So I went car shopping yesterday. Looked at three different kinds of car, all of which were the same car essentially. It wasn't has bad as I feared. It seems most car dealers have toned down the rhetoric and aren't as full court press on people who just want to look. I took my Dad with me, and most of the salesguys were courteous. Only the Nissan dealer tried to pressure me into purchasing today, but only after my Dad had gone to the restroom for a minute. But I held strong :) which is always a fear of mine, cracking under pressure. The Toyota saleman was 100% uninterested in selling me a car, so much so that even if I had liked the new Corollas (which I ended up NOT likely, surprisingly since I drive one now) I wouldn't have gone back to that particular dealership. My Dad was really pressing me to get a Honda, which I agreed to test drive, despite feeling they were out of my price range. I was pleasntly surprised and enjoyed driving the new Civic, but the Civic Hybrid doesn't handle as well. He (my Dad) didn't even understand why I wanted a Nissan Sentra so badly, but when I convinced him that I would consider the Hondas if we could test drive the Nissans, he agreed to give them a shot. I knew he would come around once we test drove and I was right! Although he explained, he really didn't know much about Nissan, only that they were orginally Datsuns, a car he has had horrible expierences with. But the new Nissan Sentras were a much smoother ride and quieter engine then even the Civic. So I'm pretty sure that I have found my new car!
PS~ My Dad's favorite salesman was the Honda sales guy who when seeing my current car (a 1996 Geo Prizm) which has close to 200K miles on it and looks like it's been in a fight and barely survived....remarked "You aren't trading that in......are you?"
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