What Is Your Biggest Gripe About Buying A Car?

"What Is Your Biggest Gripe About Buying A Car?"


Not enough champagne!

LOL, spoken like a true consummate...

My biggest gripe is the salesmen's complete lack of car knowledge. Ask them a question, and if they don't know the answer, they will just make something up off the top of their head. That answer is incorrect (and most of the time crazy). If I told you the stuff that dealers tried to have me believe, you'd be amazed.

Anybody who complains about a salesperson....but still buys from them anyway is an idiot. If you can't find a positive experience go somewhere else. Only then will the dealerships start to "get it".

So true. I remember when I first joined the Military I was car shopping and looking at an e36 and the salesman tried to tell me the Corvette C5 would go 312mph but they had to govern it to 180. And tried to convince me the 318i was faster than the M3 off of the line.

Sick of all the same old lies and exaggerations. When will they "get it"?

They get it alright. The reason for the lies and exaggerations is that they sell cars. What many people don't realize is this is one of the differentiating characteristics between the run-of-the-mill makes and the luxury ones.

"salespeople who look and act like refugees from a bad Jerry Springer episode."

Is there such a thing as a GOOD Jerry Springer episode?

One thing that really bugs me about car shopping... Going each year to the Los Angeles Auto Show, I've grown tired of really, uninformed, clueless people the car companies hire to staff their exhibits. They may have gotten a rushed, 1-hour course on the company's products and technology, but (sorry), this just doesn't cut it.

I always know more about the company and its products than the people working there. Big shame.

If you're a car aficionado like we here at Autospies, the salesman's actions shouldn't really affect your decision that much. What could you possibly want to know about a car that a test drive won't tell you but a staff member can? Anyone into cars will have memorized every statistic there is to know about a car they're considering buying. All that there is left to find out about is the subjective part of the driving experience, and only a test drive can tell you that.

The depreciation. The high insurance for sports cars. The junk fees charged by states. The hard sell for bogus warranties pushed by the "finance guy", not the actual salesman.

When I bought my recent 2012 Audi A6 they had one of the R8 cars on the showroom floor. No sooner did he tell me he sold the car to someone, his manager say the exact opposite that it was hard to sell this "expensive" car; that you had to have the right buyer. The salesman just walked away "red".

The German car reccomended service aspect is bull-ony. MB service A&B and VW reccomended Preventive Maintenance Schedule (PMS - how quaint)are both aimed at slowly replacing all of the car parts (before they break)at great cost to the owner. At least my local MB dealer has tarts to greet you before they try to rob you.

We get what we pay for. That's why you have different levels/quality of salespeople. We want to have our ass kissed and ask 100 questions to test their "knowledge" about the car, take up 3-4 hours of their time, THEN for a job well done, we want to pay invoice and that pays the salesman a minimum commission. LMAO!!! So I really think the general public needs to lower there expectations if they're not willing to pay for service! Something for nothing does't work when your spending $40, $50, $100k at a law firm or at a doctor's office.