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| - I have been to 2 car dealerships in my life - yup just 2. Really the only thing i knew about them was that car salesmen have negative connotation about them - and really never understood it as i had never seen it.
Well - the visit BEFORE before i came to Atlas. It provided some fun context for that - it was just what the stereotype of car salesmen were - and not going to lie - i kind of enjoyed being in it because it was so surreal. I mean - the idealistic talk, the lets get some numbers at the desk for you, the wait here and i will get with my manager to see if i can do this deal for you, the nice little pressure, oh this isn't going to be here tomorrow - not at this price, the wait - let me get my manager and see if i can get even a better deal for you, and the last ditch and my favorite - really mark - what do i need to get you into this car today. Oh - i really enjoyed it - i know actually understood things is a new way. Now of course - i didn't actually enjoy the other place, it was just fun for me. What i should have told them was, this car is expensive and you are creepy, and i know you are going to call me too many times but please don't. (which they did)
So right after that i went to this Atlas Automotive. I took my little brother with me and distinctly remember telling him, now i have looked everywhere, like everywhere and this car that we are going to see - it is too cheep - may be a pricing mistake because we didn't even find a private seller within a grand of it - so if it is real - we are driving home in it.
We get there - on the lot for a second - meet a rep - and we found the car on the lot. There is some nice small talk. He shrugs and says, you want to drive it? Let me get the keys. We drive it around the block, it goes well, i know i am going to buy it, but don't want to loose any leverage if he ends up being like the guy before. We finish and says - king of like shrugging - so tell me about it.
Now what actually sold me on this place was this - we were also looking at another brand of car and i asked his opinion of it - and he gave it to me - honestly - even though the other car was a couple of grand more. He told me what was good, what was bad, what to watch out for in both cars. The whole time with a fun little shrug as if to say - eh - no problem if you buy it or not - i am here to help either way.
So the whole thing was surprisingly unstereo-typeish - i signed some papers and in 30 minutes i had a car.
So to sum up:
1 - the sales rep that i dealt with was just there to help either way
2 - the car was cheap (saw it advertised on auto-trader)
3 - and the whole transaction was easier than i thought
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