Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 14:18:54 +0000 From: Grunff <grunffnospam.com> Subject: Re: SON of reliability of used cars in BMW 5 series bracket - 48 Hours from Purchase
The Malt Hound wrote: > Too bad you plonked him, brother Grunff. Other than (incorrectly) > assuming that you were a youngster (and who knows, maybe this fellow > is 80?) he did not seem to get too heated in his argument. It wasn't the content that offended me, it was the tone - I'm always up for a good argument; I just don't like being spoken to (repeatedly) in a condescending manner. > For the average Joe, how they get treated by the dealer is the *most* > important part of the buying process. From experiences with friends using dealers (as you pointed out, I don't use them, so don't have any personal experience), it seems to me that they are generally very helpful until they've made their sale, then somewhat less helpful afterwards. > Case in point: My mum lives alone in a city 2 hours away, so she > cannot rely on me to service her car. She must rely on a local > professional mechanic. She buys only Honda cars (reliability) and > buys them from a dealership that she knows and trusts to do the > service work correctly, at a fair price and will not try to screw her > because she is not terribly knowledgeable about things auotmotive. > Yes, you might says she is "married" to that dealership. But it is a > marriage of convenience and satisfactory for both parties... ;-) If it works, it works, and that's good. -- Grunff
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