> One soon told me to fuck off so I bought the car from the other dealership. Oh well. My proudest moment in my development as a car-buyer was having a one of

> One soon told me to fuck off so I bought the car from the other dealership. Oh well. My proudest moment in my development as a car-buyer was having a one of the managers invite me and my wife into his office, after I guess we weren’t playing along with their bullshit enough (Jesus, I wasn’t even playing hardball yet) for him to try some totally bizarre “look, you don’t seem to know how this works” plus “we don’t need your business” routine on us. It was clearly a tactic because he spent way too much time on it, if all he actually wanted was for us to fuck off. Utterly weird interaction, and hilarious. We bought elsewhere. Car buying’s risky and hellish unless you come in armed with knowledge and ready to treat it as a game—a game you’re free to stop playing the very second you perceive you’re not winning. Then it’s kinda fun.