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Progressive_In_NC (448 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 02:39 PM Original message |
So our family has bought a 3rd car....a Toyota |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
1. You should have gone to Saturn. No hassel at all. |
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rasputin5 (56 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
2. We have 3 Toys right now. One is a 1983 pickup with an odometer that quit at 245000 miles |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
3. Gee, you'd think that the dealer would be kissing your butt at the Ford dealership |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
4. What kind of business are you in if you don't mind me asking? |
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Progressive_In_NC (448 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 03:03 PM Response to Reply #4 |
15. I'm a software architect (read old programmer) at a family owned company in Raleigh |
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Jim__ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
5. About 30 years ago I went to trade my Ford Galaxy into a Ford Dealer. |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
6. I have a Sienna too |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 02:49 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. I had a '99 Sienna that I put 120,000 miles on... traded it in for a '06 that now has 60,000 on it |
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Progressive_In_NC (448 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 03:08 PM Response to Reply #6 |
21. We'd have bought the Freestyle...if the dealer would have been in a better mood |
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Kalyke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
8. I'm sorry. |
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leftofcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 02:56 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. That was in 2006 |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 03:35 PM Response to Reply #8 |
31. Kelley Blue Book's 2009 Best Resale Value winners |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
9. Did you only try one Ford dealership? |
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Kalyke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 02:53 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Shhh... this is a "Foreign cars - good; American cars - bad" thread. |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 03:05 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. What facts? |
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Progressive_In_NC (448 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 03:06 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. Nope we own two american cars already, and my post clearly said |
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rasputin5 (56 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 03:07 PM Response to Reply #10 |
20. Pssst: that ? at the end means it's a question. Not a fact. |
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thrift_store_angel (184 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 03:11 PM Response to Reply #10 |
23. Facts like these? |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 03:12 PM Response to Reply #10 |
24. Oh, you mean like your two year old information up thread? |
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Old Codger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 03:24 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. Mazda |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 03:55 PM Response to Reply #28 |
35. Not this model, not in 2002 |
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Justyce (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 03:00 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. That's what I'm thinking, it's the dealership, because I got nearly $7000 |
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Progressive_In_NC (448 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 03:11 PM Response to Reply #9 |
22. We live about 5 miles from a Ford, Mazda, Toyota and Chevrolet dealership |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 03:57 PM Response to Reply #9 |
36. Ford dealers lie for a living |
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amdezurik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 04:17 PM Response to Reply #9 |
39. the other dealerships in the area probably |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
11. Our dealership model is a great detriment to American auto sales. |
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JBear (318 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
13. I am interested in which dealers these are... |
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Progressive_In_NC (448 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 03:05 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. We had our experiences at the Ford and Toyota Dealerships on Capital BLVD |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
19. We will probably never buy another Toyota. The one's we have will probably outlive us. |
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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 03:24 PM Response to Reply #19 |
27. Bought our 4x4 in '93, paid cash |
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ceile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 03:26 PM Response to Reply #19 |
29. You're absolutely right. |
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sledgehammer (774 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
25. Some friendly advice... |
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Old Codger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 08:25 PM Response to Reply #25 |
42. Believe it or not |
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WhollyHeretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
26. I bought a Toyota last year and had the opposite experience. |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
30. Thinking This Had Anything To Do With Toyota Vs Ford Is Ludicrous. |
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Dr.Phool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 03:47 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. I drove through S. Carolina last week. |
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Progressive_In_NC (448 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 04:55 PM Response to Reply #30 |
41. I agree, and I would have bought the FreeStyle in the first place... |
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lennytee (26 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
33. no mo' MOPAR... |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
34. I would take cars for test drives to other dealers and say, this is the car I want, beat their price |
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WA98070 (782 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
37. So you bought blind... didn't do any homework. In the future go to Edmunds.com ... |
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Progressive_In_NC (448 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 04:52 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. I got 6K under the Edmonds and KBB average for the car I bought... |
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Alcibiades (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
38. I shopped at the Ford Dealership in Durham |
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Old Codger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 08:30 PM Response to Original message |
43. Had a similar experience |
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