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| - I had a great experience at Wilde working with Jerry Ortega, and feel so fortunate that he was the one who ended up helping me buy my car. After working with so many stereotypical salesmen ("I can tell you're a smart buyer,"...."Look at my salesman of the year trophy!"....etc etc), it was like a breath of fresh air talking with someone who spoke to me like a human being and actually seemed interested in helping me find what I wanted. Jerry was patient and explained everything in a way I could understand. I ended up buying a beautiful 2004 Honda Accord, and when I took it to my mechanic, he said it looked great and had been well taken car of. Wilde had it washed for me, and they did all the necessary maintenance on it before it was even up for sale, so I don't have anything to do for a few months! If I ever buy another car, I'll be going back to Jerry for sure!
On another note, my experience working with the finance guy was more typical of my experience with salesmen at other dealers. When I mentioned interest in a pre-paid maintenance plan, he spent quite a bit of time trying to push it on me, telling me what a great deal it was, that almost every gets it "too late" and that I would be saving so much money! Thank goodness for my savvy brother who came with me--he was able to crunch the numbers sitting right there, and finally pulled out of the guy that I would more likely break even on the the plan, as opposed to saving all that money. Afterwards, he admitted to me that he thought I'd actually lose money even with the discount (a matter of opinion, I'm sure). But when I mentioned my mechanic to the finance guy, he made this face that said, "You go THERE??" Then he proceeded to bash my mechanic on the grounds of what "other people" had said, and said skeptically that he was glad they worked out for my family, at least (not to mentioned my entire neighborhood!!). I felt that his treatment of my decision to go to a different mechanic was rude and patronizing, so I would give me experience working with Mr. Finance a 2.
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