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RoryN

RoryN

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Me: "I like this car. What can you tell me about it?"

Salesperson: "This car has keyless entry SmartKey with eyes-free satellite radio JBL Xenon high-resolution touch-screen display and integrated backup camera display, Siri® AM/FM CD player with MP3/WMA playback capability, eight speakers, SiriusXM® Satellite Radio5 with 3-month complimentary SiriusXM All Access trial, auxiliary audio jack, USB port6 with iPod®7 connectivity and control, hands-free phone capability, phone book access, advanced voice recognition and music streaming via Bluetooth, two 7-inch diagonal color LCD screens, Driver Information Center behind the steering wheel, efficiency feedback,4G LTE Wi-Fi, Gracenote.® Receive Text Message Alerts. Garmin® integrated GPS with OnStar voice."

Me: "Let's start over. With the motor."
 
Thar reminds me. I heard "Dude, it's a Tesla, it doesn't have a motor." the other day. It might have been deadpan humour but I don't think people with spiky hair and nose rings are capable of irony.
 
RoryN said:
Me: "I like this car. What can you tell me about it?"

Salesperson: "This car has keyless entry SmartKey with eyes-free satellite radio JBL Xenon high-resolution touch-screen display and integrated backup camera display, Siri® AM/FM CD player with MP3/WMA playback capability, eight speakers, SiriusXM® Satellite Radio5 with 3-month complimentary SiriusXM All Access trial, auxiliary audio jack, USB port6 with iPod®7 connectivity and control, hands-free phone capability, phone book access, advanced voice recognition and music streaming via Bluetooth, two 7-inch diagonal color LCD screens, Driver Information Center behind the steering wheel, efficiency feedback,4G LTE Wi-Fi, Gracenote.® Receive Text Message Alerts. Garmin® integrated GPS with OnStar voice."

Me: "Let's start over. With the motor."
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Yeah, I got something similar when we bought a new car last year. Pretty much all car salesmen nowadays are like that because it's what people want to hear and it makes the thing sound so snazzy.
I was worried about price, interest and mileage. They were worried about the nifty video screens with backup camera and bluetooth.
 
First time buying a late model car in years. We've had pickups and vans since 1975. Had the last truck since 2004.
Don't need a truck and decided I did need fuel mileage. Settled on a year old Impala.
All I heard was that same salesman talking. I had to look under the hood and in the manual to see if it had an engine.

For the past six months I've gotten calls and letters wanting me to try Siruis Radio. I only turned on the radio once to see if it works. Don't need no stinkin radio or all that crap.
I still use my free insurance company atlas or watch for signs when I travel. When backing up I use those things called mirrors. They've worked since 1956 when I got my license.

Here's my truck. Should I have kept it?
 
LIVINRFANTASIES said:
First time buying a late model car in years. We've had pickups and vans since 1975. Had the last truck since 2004.
Don't need a truck and decided I did need fuel mileage. Settled on a year old Impala.
All I heard was that same salesman talking. I had to look under the hood and in the manual to see if it had an engine.
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nerfhearder said:
Yeah, I got something similar when we bought a new car last year. Pretty much all car salesmen nowadays are like that because it's what people want to hear and it makes the thing sound so snazzy.
I was worried about price, interest and mileage. They were worried about the nifty video screens with backup camera and bluetooth.
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A way to re-direct the conversation:

"Tell me about everything on this car that won't be obsolete in 5 years."
 
No, they (all those manly names of auto parts) are his way of telling us that he still got it…
I mean, after he got himself snipped.
 
Aella_ said:
No, they (all those manly names of auto parts) are his way of telling us that he still got it…
I mean, after he got himself snipped.
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It's probably getting tougher and tougher trying to pick up chicks on his bicycle.
 
RoryN said:
Me: "I like this car. What can you tell me about it?"

Salesperson: "This car has keyless entry SmartKey with eyes-free satellite radio JBL Xenon high-resolution touch-screen display and integrated backup camera display, Siri® AM/FM CD player with MP3/WMA playback capability, eight speakers, SiriusXM® Satellite Radio5 with 3-month complimentary SiriusXM All Access trial, auxiliary audio jack, USB port6 with iPod®7 connectivity and control, hands-free phone capability, phone book access, advanced voice recognition and music streaming via Bluetooth, two 7-inch diagonal color LCD screens, Driver Information Center behind the steering wheel, efficiency feedback,4G LTE Wi-Fi, Gracenote.® Receive Text Message Alerts. Garmin® integrated GPS with OnStar voice."

Me: "Let's start over. With the motor."
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lol, I've hand-built three enthusiast gaming computers already and I wouldn't even get half of the above tech language.

Why don't they sell cars in the electronics department at best buy?

They should have them at radioshack too.
 
I've been wondering for a while now what the point is of putting wifi in a car. Are they marketing to people who have tablets that only have wifi who must use them in their car?

Or maybe it's to make it easier for people to hack your car.
 
about_average said:
I've been wondering for a while now what the point is of putting wifi in a car. Are they marketing to people who have tablets that only have wifi who must use them in their car?

Or maybe it's to make it easier for people to hack your car.
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Stream music without using your phone data?
 
I buy and run older cars, usually Volvo estates. If things go wrong, I or my mechanic friend can fix them.

What I avoid is older cars with complex electronic systems such as Renault with their keycard ignition. Their most common fault seems to be the ignition refusing to accept the keycard - fix £400 or more. Older Renaults are frequently scrapped for ignition faults.

I had a then new Fiat Tipo with a digital dashboard. It could switch from miles to kilometres, from miles to gallons to litres per 100km at a touch. It could also fail catastrophically remaining stubbornly black until the whole dashboard was replaced. The resale value of Tipos with a digital dashboard was much lower than the basic model with a normal set of instruments.

Back in the 1950s and 1960s manufacturers produced basic models that would get you from A to B and back again safely, comfortably and without drama. There were some bad cars but the majority were reliable, and if they went wrong any shade mechanic could fix them.

Now? A mechanic needs the manufacturer's computer software at considerable expense before he can fix anything. The vehicle owner has to go to the main dealer and pay their high charges.

Car salesmen aren't selling cars. They haven't done that for decades. They are selling a lifestyle. I have a 1950s book showing world cars at the time. Even the crudest basic economy model has an elegantly dressed woman nearby even if you can see she could never get into the car wearing that formal gown.

TV adverts for cars aren't about the cars. They are about the sophisticated person driving the open road and attending high status events with the car an illustration of the driver's classy choice.
 
I try to avoid the worst of the depreciation and/or getting fucked by banks.

Used cars, private sales....if I can't write a check or drop some bricks for it, can't afford the bitch. :cool:

New new cars are nice though with like 3 miles on the ticker and everything. Enjoy!
 
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I used to drum on the steering wheel until the air bag went off during a Wipe Out solo.
 
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