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> Customers hate having "mileage" on a new car I don't know why the swaps are driven. Why doesn't the dealer get a 1-ton truck and trailer, and haul the car to

• venning 11y ago
  Now you've just taken a deal, which was probably worth $200, and made it even more expensive to execute. Not to mention, this is a customer who is already demanding enough to warrant a swap, so who's to say the demands won't increase once you've already sunk some cost into it. (See my note about swaps not being legally-binding until the sale.) > Oh, and the story about... Oh my goodness, salespeople absolutely abuse the cars. (For the record, I did not.)
  • greedo 11y ago
    When I bought my Volkswagen, the dealer swapped with another in a diff state. The salesperson told me that he had accidentally left it in 4th gear the entire time (interstate driving at 75+). The gearbox is pretty good, but I was a bit peeved.
• jandrese 11y ago
  For what it is worth, my retired grandfather did exactly that job for many years. Swapping cars between dealerships all over Minnesota.