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Re: Question about used Gap Insurance [thefinanceman]
by sky23213 on Mon Nov 17 23:35:50 PST 2008
I have been selling GAP for 7 years... So this is a biased opinion. Buying GAP from your insurance company is the worst investment... It's not an investment, it's insurance. The money spent on it is exactly that - an expenditure. And tell me how paying $499.00 to $599.00, with interest added, is better than paying $10.00-15.00/6 mo. And you may cancel it at any time when your car is worth more than what you owe - usually within three years, unless some obscene amount of negative equity was rolled into the new loan. Last do you really want your own insurance company to hold all the eggs in one basket? I prefer to deal with my insurance company rather than an outfit I've never dealt with.
Saturday on the lots
by sky23213 on Tue Oct 28 09:12:28 PDT 2008
I thought it would be interesting to share my last Saturday's visits to a couple of lots. I had actually designated the day to go and do car maintenance on both vehicles. Saturday was to be a beautiful day (for late October in MN). My first appointment was at a Honda dealer for regular maintenance on our 2005 CR-V. Not many people early at showroom opening, four cars lined up for service though (which makes sense, apparently I'm not the only person happy with their service dept). What was interesting, on the service side of things, was that they had an additional procedure implemented. After the work performed they used to come and explain all that was done and what might need to be done. Now the service advisor was doing a 5-point check list confirming that the customer understood what was done, that all had been explained to him, etc. Weird, but makes sense in ligth of what I've read here - people coming back and complaining that this and that was not explained/clarified and lead to car troubles; then trying to get free stuff or free service. The afternoon was set aside for the other car - a 2001 Galant with 140K. That was the car that we thought of replacing, but decided against it since my commute dropped significantly and the darn thing keeps running great. We made a financially practical decision, although we could have gotten a great deal on most the vehicles considered. Oh, well, the good thing is that this good financial judgment has put us in a position to be able to get anything new if we'd like... So, I have about an hour to kill so I had planned to look at two of the vehicles that we considered - the Galant Ralliart and the Outlander. The dealership (a Mazda/Mitsubishi) looked moderately busy - not hopping with people, but no idle sales people chatting either. I headed through the Mitsubishi part of the dealership. There was a nice man at one of the desks, so I asked where are the Ralliarts, and (following the advice here) informed him that I'm waiting in service and just wanted to take a peak at the cars since the Ralliart is on our list for next year. He started explaining where they are, but then said he'd be happy to walk with me. We chatted a bit about credit, sales and such. He made sure to mention the huge 2K Loyalty Rebate on the Galant, but otherwise no pressure. I said I'd look at the Outlander too. He offered to unlock it so I can get a better feel. I said that I did not want to take him away from customers on a busy Saturday, especially since I'm not buying anytime soon. That made him very appreciative of my concern for his time; he confirmed that, yes they were actually busy (he was with a client 10 min later), but just because I value his time he would be happy to show me the Outlander. I liked it, we still need to drive it though, but that would be closer to purchase when we had further narrowed down the possible models. He gave me a card, said that he'd be happy to see us anytime we feel like test driving regardless of the purchase time. At one point we got talking about accessories, and I guess he saw the opportunity to praise some mop'n glow miracle (some rep did a demo actually setting a hood on fire then showing how no harm was done to the paint), but that was perfectly fine, it was part of the conversation. He'll be definitely the man I'll look up in the future. Out of the four Mitsu dealers in the Twin Cities area two are permanently scratched, and the other one is kind of far. Plus this one is part of a family of dealerships that has a pretty good reputation (Luther). I got the CR-V from their Honda dealership - very pleasant buying experience. Also the service dept at this one has had the same advisors since I started going there (about 4 years) and has never tried to push any unnecessary repairs (on a 7 year old miled-up Galant nonetheless). I believe I did well as far as buyer's etiquette is concerned, I tried to follow the advice of the sales people on this board.
Re: I had a great experience with Easycare [mikefm58]
by sky23213 on Thu Oct 23 08:26:16 PDT 2008
I wonder how many more Easycare pushers will manage to litter this discussion before someone puts an end to this. Out of the five or six so far loulou is the most direct one. The dude put his direct line, Jeez!
AC Compressor clutch bearing? (2000)
by blaineb on Mon Oct 13 20:16:34 PDT 2008
Thought I heard a vacuum leak noise (that kind of high pitched hissing sound) while driving my 2000 Impala, but when I opened the hood I could tell it was a grinding sound coming from one of the pulleys. It goes away when I turn on the AC. What's the cause and is there a (low $$$) fix? Thx. Blaine
Re: I had a great experience with Easycare [kirstie_h]
by sky23213 on Fri Oct 10 14:20:42 PDT 2008
I sniffed the same thing about three weeks ago, when this elaborated pitch for Easy Care started. See my post 2324: Nice double/triple play... by 22rams, awayalot and onebook1611. I'm willing to bet 50.00 honest bucks (payable to Edmund's) that those three would be traced to the same company*. All single posts, same-day posters, hinting of, pitching and praising/defending EasyCare (the new kid on the block). Well, at least they did their homework and figured out that just a simple pitch wouldn't easily fly here - too many educated posters, most of them pros in the industry. Nice try, guys, B+ for ingenuity. *I've seen Hosts do that... What do you think, Kirstie?
Re: Nice double/triplle play... [lasteagle83]
by sky23213 on Fri Sep 26 01:20:43 PDT 2008
Sorry, even if you have the whole company to drop a post - no bite. ;)

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