Why are people at the car dealership not helpful?!?!

[pb&j]

I did most of the haggling for my new car over the internet. And lucky me, the dealership's internet sales specialist was a women! And mom of a kid about DS's age. I only had to visit the dealership to fill out the final paperwork and do a test drive. I would absolutely do it this way again. There's no commitment needed to get a quote, so if you're not exactly sure and need to test drive a few models, you can without having to commit to anything. I used edmunds.com to get a quote for my trade in and for the new car, so I knew I was getting a decent price/trade. Very easy.

I'm sorry you had such a crummy experience.

[katydid1971]

My mom tells the story of her wealthy uncle who owned a large ranch and dressed like he worked on a ranch (he did, his own). He wanted to buy a new car and was ignored at several car dealerships when he finally got service he paid cash for a cadi (this was the 60's) and all of a sudden everyone was kissing his feat I have to agree with pp who recomend the internet. I test drove our current car locally but had already decided I wasn't going to buy from that dealership because of poor service I had received from them on my old car (both Hondas, love those Hondas) We ended up driving two hours for our car but saved 3K and got an extended servcice plan etc. I did my search via the internet and advice my frineds and family to do the same. Hope it works out for you. BTW when you posted before about Honda or Toyota, I have owned and loved both and you really can't go wrong. I would choose the car with the best deal.

[Kungjo]

I hate going o buy a new car. When we went to buy our 1st van, I was 8 months pregnant. We even mentioned that the van was for me, but the saleman kept addressing DH. Just to piss him off, I kept asking technical questions about the van and he couldn't answer any of it. Loved makinghim uncomfortable. He deserved it for ignoring me.