It’s my experience if you enter into any auto dealership expecting 100% truth you are vulnerable. They have had a thousand times more experience in manipulation and deception and the odds are against you. If you believe they are your friends and will work in your behalf be prepared to pay too much. Do your homework before you go and have a number in mind that you will consider, lower it by 15% and you have a realistic target. Don’t pay for any dealer add ons or additional profit markup. Keep in mind that they get kickbacks from their loan institutions. Pre-arrange financing with your bank if you are not going to lease. I think this is a general evaluation and there may be some that don’t fit this description but suspect they are unique.

Counter with: Oh shit, my wife just texted me that her water broke and gtfo 🤓

Is there really a trade without a standard set of lies/understating/overstating?

This is what buys people nice houses and gets them a hot wife.

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I’d tell you but my wife has my brain today

Idk, I’m stuck driving our Subaru ICE all the time because wife likes the electric car so much so maybe true lol

I once went with a friend to a free weekend at a timeshare in return for him sitting in on the sales pitch. When the salespeople used their personal cars to drive them from the location of the pitch to their assigned showcase villa each and every one of them told their targets potential owners that their BMW/Lexus/Mercedes was being detailed today and that’s why they were driving them in a 10 year old beater.

Detailing place must have been having quite a sale to have all 10 of their luxury vehicles in on the same day! /s

Did you call the dealer or salesperson in advance to see what they had in stock?

Also, head to the leasehackr forums, where you’re likely to find the best deal with a broker or dealer there.

Expect every person at a dealership to lie.

Car salesman are liars. That’s the baseline you should approach any interaction with them

I’m confused. Do they not have the vehicle there to show you? I would never buy a car without driving it first. It’s funny how the dumbest little thing may make you dislike a car. I wish I had played around more with the radio/bluetooth on our chevy, (older) because it’s constantly infuriating how clunky it is.

sales people has most 20% of the average people IQ. these soulless beings are built to suck every penny out of you

I went car hunting with my brother and got this a lot. I started making up random features that don’t exist to see what they agree to. They agreed to everything.

“Omg I love how this car lets you turn on the stereo from the key fob!”

“The option to pop the door open right before I get to my car is so convenient.”

“I like the horn customization feature!”

Just silly stuff and then idiot sales person would always give the “oh yeah that’s great! I use it everyday.” But on one instance the services manager literally has my same car. He told me about one problem I might have then bam! It happened soon after my visit.

That is just short of claiming that their Canadian girlfriend has the car for the day.

Bait and switch is a big part of the game.