I just want everyone to know that I am a car salesman, and I do work for a Ford dealership. There are a lot of dishonest dealerships and salesmen out there. BUT, THERE ARE HONEST ONES ALSO!!! The auto industry has screwed itself.
When I bought my Opel GT, I found a good salesman. He quoted the price but his boss was a horses rear end. Sale was progressing quickly and I had a stack of cash and salesmen seem to really love cash sales.
The salesman was trying to help and his boss thought an eager buyer likely means more cash so he tried to raise the price. We had a bill of sale ready for a signature and the aforementioned pile of cash. The boss then thought he could add a grand to the price and the fool customer (me, Bob) would go for it.
I started to walk because I was an eggier buyer with another GTs to consider. The salesman's boss went to lunch so the salesman completed the sale for the agreed on price and off I drove. I like the GT because to the casual observer, it looks like small a Corvette.
I once almost bought an early Sportster from a "respected" dealer. I also asked about a vintage Harley-Davidson WLA. The clueless owner told me only about 150 of them were built so the price would be high. He told me I could have it for $60,000.00 and it was professionally restored. To avoid another long story, I'll simply tell you the professional restoration person was stupid and blind because there were vast numbers of things wrong with the bike. Starting with a big price that was so far off the mark as to be just silly.
Only a fool would pay that much for that bike and it told me to avoid the Sportster as well. Too bad because it was a sweet year; the second in fact, but it was wrong and being sold as original.
When you find a good dealer, recommend him or her to others. We need as many as we can get.
