7/15/2011
Both my wife and I were the market for new cars in March. Hers took priority, but she had a hard time figuring out what she wanted whereas I knew exactly what I wanted... a Taco with all the fixins. Given this we initially looked at trading her car in on the truck I wanted. We went to SCreek and were able to settle on a price the first night, but Andy and John had a hard time confirming if they could get it in the color I wanted. They did have my second choice. Rather than pressure me to buy from their inventory that night Andy actually proposed that we sleep on it and wait until he could guarantee it was on hand. So we did.
In the morning I came to the realization the scenario of me trading her car for a car I wanted to drive was a recipe that would lead to household issues. I would want to drive the car and it would leave my wife stuck with my current car, which she hates driving car as it's a stick. It was difficult to let it go, but common sense dictated that it wasn't smart to introduce this dynamic into the marriage.... and so we bought a car my wife liked. Since there weren't any Toyos she liked we bought elsewhere. I knew my turn would come.
Fast forward three months later my car was now fast approaching the 150 mile mark and Toyota had the truck on for 1.9% over 60 mths. We went back to Stevens Creek and met Ramsey this time. Again the color I wanted proved elusive, but he was willing to try. We asked them if they could locate our second color pick, but they were determined to find our first choice and did. After hammering things out we asked to have a night to sleep on it. I was pretty sure we were getting a good deal, but we wanted to get a couple other quotes so I spent the next day shopping rates and no one was willing to pull the truck from another dealership. So I pushed them to see how much of a deal they'd give me on my second choice color. None of them matched SCreek's pricing.
These guys get points because they worked hard to get the car we wanted at the price we wanted to pay. There really wanted us to have the truck we wanted. Ramsey gets extra points for taking us for a gourmet dinner while the car was getting detailed.
In the morning I came to the realization the scenario of me trading her car for a car I wanted to drive was a recipe that would lead to household issues. I would want to drive the car and it would leave my wife stuck with my current car, which she hates driving car as it's a stick. It was difficult to let it go, but common sense dictated that it wasn't smart to introduce this dynamic into the marriage.... and so we bought a car my wife liked. Since there weren't any Toyos she liked we bought elsewhere. I knew my turn would come.
Fast forward three months later my car was now fast approaching the 150 mile mark and Toyota had the truck on for 1.9% over 60 mths. We went back to Stevens Creek and met Ramsey this time. Again the color I wanted proved elusive, but he was willing to try. We asked them if they could locate our second color pick, but they were determined to find our first choice and did. After hammering things out we asked to have a night to sleep on it. I was pretty sure we were getting a good deal, but we wanted to get a couple other quotes so I spent the next day shopping rates and no one was willing to pull the truck from another dealership. So I pushed them to see how much of a deal they'd give me on my second choice color. None of them matched SCreek's pricing.
These guys get points because they worked hard to get the car we wanted at the price we wanted to pay. There really wanted us to have the truck we wanted. Ramsey gets extra points for taking us for a gourmet dinner while the car was getting detailed.
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