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Yeah right...this is the most asinine statement in the entire thread. Like any dealer would reject a trade on a 360 hp, short production, fairly new, sought after, niche vehicle that trades in at around ~$20k ballpark.
They'd sell that car plenty fast, and if they didn't want to "touch it" they would take it in and run it straight through the auction and make plenty on it.
This is of course assuming your buddy has half a brain and didn't walk into the dealer and spout off about having 4 accidents with it and waving thousands of dollars in repair receipts and an inspection report showing it needing thousands more.
We know you are a BMW fanboy but you can't fool the peanut gallery.
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yeah right
Indeed, you must be the expert on these things.
The BMW dealer didn't take Plymouths on trade at the time for the very simple reason Chrysler had just dropped the brand and too many people were suspicious of getting support, service, etc. for an abandoned brand. The dealer felt they couldn't move the car, especially with a weak economy, and auction prices were in fluctuation. Thus, they told my friend they couldn't offer any kind of reasonable trade for the car.
right back at ya
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Indeed, you must be the expert on these things.
The BMW dealer didn't take Plymouths on trade at the time for the very simple reason Chrysler had just dropped the brand and too many people were suspicious of getting support, service, etc. for an abandoned brand. The dealer felt they couldn't move the car, especially with a weak economy, and auction prices were in fluctuation. Thus, they told my friend they couldn't offer any kind of reasonable trade for the car.
:rolleyes right back at ya
Good thing it's a Pontiac and not a Plymouth!
EDIT: I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you meant to type Pontiac instead of Plymouth, but it doesn't matter; the dealer wasn't very bright nor was your friend if neither of them realized that Pontiac's warranty is through the parent company, GM, and always was (and still is). Between the two of them, at least one of them could've spent 10 seconds figuring that out before dismissing a customer and forfeiting a new car sale. Not to mention, considering how bad GM was, they wouldn't have been able to turn away warranty work on the defunct brand no matter how much further in the hole it would've put them because it would've been a PR nightmare to shaft people who had recently bought new vehicles.
http://www.pontiac.com/owners/owner_resources/warranty.html
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Whatever. In the end it's neither anyway. It's a Holden.
Neither brand ever had a single car I was even remotely interested in. I've confused them all my life.
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Whatever. In the end it's neither anyway. It's a Holden.
Neither brand ever had a single car I was even remotely interested in. I've confused them all my life.
It's a shame. a car company with such a strong history utterly destroyed by the Aztek and Solstice within ten years
Gotta admit, I love the Aztek's. I think they are just funky cool looking, But I have a weird taste in vehicles
Gotta admit, I love the Aztek's. I think they are just funky cool looking, But I have a weird taste in vehicles
honestly don't know much about them other than Pontiac sold 35k per year and their margin was 70k per year just to break even. epic fail
Gotta admit, I love the Aztek's. I think they are just funky cool looking, But I have a weird taste in vehicles
I used to abhor them, about as much as the Buick Rendezvous. Then I became a fan of the TV show Breaking Bad, and now Azteks make me smile.
I have nothing against the cars, They were supposed to save Pontiac, but they did the opposite. They were just poor sells.
Looks great! The SO gets her 2012 soon. I only have 51k on my 2004, not sure what I will want next. Maybe I can hold out for a true electric some day. I should post a picture of my play toy here...
2 seater cars are almost entirely pointless, but the Solstice and Sky were AWESOME looking little cars.
Where's the new 2012 thread? Weather is nice so I'm gonna take my car for a spin and snap a photo
Start itWhere's the new 2012 thread? Weather is nice so I'm gonna take my car for a spin and snap a photo
Right, and how often do you actually do that? I'll take "never" for an answer.Can have more fun with back seat ...
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I think I got distracted and forgot to finish my sentence.. here goes:
2 seater cars are mostly pointless to the average person. Of course by average person I mean the person that tells you they're going to buy a new car, and while you could give them many reasonable suggestions until you're blue in the face, they go buy a Honda CR-V.
*shudder*
That, and most people here would probably sooner buy a Miata.
2 seater cars are mostly pointless to the average person. Of course by average person I mean the person that tells you they're going to buy a new car, and while you could give them many reasonable suggestions until you're blue in the face, they go buy a Honda CR-V.
*shudder*
That, and most people here would probably sooner buy a Miata.
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