What did I just do and WHY?

[Beverly]

Okay, remind me not to go looking at new cars unless I actually want to bring one home that day. I went to a dealer in the city today, just to browse, get some ideas for what I wanted for my new fall runabout car later this year. I came home with a new Dodge Journey and, my bodyguard having to drive my truck home.

Leave it to me to see the benefits of that car and be too nice to say no when the salesman offered me one heck of a cash price on it. (19,500 USD) and it has every extra imaginable - too good a price to pass up and, it's a perfect little runabout car.

 

[Progster]

I'm prone to impulse buying, too, but for me this usually involves CDs and music - I can't resist buying music. It's just too easy to click and download digital music

 

[King_Oni]

That's why I rarely browse for stuff on top of being perpetually broke, lol.

I'm quite sure if I had plenty of money to burn I would end up buying a lot of stuff as well, but since I don't, I don't "crave" having stuff as much nor do I feel the urge to browse for stuff (which also means commercials and the overal notion of "making more money to be succesfull in this society" kinda falls flat on it's face with me)

 

[Beverly]

I don't buy a lot of stuff, nor do I buy on impulse, I might go look at an item 20 times before buying it, and research it online, seek out other owners for opinions of it, etc... The more it costs, the longer it takes me to actually buy it. Me buying a car the first day I even browsed for a model I wanted for my runabout is unheard of for me but, I did it with the Journey.

Great price, almost ten grand below MSRP for this car and, so far I like it. For an inexpensive small crossover, it has a lot of luxury features, feels like a more expensive luxury car and, it has all of the "sick" stuff like GPS, Bluetooth, touch screen, zoned climate control, built in USB and 110v power plugs, heated seats and mirrors, satellite radio, etc...

I'm actually thinking about buying a few for gifts this year, it's a little luxury car that I can afford to give to six or seven people.

I like it so well that I'm also working on a proposal to work with Dodge through my non profit and have them help me get Journeys for people on the spectrum whom we help learn to drive and, couldn't otherwise afford a decent car. I'd love to be able to get Aspies driving comfortably and, give them their first car - a brand new one that's very user friendly and, included Bluetooth for hands free cell phones and, GPS to help with getting places safely. Even if I can convince Dodge to donate say six per year, that would help a lot.

 

[David Larson]

I think the bigger question is: did you just buy a car from that salesman, or did that salesman sell you that car? A little of both I suspect.

I like to think I have the edge on the average NT, but I find a good salesman can still put me on my ass. It actually makes me laugh, that "Wait, what just happened?" feeling I get when I leave the place of business minus my money.

 

[Beverly]

He was a good salesman, sold me a model I had not even considers buying and, for me to like a car that's under 30 grand, well that's rare enough. I'm fussy about cars. They have to have Sirrius/XM built in, have to have GPS, Bluetooth, an auxiliary port, USB ports, Inverter for charging laptops and cell phones, dual zone or better climate control, can't be too low to the ground nor too tall to get into and, out of gracefully and, have to have rear window defrost and wipers.

Well, this little thing has it all, and under 20K, I was surprised.

Grady, the salesman and, Chuck, the finance manager at that dealer were both professional, friendly and, answered my every question and, met my every demand with smiles. Neither one once treated me like a celebrity, just respected me as a person who was buying a car. They were both very patient with my questions and need to test out every feature of the car. It took them three hours of putting up with an Aspie in investigate, try it out, process it, ask more questions, try it again, process some more, ask some more question, try some more things but, they did it with smiles and pleasant attitudes. Both were good enough to get me to write a commendation letter about them to their corporate office, and no they didn't ask me to do it, they were just that good and, they deserve some recognition.

 

[Ste11aeres]

They were both very patient with my questions and need to test out every feature of the car. It took them three hours of putting up with an Aspie in investigate, try it out, process it, ask more questions, try it again, process some more, ask some more question, try some more things

I can imagine someone (who didn't know) saying to themselves, so this is what it's like to sell to someone in music.

 

[Beverly]

Ste11aeres I'm sure both of the gentlemen were convinced that I was a total diva LOL I was dressed to the nines, skinny jeans, tube top, leather jacket, spike heels - normal day in the city look for me.

I'm sure having my bodyguard there didn't help the impression, he was giving me the "Yes ma'am but, does it [insert something only a luxury car would do.]?" the whole time and, a 275lb, 6'4" armed man that looks like an oversized Grizzly Adams asking questions of his boss, who is the diva buying the car is bound to put the salesman on his best behavior. LOL.

 

[Maelstrom]

I hate smooth talking sales men....I have a thing about being manipulated....they drive me up the wall. I would rather by a in a box and put it together than talk to a sales man.