Journal HokieSeas's Journal: A visit to a new car lot..... 3
Well, Saturday was quite a beautiful day here in south east Virginia. Enough that when I had to go run by the office to do a few things, then run some errands, it was an easy choice to make. I took the 911, and off came the top. Warm, partly cloudy, great day to drive.
So anyway, I get home and decide, you know, I have been thinking about those new 4 door Jeep Wranglers may be an acceptable replacement for the Explorer when time comes, maybe I should go check them out on the lot. So, Bodak and I head out to the nearest Jeep dealer. We pull into the guest parking area, strangely enough, not in view of the salesman offices, park the Porsche, and walk over to the Jeeps. In the same area there was a salesman helping a guy and a girl who are looking at them, and they wander off to some other vehicles, leaving Bodak and I alone with the Jeep.
We open doors, we climb in, we take off the t-tops, we open the rear gates, we fold down the seats, we wander around other models to compare, and not a salesman in sight. After maybe 15 or 20 minutes of poking around and talking about the size and cargo space in relation to the Explorer, we decide to leave. As we are walking away, a salesman walking out of the office finally asks us if he should get someone to help us as he is walking out to talk to someone else, I say no thanks, we were just looking, and walk around the side of the building to the car.
We drive out of the parking lot, by this salesman, and just kind of nod at him as we leave. I swear he had an odd look on his face as he sees these two "kids" leaving his lot in a Porsche. Oh well. His loss. I will have to remember this when I go back there for a test drive later. :P
Bodak said he was quite surprised by this since even the salesman helping the couple didn't come back over to check on us after they left a little bit after we got there.
So, besides TL and his car salesman adventures, anyone else have any to share?
So anyway, I get home and decide, you know, I have been thinking about those new 4 door Jeep Wranglers may be an acceptable replacement for the Explorer when time comes, maybe I should go check them out on the lot. So, Bodak and I head out to the nearest Jeep dealer. We pull into the guest parking area, strangely enough, not in view of the salesman offices, park the Porsche, and walk over to the Jeeps. In the same area there was a salesman helping a guy and a girl who are looking at them, and they wander off to some other vehicles, leaving Bodak and I alone with the Jeep.
We open doors, we climb in, we take off the t-tops, we open the rear gates, we fold down the seats, we wander around other models to compare, and not a salesman in sight. After maybe 15 or 20 minutes of poking around and talking about the size and cargo space in relation to the Explorer, we decide to leave. As we are walking away, a salesman walking out of the office finally asks us if he should get someone to help us as he is walking out to talk to someone else, I say no thanks, we were just looking, and walk around the side of the building to the car.
We drive out of the parking lot, by this salesman, and just kind of nod at him as we leave. I swear he had an odd look on his face as he sees these two "kids" leaving his lot in a Porsche. Oh well. His loss. I will have to remember this when I go back there for a test drive later.
Bodak said he was quite surprised by this since even the salesman helping the couple didn't come back over to check on us after they left a little bit after we got there.
So, besides TL and his car salesman adventures, anyone else have any to share?
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So, size wise it looks to be a pretty good fit. It does seem to be a little bit shorter than the Explorer I have, not exactly sure how much, but there is definitely a little bit less of a depth to the cargo area behind the rear seats. And since I have n
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