Today I went out to look at some used cars. I’m debating getting rid of my truck early, and get a car that I’ll like better, so I thought I’d go take a look at what’s out there. I’ve already got a short list of cars that I like, I popped into the appropriate dealerships. The one was okay, no sales dudes came out to see me, but that’s okay, because everything was pretty explanatory. I popped into the other one, and sheesh, talk about annoying! The sales dude came out, which was fine, we chatted for a few minutes, and he gave me some info about the cars. I asked him if we could go take one of them out for a test drive, as I’d never driven one of those ones before. He started hemming and hawing, and said that “because they’re lease returned cars, we have to keep the kilometers down on them.” I looked at him a bit strange for a moment, because these were used cars that I wasn’t going to LEASE, but rather BUY, so what the hell was the problem with that? Then I realized what it was: he didn’t think I was going to buy right then, so he wasn’t even going to bother trying. Okay, I did tell him that I was looking for info because I still had a few months left on my lease (I didn’t tell him the right number of months, because I know this is one thing that turns them off.) But what an ass! I mean, he didn’t even offer me any brochures or even his card so that when I was ready, I’d give him a call. And what kind of an excuse is that to put me off from test driving a used car? I mean, while we were standing there, I saw three used cars from other dealerships going out for drives! It’s not like I was asking him if we could put 100 kms on it, I just literally wanted to go around the block. Sheesh.

I love car shopping, but I hate dealing with the salesmen. As a woman, I find they treat me differently, which is annoying, and then there’s always the fact that I always feel like they’re trying to screw me, you know? Ugh, next time I’m taking one of my male friends with me. I haven’t had to do that in a while, but I suspect I’m going to have to, as the dudes here in T.O. are little different. *sigh*