LLllsf·Feb 26, 2024
Car dealership in US are in their own league. Coming from Europe it is difficult to appreciate at first. But when you see headlines like:
"Roma was purchased last month by Texas car dealership magnate Dan Friedkin, who is worth $4.1 billion."
Yes, that a Texan car dealership buying the AS Roma (soccer team, Italian capital).
When I came in US, I had no car, I saved money, went to dealership (Toyota) and pointed a used Matrix, test drive it, and said, I will buy it. The guy started to show me a long form (like 3 letter pages long form)... I said I do not want to make a loan. He looked at me like I came from another planet. I want to buy the car. He said that he can only accept a bank check. It was close to noon on Saturday, I asked if he could drive me with the Matrix to the nearest bank quickly, he reluctantly said yes. Maybe he t
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hought I was going to scam him or something. He did stay in the car, while I asked for a bank check. He drove me back to the dealership. Unfortunately I had to leave the car, so they do a final inspection and prepare some papers. I came a week later to pick up the car.
Clearly the sales guy seemed a bit puzzled by the transaction. But there was no way I was going to drag a car purchase process like describe in https://github.com/kutinden/buyingacar/blob/main/README.md (13 steps !?)
Now I see the why Tesla sells online. US dealerships have been fat cats for too long.