My wife was wanting to trade her vehicle for a car that is a little more fuel efficient than the '01 Chrysler minivan that she drives daily to work.
We went to Deery Bros to check out their cars and settled on a new Pontiac Vibe.
Now this Chrysler is an excellent driver, always garaged, maintained (I'm a mechanic by trade) and never hurt in anyway. I run Mobil-1 in it, change all of the fluids regularly. It averages 20mpg with its V6 city/hwy. The front brakes are new, the rear brakes aren't ready for replacement. New battery last fall. I replaced the original Goodyear Integrity tires at 70,000 miles when they still had ample tread life and no apparent defects. The new Premium Tiger Paw Touring tires now have 3,000 miles on them. This car is nice as you'll find, never beaten up.
The price of the Vibe was a "Red Tag Special" at just under $18,000. When we went into the office, I was ready to sign them a check and drive off in a new car. After the the sales manager laid out the numbers, I got immediately upset. The price of the vibe shot up to $20,000 and he offered, us $2,100 for our trade. The manager guy was an arrogant jerk. I told him he was nuts and left their lot never to return.
It was a total waste of our time.
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