Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Day 173: Every Buy A Car Over The Phone?

My Pops buys cars like this.  He does the research, finds the vehicle, then calls up all the dealerships gives them exactly what he wants and what he wants to pay for it and the first ones that say yes to all his demands he buys from.  I had set an appointment at a dealership when my wife reminded me of this.  I followed his example.

I am looking at the Kia Rio. It’s a small compact car that gets really great gas mileage which is a must for me since I will put over 20,000 + miles on it a year.  It got good owner reviews and has a decent crash test rating.  I put in a call to three dealerships including the one I had made a sales appointment with.  I told them specifically what I was looking for and that I wanted to verify that they had it on the lot before I went since I didn’t want to waste my time.

One called me back and they called back in less than 10 minutes.  After a few minutes of conversation with my salesman, his name is Kelvin, he promised to find what I was looking for and let me know if it was even available.

I was looking for the base line model at MSRP.  Another 10 minutes later he called.  They had found the car and could get it down to the price I wanted to pay for it.  I gave him my information for financing.   After lunch he called me again and confirmed everything was exactly as I had wanted it the car would be in tomorrow morning and I could pick it up then. 

Easy as pie. 

I got home and wouldn’t you know it had another good run clocking in the first mile at a little over 12 minutes and the second at a little over 12 and a half.  Ever feel like things are finally going your way?

Daily recap:
Matt: 30 minute really good jog

Kelly: treadmill routine at our new gym which I still have not visited

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