a car DEALER said. That is still a GREAT answer! love it....

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filmkid | 3 years, 5 months ago Report

No worries :-) I enjoyed sharing anyway!

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mrnemo | 3 years, 5 months ago
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I once went with my brother to look at Mitsubishi Eclipses, when they were the hip thing. We had this smarmy dealer that kept saying, over and over and over, "Man, we can have you in this car TOMORROW. You could be on the road TOMORROW. You could be IN THE CAR, WITH A GIRL, TOMORROW. Man, that special lady man, you could have her in the car TOMORROW." I felt like I was talking to a broken vending machine. I have no idea why telling someone they could actually physically be inside a car, perhaps with a significant other (ostensibly, by default, considering his car would be traded in) "TOMORROW" seemed like such a good sales pitch.

We test drove it, and that GS-T burned through gas so fast that we had to go to the gas station. He then told us, "Yo man, yo, last week one of my buddies was test driving this car, man, it is so fast, the guy test driving it ran it into a pole and died, man. My buddy is OK, though."

Wow. Incredible pitch, dude.

The other worst thing was, I went to a Honda dealership and was looking at the S-2000, the only one on the lot. Baby blue. In the 80s, they called it "Loser Blue." A color reserved for Ford Tempo station wagons covered with Bondo and bumper stickers like "I love my Boston Terrier!" and "These Colors DO NOT RUN!"

Anyway, he walked up to me and I started to reach to shake his hand, but he didn't return the favor. "You READY?" I said, "Huh?" And he said, "YOU READY man?"

No "Hello." No "My name's XXXX, nice to meet you." Just, "You ready?"

I said, "Uh, no man." He said, "Man, I thought you were ready. You were on the phone, I thought you were callin' the bank."

"I don't really like the color."

"What? That's the best color combination man, and you can't find them. This is the only one in the city, man. It'll be gone soon."

I was going to say, "Can you get a black one," and he cut me off and said, "TELL YOU WHAT, MAN, why don't you come back when you're ready. When you're READY MAN..."

Thank you Honda dealer network.

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shantyminister | 3 years, 5 months ago
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Had a car salesman tell me the new car models wouldn't be available in one of the basic colors (white) for months. He was trying to push me to close on another color. Brand new model, but not available in a standard color.

So I asked him, if he really wanted to make a sale, or if he specialized in insulating customers by lying to them?

Then I asked him, "..you are telling me the #1 popular color in this popular car won't be available for months? What is your sales rank among all other salesman in the showroom? Because when you treat customers like that, they won't buy from you. They'll buy from another salesman."
I hate liars.

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connectedgeek | 3 years, 5 months ago
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This the best!!

Bernie Mac (Bobby B) trying to sell Shia Labeouf (Sam Witwicky) his new car - Bumblebee

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHHxbvlD-4s

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chris tutor | 3 years, 5 months ago
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I could make a very long list for this question, but it asks for the funniest or dumbest. That narrows it down to the time I was trying to buy a PT Cruiser in early 2001. The cars hadn't even hit the lots yet, but I was trying to get more info from my local dealer. I had already learned tons of info from online forums as well as Chrysler itself.

I asked my dealer when they expected to get the first cars and how I could get on the waiting list for one. The sales manager told me they expected to only get one or two PT Cruisers ever, that the car would be produced in very limited numbers and would probably cost $60,000.

Needless to say, about six months later I drove to another dealer about 200 miles away, took my pick of several on the lot and paid well below the $22k sticker price.

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drmatt | 3 years, 5 months ago
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A car once told me that I was a really nice guy...

It was KITT. No... really. KITT was at Universal Studios in So. Cal and my friend and I (both Knight Rider fans) talked to KITT for about 10-15 minutes. We got in this "duplicate" KITT and thought it was cool, but it would be cooler if it would talk to us. IT DID!

It was awesome and even complimented us as being nice guys...

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auctiondirect | 3 years, 5 months ago Report

and your as well...love it. Awesome that two people actually had a story about a car talking to them!

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frosty | 3 years, 5 months ago
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That there really isn't much difference between a BMW 325i and a 330xi.

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lamp1023 | 3 years, 5 months ago
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The old Chrysler models used to say "Your door is a jar" and I would reply "No, my door is a door, not a jar"

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williamwaco | 3 years, 5 months ago
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"We really want to help you out and get you the best deal in the metroplex. You really don't need to shop around."
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