I had to tell this story since no one knows it but an old friend of mine. The basis is "What sold you on your car?" For me, it went something like this:
I'd been wanting a T/A starting in high school and into my early college years. I finally paid off my old car (a Dodge Avenger), and put in an order for my '99 T/A WS6. I loved the styling and the "attention factor" that one gets in a car with aggressive body. Well, I argued price for what seemed like forever with an unnamed greaseball dealer. Mind you this was in August 1998. He states, "The car will be here in 6 weeks". Commence paint matching problems for the WS6's that year. Little did I know if would be 9 months before I got my car (May of 1999).
Here's the point that sold me though...
I went to the dealership to inquire about my order in March and noticed that a A4 Red WS6 was on the lot. My friend and I ask if we can sit in it, thinking we wouldn't be able to take it for a test drive. The owner comes out and says take it out for a spin with "Bob" another dealer since I'd placed an order for one. So I get behind the wheel and turned the key. That's when it happened. The sound of the car starting led me to say "You could sell the car on the start up alone." We then headed out of the parking lot when two good 'ol boys in a 1970's Nova pull along side at a stoplight. They're reving the Nova up and trying to entice me to race. No one is in sight, but I've got a dealer with me so I'm thinking no way. At that moment the dealer (in the passenger seat) looks over at me and says in a rather calm manner "Take him." When the light turned green we were gone, see 'ya Nova, and I was completely sold, no matter how long it took to get the car. Now in graduate school, I'm almost done with the Ph.D. and can see the day when I get to play with the car more than I already have (read "more power"). LOL I apologize for the long post, but I had to share this...
Was there a moment for everyone else when they were "sold" on their car?
I'd been wanting a T/A starting in high school and into my early college years. I finally paid off my old car (a Dodge Avenger), and put in an order for my '99 T/A WS6. I loved the styling and the "attention factor" that one gets in a car with aggressive body. Well, I argued price for what seemed like forever with an unnamed greaseball dealer. Mind you this was in August 1998. He states, "The car will be here in 6 weeks". Commence paint matching problems for the WS6's that year. Little did I know if would be 9 months before I got my car (May of 1999).
Here's the point that sold me though...
I went to the dealership to inquire about my order in March and noticed that a A4 Red WS6 was on the lot. My friend and I ask if we can sit in it, thinking we wouldn't be able to take it for a test drive. The owner comes out and says take it out for a spin with "Bob" another dealer since I'd placed an order for one. So I get behind the wheel and turned the key. That's when it happened. The sound of the car starting led me to say "You could sell the car on the start up alone." We then headed out of the parking lot when two good 'ol boys in a 1970's Nova pull along side at a stoplight. They're reving the Nova up and trying to entice me to race. No one is in sight, but I've got a dealer with me so I'm thinking no way. At that moment the dealer (in the passenger seat) looks over at me and says in a rather calm manner "Take him." When the light turned green we were gone, see 'ya Nova, and I was completely sold, no matter how long it took to get the car. Now in graduate school, I'm almost done with the Ph.D. and can see the day when I get to play with the car more than I already have (read "more power"). LOL I apologize for the long post, but I had to share this...
Was there a moment for everyone else when they were "sold" on their car?
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