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There's also the thing about the dealers finance department.
That's where they really go to work on ya and they will lie, lie, lie.
This is where they pitch you and say your credit may not be as good as you think or lead you to believe the offered rate is the best they can do or banks are "tightening up", etc.
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There's also the thing about the dealers finance department.
That's where they really go to work on ya and they will lie, lie, lie.
This is where they pitch you and say your credit may not be as good as you think or lead you to believe the offered rate is the best they can do or banks are "tightening up", etc.
I knew someone(not a friend) that added 1-2% on the loan aka got the loan approved and added extra percentage points to pad the dealer's profit.
From what I understand, these are common dealer tricks.
Very common, but you have to fall for those tactics. The fact that dealers do that and inflate rates just shows that average is even more meaningless to smart consumers.
Very common, but you have to fall for those tactics. The fact that dealers do that and inflate rates just shows that average is even more meaningless to smart consumers.
Right, but that doesn't mean the average is invalid. Reminds me of a quote I heard years ago:
"Think about how smart the median person is. Now realize that fully half of all people are dumber than that."
Good PDR techs can handle aluminum no problem, you just have to find good ones...
Yeah and I lost my guy, he has health issues and can't do it anymore so I'm without reliable PDR.
Also, the weather snuck up on me and I had my spray freeze lol! That was my sign to stop freezing my hands and go inside
Frozen lol! Last pictures I'll send for now but the paint is quite good. Not as good as the LS but still nice Needs a light polish but not bad after clay. Ultra smooth and feels like glass now
Right, but that doesn't mean the average is invalid. Reminds me of a quote I heard years ago:
"Think about how smart the median person is. Now realize that fully half of all people are dumber than that."
To depress everyone a little more- if average iQ is 100, same rule applies- half are over and half are under.
So, remember that when your driving down the road and look to the car on the left and then the car on the right and add some distraction on that with texting. haha
Average IQ is less than that but we're being generous. lol
Originally Posted by LexsCTJill
Pay cash friend…
Spoiler
cash is king
Good advice!
Yeah, I haven't financed a car in over 10 years because it does not profit me when I drive so few miles.
Originally Posted by SW17LS
Very common, but you have to fall for those tactics. The fact that dealers do that and inflate rates just shows that average is even more meaningless to smart consumers.
I learned the hard way.
At some time or another I've fallen for every scam in the book. lol
Originally Posted by AJT123
Easily one of the best designs of the 2000s and maybe the best looking Acura ever. That car has aged like finnnne wine.
Mine looked like this:
My friend has the exact same car and same color too.
Bought it as a dealer trade in at 40k miles and now has 160k miles on it.
Originally Posted by Striker223
Needs a light polish but not bad after clay. Ultra smooth and feels like glass now
Looking good bro.
My poor car has never seen a clay bar.
She hates me even more now cuz ever since I backed into a lumber cart at Lowes and dented the trunk lid she only gets hosed off every couple months.
Watched a video on you tube about removing heavy scratches using fine grit sand paper and buffing it out but that didn't work out so well, paint has a blury spot on the door now, I'll get around to doing it right someday.
I tried to take a picture in the garage last night of mine, but with the white it doesn’t really come out.
Did you try this?
Best stuff I've seen short of a body shop...which of course, you'll need if it is a really deep scratch. But Scratch-Out can deal wth all kinds of minor surface scratches/stains/abrasions....things which do not go through the clearcoat. And it leaves a slick/polished surface that will bead up water for months afterward.
So when I was pulling off the clip of the pedestrian from my dashcam I found this, thought it was fun. Crossing the WV state line on I64 in the S560...
That won’t do anything for orange peel lol. Only way to get rid of orange peel is by wetsanding.
And don’t argue with me about it, I have polished out many cars in my life and once owned a detailing business.
The paint on my car is in excellent shape and ceramic coated. MB paint just has a lot of peel.
No, I agree It won't take out orange peel....nor is it intended to. I thought you were talking about those 4 or 5 parallel-scratches, from the image you posted.
And please try not to be so impolite....I wasn't questioning its effect on orange peel...or your experience in detailing buisness.
But I will say this much.....I once showed off its effect to the Detail/Pre-Delivery-Manager of a local Toyota dealership (the one me and my late mother once used for my Celica and her Corolla wagon)...and he offered me a job, in his shop, right on the spot LOL.
No, I agree It won't take out orange peel....nor is it intended to. I thought you were talking about those 4 or 5 parallel-scratches, from the image you posted.
There are no scratches in that picture.
And please try not to be so impolite....I wasn't questioning its effect on orange peel...or your experience in detailing buisness.
Sorry, but you have a tendency to argue about things when the other party really knows what they are talking about. We were talking about orange peel...Inapologize for being rude.
02-02-23 | 03:46 PM
