>> When I do get a different car, it takes me a few weeks to decide
>> whether I love it, like it, can tolerate it, or simply detest it.
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>> I really don't enjoy car acquisition. Most of the time I'd just rather someone else
>> did it and the car turned up on my drive.
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That’s pretty much how I feel, though I generally have done enough reading around and talking to people for it to just be a case of deciding whether I love or like it...and it’s no surprise that the cars I’ve liked the best have been the ones that have been kept the longest. I haven’t had a ‘detest’ since that Escort.
The online broker model for car sales has made the whole process much less of a chore for me...the first time I used drivethedeal was in 2007. I’ve now bought 6 cars that way. Of the three bought in that time that I haven’t used a broker for only the MINI was an enjoyable buying experience. The first Merc E class was okay, but drawn out as the salesman followed the classic approach of referring to the sales manager at every opportunity, asking me ‘what it would take...’ etc etc. Old school car sales. The VW dealer (an Up!) was pleasant enough, but it didn’t enhance the experience at all.
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