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A good few years back I came in to some money and whilst I was waiting for a cheque to clear, went to the main dealer having decided I wanted a Range Rover and I wanted to buy my Dad a Discovery (the one I still have now). The salesman said, "would you like a test drive" to which I replied "I would love a test drive but I am not in a position to complete a sale for a couple of weeks, so I don't want to waste your time. If you are happy to take me for a spin, then I would be delighted but please understand that I cannot make a decision now." He agrees and off we toddle. Upon completion of the test drive, he says "I shall call you tomorrow for some feedback." I said, "leave it until after lunch because I am in meetings all morning." He rang me at 9am, 9.30am, 10.00am, 10.30am and finally 11am when I finally answered and gave him the biggest hairdryer treatment anyone has ever received from me. I went back to the dealer (when cheque had cleared) and demanded a different sales person. A really nice laid back guy came out and sold me a RR Sport and (my current) Disco. I have since bought a Vogue, an XKR, an XFS, a Merc Cab - over £250k worth in 12 months. All because that guy was like me - not pushy. The original pushy guy earned no comms. Better still, I went in jeans and a T shirt to Stratstone first of all, who never bothered to call me back, despite my shopping list. I still to this day want to do the Pretty Woman sketch from Sunset Boulevard (big mistake, huge). Anyway, this is the dealership where my Mrs works and I met her at the birthday party I was invited to of the salesman who sold me all those cars - nice story.

Just noticed, still no like button, we all lost that at the same time Any chance ???????????????

I thought it was just me not taking deposits. Well, I don’t take them from punters who aren’t here, I just tell them to phone when they set off because everything’s for sale until it’s sold - some punters can’t believe I’m not desperate to take a deposit. If a person’s here & want it reserving for a day or two then I do take a deposit. I’ve got to say though, I’m horrified by the 7 day money back guarantee. If you haven’t had one or two already you’ll soon get them with today’s punters.

rtv'd more likely,last time i welded up the back of a dashboard it didnt go well might be 3 hours to get the body off but it wont be 3 hours to put it back plus how many blades did they go through

Its not just the motor trade its everywhere, the dawn of the no win no fee parasites has changed the legal landscape forever. I have a customer who is emailing me constantly about a house they bought from me six months ago claiming the velux window in the attic is in the wrong place and "fails to afford him the best sunlight it should have been six feet over" After several emails to ensure it wasnt an early April fools joke i finally replied the best i could do was send around a team of carpenters to pad his attic with white soft furnishings and ensure all possible sharp objects are out of harms way as you clearly need that kind of environment. Hi replied with you will be hearing from my solicitors, to which i replied what with very loud laughter. He has now been resigned to the spam folder so i dont have to listen to any more dribble.

You may find this strange Dave but most car buyers haven’t a clue about the mechanics of it. I’d say 95% of people who are likely to buy the OP’s car wouldn’t even know what a Lamda sensor is, let alone what needs to come off to replace one. I think sometimes the mechanical minded salesman among us forget that whilst you love tinkering around with engines and enjoy that part of the job, most people either don’t have a clue or don’t want to know!

I'll be easy in the sense that I'll have an exact list of colours, options, wheels etc so they won't need to explain them to me for hours :-) I am never an easy spender and I doubt this will change in the next decade (or three)

I've never in my life been to a main dealer to buy a brand new car and I've been tempted to go once or twice, just to experience it... I simply can't bring myself to waste some poor salesman's time like this though so I'll wait a few years until I finally decide to splash £40K on a new diesel Merc just before they stop taking orders for them. And even then I think I will be one of the easiest customers they'll get to deal with... EDIT BUTTON IS BACK!!!!

Agreed, (which depends on age of car etc) old Fezza the hell yeah a nice stitching job and that will be barely visible If "Meemaw" is any good, after she's stitched it she may be able to stretch the whole cover right down 15 - 20 mm so it is hidden behind the Squab line

AD/Nick, there’s no right or wrong way. It’s whatever suits you & your business. As the old saying goes, One man’s meat is another man’s poison.

After milking you guys for free advice. Sounds like a trader of the plastic variety.

Why put yourself through this type of punishment Nick ?

thats repairable it just needs some material behind it then stitching together i get the wife to do these you could ask your grandmar

The only time I have complete timewasters was on a Focus ST-3 - never again. Finally sold to a nice normal guy but the others.....wow. One of the reasons I am not interested in tasty cars.

My arse