Bought an EV. Damn I hate haggling. Was about $1500 more than we wanted but it was taking forever (of course the manager had to come out and make a song and dance and HAD to call the company to get “approval” 🙄
So far, so good. The “infotainment” is horrible—GM’s own design and it looks like it—nothing is laid out with any kind of design some of the most important bits, like speed limit, are TINY, and things like battery usage are HUGE).
It’s like they don’t understand what is important info.
But the car parts seem to be slick (although EVERYTHING has a motor). My guess is the were designing for when mankind is just a blob of protoplasm and unable to leave their vehicles.
It does have an End Of Days vibe. 😝
@feloneouscat What model? We are looking for a used VW ID4
Chevy Blazer. Haggled (ugh) them down to over $10K below MSRP.
We were there for over three hours. It was stressful. Me and partner HATE haggling.
GM’s consoles are a mess. Wish it was CarPlay. The guy we dealt with was a total disaster. Kept talking about golf carts (neither of us golf). I’m guessing he did?
We were asked via text what our price point was. We told them and they pushed it back up by 8K. They did a performance about calling GM, manager, etc.
What a farce
@feloneouscat Dad really enjoyed the negotiation dynamic (like you, I do NOT). One instance while buying a car, he gave the sales guy 2 back-and-forths and then just got up and left him sputtering. Sales guy came running shouting "Wait! Wait!" and caught up to us just as we were getting into the car to leave. Dad gave him a look and said "Are you done dicking around and ready to make $500 on this car?" He got the deal he wanted. Dad was a piece of work (Gramps, too)!
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Personally, I don’t get it. We could take a three-four hour ordeal and turn it into a simple 30 minute transaction.
We seem to treat car sales as if we were a developing nation.
Tends to make me think of the “haggling” bit in one of the Python films.
@feloneouscat Yeah, I agree. I've bought 3 cars new. The first in person with/for Wife and after that BS, 2 online with all the particulars sorted in writing beforehand through the fleet/internet sales manager.
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Congrats, @feloneouscat! I hope you like it. Ours is 10 years old and we love it.