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2019 Kia Soul+, 2015 Mustang GT, 2013 Ford F-150, 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible
I have a friend who's a disability lawyer in North Carolina who was able to provide information where the local office was wrong. Between a friend up here who is good at figuring out ridiculous forms and a wife who's an RN and new all the buzzwords they took the lawyer's advice and voila I was approved.
I thought with the new "heading" no one would ever find us again.
So BR....what is happening....are you still moving Rovers?
My wife just got a 2015 MB GLK and she likes it a lot. But a neigbor showed up with a new Rover Discovery and I think she likes it even more. But, I hadn't heard of that model before. The large Rovers are way to big for her and the Evoque has tiny windows and it has a jazzy young kids toy car look to it...the Discovery could have been ideal but I haven't seen a Rover ad for a long time....what's the scoop.
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
OK here is the tale about buying the 2015 Genny, in a way it was not my fault:
I accompanied Son #1 to Cleveland to buy a 2013 G37 in late April 2015. While I was in the waiting room of the independent garage that he found to do an inspection of his to be new wheels, I decided to play with my phone about the 2015 Genesis. Up pops a dealer in Akron that had the color that I was considering, Parisian Gray. I mentioned this to my son and he said, "we'll be passing right by that place on the way home, let's stop in and see it and maybe take a test drive". To make a long story short I preferred the Empire State Gray and I wanted the Ultimate package but they didn't have that but they were willing to look for one. I should have let them test drive my '09 Genny but I didn't want to waste his time because I was not positive that I even wanted the car, so we head home.
The next day the salesman calls and says he found a 2015 with the Ultimate package in Empire State Gray. His price was pretty good but when I told him what I wanted for my '09 he said he'd have to let his guy go over it but he did say, from what he saw when the car was in his lot, if it was as good as what it looked like he could probably give me that but it had to have almost new tires. It didn't have new tires they were about 50% worn. When I said the rest of the car would more than make up for the tires he said he had to see the car anyway and if I was right we could negotiate that. I didn't blame him for that but it would have been a run up to Akron even before he would make the dealer trade. He steadfastly refused to get the car before I agreed to make the deal and I could understand that and was considering making another run over to Akron, a 4 hour round trip drive, because I was confident that we could make the deal when he saw my '09 but like I said it would mean another drive to Akron. That is why I said, "I should have left him test drive my car when I was there".
Fast forward a few days and Son #1 calls and says, "I found what you want in Fairfax Virginia and the price is better than the guy in Akron. We can go down there and see it and Mom can visit her sister in Reston Virginia (not too many miles away) so the trip can be two fold, you don't have anything to lose, right" ?
I call the internet guy in Fairfax and while talking to him I find out the car has been driven by the owner and has about 2200 miles on it. Now the deal ain't so great. I say no thanks that's a used car to me so I'm not interested. Being a typical salesman he wants to know what I'm willing to pay. I told him I'd call him back in a little while after I gave it some thought. I call Son #1, we come up with a price, and before I can call the salesman back he calls me with a pretty good price. I told him I'd think it over and I'd get back to him. I called Son #1 back and we both agreed that he was more interested in making a sale than I was in buying. After a couple of more calls we agreed to a price for his car but only if he gave me what I wanted for my car with 50% worn tires.
When we get to the dealership they test drive my car while I test drove theirs. Next thing I know I'm turned over to a salesman and he starts writing up the sale. I asked what price he was giving me for my car and he said, "just what you wanted".
Again I left money on the table but how can I complain when he gives me what I wanted.
More fast forward. We are now transferring items from my trunk to the new Genny. Son #1 asked the salesman what he thought about my car and the salesman said, "you can't find a better '09 than your father's car that's why we didn't want to haggle and take the risk of losing a sale over a couple hundred bucks. That paint looks as good as new. It's a really a nice car, we won't any have trouble selling this car".
One more thing. While my son was talking to the salesman while we were in the finance office he tells him about the '05 XG 350 and the salesman is shocked at the reluctance of the local dealer to help me. He then tells my son that the 6 cylinder in that XG was built by Mitsubishi and they never a had problem with that engine.
Gee, this turned out to be a marathon post but you asked for it.
jmonroe
Hey! good to see you back!
The used car manager at my Volvo dealership got moved to another dealership and I let it be known I wanted his job. Not long after that and some personal machinations I ended up running the dealership as a manager with another guy who was also promoted up from a salesperson. It has been a good almost two years and Volvo has grown big but we have grown even more. Our new car sales were up over 30 percent year over year.
Friday is my last day doing that though as I am taking over as Service Manager on Monday.
There are lots of bright people who don't have a lot of formal education. I know of some academics who don't know a whole lot about the real world......they may know a lot about their particular field - splitting atoms or whatever - but, they barely function in the real world, and they wouldn't be able to read people properly in a courtroom.
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
2013 LX 570 2016 LS 460
Welcome back!
I think my next door neighbor is driving one of your loaners while waiting for his new car to arrive.
Silver Cross Country type wagon? I've only seen it parked in the garage when the door is open.
I'll just keep that little nugget between us.
Rover said:
Yeah I was working at our Volvo and Saab store up until and even after Saab went over. Than I managed a smaller dealership in the company with one other guy for a couple of years. No salespeople just two managers doing every deal beginning to end split everything right down the middle.
The used car manager at my Volvo dealership got moved to another dealership and I let it be known I wanted his job. Not long after that and some personal machinations I ended up running the dealership as a manager with another guy who was also promoted up from a salesperson. It has been a good almost two years and Volvo has grown big but we have grown even more. Our new car sales were up over 30 percent year over year.
Friday is my last day doing that though as I am taking over as Service Manager on Monday.
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Good luck with the move to the Service Manager position.
I'm sure your were here when whey had a young salesman in the Boston area selling Nissan's who move to the service dept. then he disappeared from here totally. I can't for the life of me remember this young guys name but I remember that Richard was trying to give this young guy some advice but we'll never know if it worked.
Anybody out there remember this salesman/dept. service guy?
jmonroe
'15 Genesis V8 with Ultimate Package and '18 Legacy Limited 6 cyl
I used poor tone, for which I'm sorry, but I still maintain I don't think said people are qualified to judge facts in complex cases of of insider trading, civil personal injury lawsuits, etc. I would add I'm not qualified, either and I hold Masters in engineering. I'm uncomfortable to be put in a position deciding on fate of a stranger based on others telling me what the facts are. If asked, I'd do it, but I don't like it. I also maintain that the trial parties, especially those weaker ones, are actively seeking to exclude people holding education level suggesting analytical nature, believing, fairly or not, that others will be easier to persuade. But I should have used a better tone.
2018 430i Gran Coupe
'17 Chevy Volt Premiere
And Alamogordo or Las Cruces would both top Belize for retirement spots, too, I would think. I can say ci in Spanish. That means yes. After that things get real dicey, though.
2021 Kia Soul LX 6-speed stick
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
My sister is the opposite of your sister. PHD, but doesn't have clue about how money works.
Kind of scares me because I'm distributing to her a good chunk of money.
And it's "sí", lol. Actually I'm pretty fluent after a couple of margaritas.
Obviously I'm over an hour late and figured I was going to get an earful about it. As I'm about to enter the assigned court room the deputy at the door said he had to see my mailed invitation before I could enter the room. He takes a look at it and says, "they have already selected jurors for the case you were to appear for. Go down to the second floor cashier and get your bus fair refunded, you're free to go home". He signs the letter and I go.
Damn, if I knew it was going to be that easy I wouldn't have lied about my trips to CA. (Emotorcons still aren't working, read with a smiley face here)
jmonroe
'15 Genesis V8 with Ultimate Package and '18 Legacy Limited 6 cyl
2018 430i Gran Coupe
2018 430i Gran Coupe
2018 430i Gran Coupe
Hey, here's a mystery.
I was looking at a car site and saw this gem (2015) for just under $30k...7600 miles.
I felt that I'd made a poor choice buying new until I realized it was just a 4cyl. The interesting thing is that though the car is at a dealer in NY it was originally from Canada. How is that possible? Would that screw up registration, inspection or warranty?
Date: Mileage: Source: Comments:
04/14/2015 NICB Vehicle manufactured
and shipped to original dealer
05/06/2015 Newfoundland
Motor Vehicle Dept.
St. John's, NL Registration issued or renewed
First owner reported
Registered as commercial vehicle
01/13/2016 7,683 Quebec
Motor Vehicle Dept. Registration issued or renewed
Odometer reported as 12,365 kilometers
01/20/2016 Dealer Inventory Vehicle offered for sale
02/27/2016 7,685 Dealer Inventory Vehicle offered for sale
03/16/2016 myCARFAX
2019 Kia Soul+, 2015 Mustang GT, 2013 Ford F-150, 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible
No, infectious disease (did a lot of AIDS research back in the day).
2018 430i Gran Coupe
I'm a farmer with a master degree. Think how I feel.
2019 Kia Soul+, 2015 Mustang GT, 2013 Ford F-150, 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible
The two juries I was on had interesting people who spoke out with their common sense. Best was a nurse who did upper GI testing but had a wide spectrum of clinical test experience with other tests when I was on a back injury case. We decided part of the plaintiff's problem was in her head, not her spine. I pointed out that the car was hit at a solid point on the A-pillar and damage was consistent with 25 mph speed limit and lower impact speed. I talked about the forces and directions of those on a driver in the collision.
On another jury for assault in a fight, no real motive was shown. I suggested there was much more to the story and the prosecutor didn't want to show the victim didn't have clean hands. It was either a woman, drugs, or money causing the friction. It wasn't just too much testosterone. Other jurors contributed solid opinions and information but in the end we didn't find guilt. We were met afterwards by a very disappointed asst. prosecutor who wanted to ask us in the hallway what caused the innocent verdict in his case.
If I'd been on the case with the pastor refusing to consider guilt, I would have passed a note to the bailiff requesting to speak to the judge (with both attorneys present I assume). He needed to be replaced with an alternate.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
Farmer, cars come over all the time. I believe they just have to go through some updates and paperwork, and change anything not in compliance. My guess is a new Mustang sold in Canada is identical to the US model, with maybe the speedo swapped so Km is primary scale?
not sure about warranty. Someone that was interested in this type of auto arbitrage (or maybe it was driver with his car) said that the warranty did not transfer?
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
What you'll find is that two people more-or-less monopolize the board, with interesting input from many others.
Richard has left. Sad.
@oldfarmer50, my neighbor may have you beat. He's a farmer with a PhD. He landed at the local university (big ag school) and now that he's retired, he spends a lot of time repairing tractors for the family spread up in Montana that his brothers run.
I'm kind of curious about his neighbor across the road that has a three bay RV garage. Every time I've seen it open, it's been full of tractors.
The car is Diamond White Metallic and he has the AMG sport wheels. I found it a little tighter on the inside than his 2014 CL Coupe, but the quality and workmanship are unsurpassed as is the styling. His interior is a very light gray. When you start it up and hit the accelerator, it has a "growl" sound alerting you to the fact that this is not a turbo V6, but rather a big V8 Twin Turbo. Truly a gorgeous automobile but too costly for my budget.
He's had the car since January 2nd, but he has about 2500 miles on it - 500 miles more than my CLS that I got at the end of November. His front grille is almost identical to mine.
SIDE NOTE
One of my friends works at a Mercedes dealership - he called me this morning to give me the scoop on the new E Class (2017) scheduled for its debut in 3 months. You can order one now but they are being built only with the twin turbo 4 cylinder engine for the first 6 months - unavailable with the V6 twin turbo for the initial build. There is no way I would drive a 240 hp E Class vehicle. Way too underpowered for a 4200 lb vehicle. I can't imagine what they were thinking of. It will be available with the 6 later in the year.
BTW, Bold and Italics do not show up on my iPhone - but if I tap the screen where they used to be, I get access. Something definitely wrong with the program.
2021 Genesis G90
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
More than Kms on the speedo though, all cars must have running lights - usually the parking lights or regular lights at less power I think, and there are a few emission devices.
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
2013 LX 570 2016 LS 460
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
DRLs are fairly common down here now, and an easy retrofit, and some cars you can swap the odo display to KM or Miles, since it is all in the ECU anyway. The speedo though would be reversed (big vs. small) unless it was also changable in the settings. I bet your MB can do that if you want!
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
jmonroe
'15 Genesis V8 with Ultimate Package and '18 Legacy Limited 6 cyl
So, what about getting BOLD to work ? C'mon you can tell me
Thanks, I knew it would take another technical wizard to help me
jmonroe
'15 Genesis V8 with Ultimate Package and '18 Legacy Limited 6 cyl
bold
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
Imid, speaking of that, do you still have the Cobalt? For some reason I thought that went away when you got the Cruze.
2017 Cadillac ATS Performance Premium 3.6
[EIS]: Some models may not be equipped with factory issued Electronic Immobilization Systems. Importers must ensure that EIS requirements can be met and should contact the manufacturer prior to importation if it appears the vehicle requires an EIS installation. Read paragraph #9 of the "EXPLANATIONS" section for more information about EIS.
DAYTIME RUNNING LAMPS (DRLs): Many Ford models have a configurable lighting system module that can be reconfigured. Contact an authorized Ford or Lincoln dealer for additional information
Best to get a broker to fill out forms and make sure car will comply. When Cdn $ was about 5% lower than US $, and car was 25% less, many people shopped in the US for a car. Manufacturers told dealers not to sell into Canada.
The E400 has a digital speedo that can be switched from kms to miles, the physical speedo is always in Kms. The bmw 535 only showed KMs- another example of how Mercedes makes their cars a little more user friendly.
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250