I don't consider it a "horror story" but I did end up shopping around for my last car, including a trip to the closest dealership. Selling me a car would have

I don't consider it a "horror story" but I did end up shopping around for my last car, including a trip to the closest dealership. Selling me a car would have been a great deal for those guys as my wife insisted that we do every repair at the dealership. Trust me the purchase price was nothing next to the maintenance outlay over the following decade for that lemon. Still the guys closest to me when presented with the paperwork from another dealership for an already closed deal and the question "Would you care to match this price for another one?" started the "OK, cool your jets here while we go talk about nothing in the ``manager's'' office for twenty minutes" game. I walked out and bought at the next closest dealership which gladly accepted the deal. It was simple math. As an hourly contractor those guys were literally taking money out of my pocket every minute they wasted.