skycamefalling 0 #1 November 12, 2010 Why is it that the car buying process takes so damn long? They need to find a quicker way to go through the paperwork process. I took my sister shopping for her first car and ended up spending almost 5 hours at the dealership But in the end, she drove off with a new (to her) car. She is so happy, she even offered to pay for all of my jumps tomorrow when we go to the DZ.Speedracer~I predict that Michael Jackson will rise from the dead. And that a giant radioactive duck will emerge from the ocean and eat Baltimore. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DrewEckhardt 0 #2 November 12, 2010 Quote Why is it that the car buying process takes so damn long? Because the stealer needs time to squeeze every last dime of profit out of you, culminating in their financing and extended warranty full-court press after you've agreed on price (and the disposition of any trade-in). Quote They need to find a quicker way to go through the paperwork process. I took my sister shopping for her first car and ended up spending almost 5 hours at the dealership It takes far less time to buy (after you've found one you want) or sell a home for over 10X the car price since there isn't any up-sell involved and you can do any needed negotiation with brief E-mails or phone calls in the background instead of sitting throw a stage show. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,120 #3 November 12, 2010 >Why is it that the car buying process takes so damn long? Because they're really expensive, most people want financing and most people want to drive it off the lot. That means that the car has to be registered, insured and paid for before it leaves. I'm amazed they can do it that _quickly_ sometimes. If you called ahead, said "I'm paying cash, will take it on a flatbed without plates and get it insured and registered later" you might well get out of there much faster (depending on what the dealer is required to do by state law.) But that's inconvenient, and you'd probably end up spending longer overall getting it roadworthy. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnMitchell 16 #4 November 12, 2010 My car insurance covers me automatically for 30 days for any new car I buy, or at least that's what my agent told me. Since we leave the lot with no lien holders (pay cash) maybe that speeds up the process. Once, when writing a check for a new car, the salesman said "This check won't hit the bank until Monday morning, so you have that long to get it covered." I should have been a little more offended, but I just told him it was good already. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JerryBaumchen 1,468 #5 November 13, 2010 Hi bill, Quote"I'm paying cash, will take it on a flatbed without plates and get it insured and registered later" you might well get out of there much faster About 5 yrs ago I assisted a lady-friend in buying a new Camry, no trade-in, no financing, full payment at the time, etc, etc. Still took ~ 3hrs & five different people to deal with. And then she had to wait three days until they located the one that had the options that she bought. NUTZ is my opinion. JerryBaumchen Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skycamefalling 0 #6 November 13, 2010 Those "almost" 5 hours was paying with cash also. Between test driving, negotiating and the paperwork......it still took that long. Maybe the fact that my sister is 18 and wanting to buy the car without financing, they might have thought she was full of shit and was just trying to waste time to see how serious we were. They sure and the hell were not very busy.Speedracer~I predict that Michael Jackson will rise from the dead. And that a giant radioactive duck will emerge from the ocean and eat Baltimore. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
