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Old Aug 2, 2006 | 07:33 PM
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Why the hell some dealerships insist on putting balloons all over the goddamn place. It looks stupid and cheesy. Am I supposed to see balloons and be like "Goddamn, I want that car!!!!!"?
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Old Aug 2, 2006 | 07:35 PM
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i dont understand why when you call, they say stis are 36,000

but after you test drive them, you can get them off the lot for 30,000
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Old Aug 2, 2006 | 07:35 PM
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or those crazy ass commercials with midgets and clowns and grown peeps dressed in cowboy suites...
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Old Aug 2, 2006 | 07:41 PM
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Originally Posted by GotJDM?
i dont understand why when you call, they say stis are 36,000

but after you test drive them, you can get them off the lot for 30,000
Uh, that's normal.
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Old Aug 2, 2006 | 08:20 PM
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Thats because they dont go trying to sell a car thats only worth $3k max for $8k to potential buyers. I mean they could but then they wouldn't get any sales

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Old Aug 2, 2006 | 08:21 PM
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I don't get why they keep offering to give me cookies and water.... :dunno:
In fact one dealership asked if I wanted a beer... hahaha
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Old Aug 2, 2006 | 08:24 PM
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the civic had a balloon tied to the windshield wiper when i test drove it..had to wait for them to find a pair of scissors to get it off..pain in the ass and totally unnecessary..
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Old Aug 2, 2006 | 08:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Tark
or those crazy ass commercials with midgets and clowns and grown peeps dressed in cowboy suites...

..must be a Canada thing.
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Old Aug 2, 2006 | 08:26 PM
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I never understood men in Capris...
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Old Aug 3, 2006 | 06:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Tark
or those crazy ass commercials with midgets and clowns and grown peeps dressed in cowboy suites...
WTF LOL :rofl:
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