The Drive Behind the Industry
“Just 2 serious customers.” When overheating becomes a problem, AutoZone seems like an obvious place to go. In the case of a recent TikTok clip, though, the customer wasn’t shopping…
“She’s ready to come in and lease the car.” Car salespeople are willing to do a lot to close a deal. Sometimes taking a customer at their word with the…
“If you’re mechanically inclined in any kind of way…” The diagnosis from the dealership was dire: a wiring harness that had been chewed or ripped to bits and it would…
“I always heard it was pennies.” Car dealerships employ all sorts of tricks to try to get you to buy a car. For example, some dealerships will advertise an artificially…
‘Girl atp it’s better to wait for the rain.’ A woman says she was caught off guard when she pulled into a car wash and realized the days of the…
“Now I feel bamboozled.” It seems everything is a subscription nowadays. Things that you used to be able to buy once and own forever now require never ending subscriptions. In…
“That’s how we were in the 70s and 80s.’ A Knoxville, Tennessee, car sales representative called the industry she works in “unhinged” and detailed an anecdote straight out of “The…
“Your first mistake is going to Walmart.” You get road-hazard coverage hoping that if the time ever comes when you need it, it’ll make the inconvenience a bit, well, less…
‘Still scarred from my experience!’ A woman says her first car-buying experience turned into a week-long ordeal involving a vehicle that seemingly disappeared, another that was too expensive, and, eventually,…
“I always like to stress to my customers to do that.” A car buying expert offers shoppers a tip about overnight test drives and why they should ask for one…