First, most car salespeople are morons and barely graduated high school. I worked at enough dealerships to feel comfortable with this generalization. š Your salesperson/ābuddyā probably was running his mouth about how you were going to make $30k (whatever number it was but a very nice profit.)...
That happened to my friend in LA. Bought a brand new high end Lexus and pulled out of dealership and got hit by a guy going 60. Never saw him coming. Car totaled, friend ok.
Haha! Thanks for the kind words! People wound a bit tight here. I was in the car business for 8 years and Iāve never seen it like this. I was shocked. That being said, Iām just going to wait patiently for my Bronco. Itāll get here someday!! š
Sorry havenāt ābeen on another planet latelyā - I just havenāt stopped and looked at dealer lots lately. Knowing there is a chip shortage is rather abstract compared to seeing the real life repercussions IRL. I was just a bit shocked, tbh. So maybe, mentally on another planet. š
Sooo this is a bit off topic (I couldnāt figure out how to start a new post), but I went by my Dallas area dealership today to change the color of my Bronco since I am most likely a 2022 delivery and when I pulled in, I thought the dealership was going out of business, no kidding. They probably...
I worked for 3 Ford dealerships and my best guess is because they are āin the systemā and tracked once they leave the factory and the dealer prob has an AutoTrader account, you are just seeing customers orders as they roll through the dealership system. When they arrive they will also show up on...