Are there no experts that sell trucks?
Why do I know more about the trucks than the salesman? We spoke to a supposed truck "expert" at our local Ford dealer, and he gave me the wrong payload number. Just a word of caution to those of...
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Why my Suburban is a GMC...all of the Chevy dealerships didn't know squat about
trucks
Had several deposits with conditional terms canceling if another dealership beat
them with a vehicle & get my deposits back.
Several came in as half tons...green, red and loaded with stuff NOT on the
contract. Sales folks all said what is the diff...it's a Suburban while I tried
to explain the contract said 8.6K GVWR
Went to a semi truck broker who also sold cars and light duty trucks.
That salesman knew more than I did by a bit...but...when my Sub came in....that
dealers son took over the deal and had it loaded with a front end bumper guard,
extended to cover the headlamps. Wouldn't sign for it till the original salesman
came over and had all of that chrome stuff taken off (they had drilled holes in
the bumper, so got a new one there too)
Most don't know anything spec's...even for cars...other than what sells...HP numbers
and maybe zero to 60 number
Really in part blame the average buyer...they do not educate themselves well
Even here...some senior members still advise that the MTWR is absolute...or that
all variations/optioned/etc weigh in at 'curb'... :S
trucks
Had several deposits with conditional terms canceling if another dealership beat
them with a vehicle & get my deposits back.
Several came in as half tons...green, red and loaded with stuff NOT on the
contract. Sales folks all said what is the diff...it's a Suburban while I tried
to explain the contract said 8.6K GVWR
Went to a semi truck broker who also sold cars and light duty trucks.
That salesman knew more than I did by a bit...but...when my Sub came in....that
dealers son took over the deal and had it loaded with a front end bumper guard,
extended to cover the headlamps. Wouldn't sign for it till the original salesman
came over and had all of that chrome stuff taken off (they had drilled holes in
the bumper, so got a new one there too)
Most don't know anything spec's...even for cars...other than what sells...HP numbers
and maybe zero to 60 number
Really in part blame the average buyer...they do not educate themselves well
Even here...some senior members still advise that the MTWR is absolute...or that
all variations/optioned/etc weigh in at 'curb'... :S
