Comments on markdehate.com: Why is buying a car so hard?

Yeah I love when I ask a question like, "Oh, ...

2011-07-15T12:39:35.369-04:00

Yeah I love when I ask a question like, "Oh, so the difference is that this one has a 2.0L engine and the other has a 2.5L engine, right?" And then the sales guy walks around the car looking for badging that indicates the engine size and says in a less than confident tone, "Yeah, yup, yeah, that is...correct." Ugh. I SHOULDN'T KNOW MORE ABOUT THIS THAN YOU, SALESMMAN.

I've never bought a new car, but I've boug...

2011-07-15T10:19:31.107-04:00

I've never bought a new car, but I've bought two used cars from dealerships and have shopped for a new one. The worst part is when you know the salesperson personally, or they are a family member, and they are equally as sleazy.

My favorite part is when you tell them exactly what you want — like I've told them model, color, everything, and they act like they heard you, but totally come up with something that is not at all what you wanted.

I also really hate the inability to actually figure out what the true price of a car is. Because no one sells for retail. But it's almost impossible to find true prices anywhere.

The Saturn brand aimed to change all of that. Sev...

2011-07-14T23:18:05.017-04:00

The Saturn brand aimed to change all of that.

Several times the bill of sale was wrong when the first presented it to me, I had to correct them (and remind them of incentives).

Slimey.

And what about the latest gimmicks...after you commit to buy, you get to talk to the "business manager" or some bogus title like that, to sell you more stuff. My last experience was when they tried to sell me the electrical rust resistant system - better than the undercoating that they used to push.

Well said! :)

2011-07-13T18:03:35.455-04:00

Well said! :)