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A Very Cool 2007 Mercedes-Benz S65 AMG

Hey Cool Car Fans,

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As The Cool Car Guy, I get notified of some really cool cars that come around from various sources that I have access to and sometimes they include photos.  This particular vehicle, I had to showcase on CoolCarGuy.com because once in a while, a vehicle shows up on my radar that is an amazing deal.  I’m not selling this vehicle here at CoolCarGuy.com, but simply showcasing it as a cool car for my visitors.  I don’t know if it’s still available for sale, so if you are interested in it, you would have to contact me and I could check into it for you.  I might be able to track one down similar to it too, but this was one of those “deals” that if I did have a client that was in the market for one, at the time of writing this article, I would have called them immediately.

The 2007 Mercedes Benz S65 AMG

S65_2In 2007 Mercedes Benz did a redesign of their S-Class model.  If you’re not familiar with Mercedes-Benz the S-Class is their luxury sedan and in 2007 it was a top competitor with vehicles like the Audi A8 and S8, the BMW 7 Series, the Maserati Quattroporte, the Lexus LS460, the Jaguar XJ Series, The Cadillac DTS and the Bentley Continental Flying Spur.   For the revamp, Mercedes focused on better handling and performance and expanding the scope of luxury with better technology oriented features.  I have heard that the owner’s manual is over 700 pages and it may take you a month to figure out all the features and options on this vehicle.

 

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It’s an amazingly cool car and one of the coolest luxury cars on the planet.  This is because it’s the ultimate sleeper cell  It is the proverbial wolf in sheep’s clothing as you will discover when you drive it.  It’s the car where you are sitting at a stoplight next to the kid who pulls up in his tuner car and thinks he has a really fast car, until you hit the gas pedal for fun and you quickly start to disappear.  If you’ve ever driven one of these with the AMG package than you know what I’m talking about.

The 2007 S65 AMG came equipped with a 6.0L 604 hp twin-turbo V12 engine.  In case you just missed that, this vehicle delivers 604 horsepower @ 4800 RPM and 738 pounds of foot torque @ 2000 RPM in a luxury car.  You’re not buying this vehicle for the gas mileage, but it still does pretty well for being a high performance vehicle.  In the V8 S-Class you could expect to get between 14 and 22 mpg, but the V12 is still rated at 12mpg to 20mpg, which is fantastic for a muscle, luxury car like the S65 AMG.  It’s the incredible German engineering you would expect from a Mercedes Benz. 

 

S65_4When you punch that gas pedal you’re going to get awesome power delivery. with no hesitations. and the air suspension in this vehicle is fantastic.  It even feels good on bumpy roads.  The handling is amazing, but it is rear wheel drive in case you are wondering, with all the luxury features that you can dream of that were pretty much standard on the S65 AMG.  I will list the features and options that were included on the window sticker of this particular one below, so you can see what I mean.  

The features included things like heated and ventilated seats in the rear with massage and night view assist.  It’s the little things that I like included in German cars, like this one, with things like their remote sunroof controls, which allow you to open the sunroof as you approach the vehicle with your remote.  This allows you to let the heat escape the vehicle on a hot Summer day before you get into the vehicle, which is literally a cool feature that I use all the time on my BMW 335i in the Summer to cool off the inside of my black on black car before I get into it.  

S65_5This particular vehicle sold new for $191,215.  You could probably pick it up for about $65,000 to $67,000, based on it only having 13,000 miles, which is a steal for a one of a kind vehicle that had an original list price of $191,215. A lower priced V8 model is going to sell for as low as $25,000 to $40,000 and you may even be able to get a higher mileage 2007 with the AMG package for $40,000 to $50,000.  This one though with all the options and an original sticker of over $190,000 is unbelievable for the money because it is barely driven.

This is a car that very few people are going to have and the neat thing about Mercedes-Benz is that they do not have a body style change very often, every seven years as I recall.  They have a redesign of this vehicle for 2014.  What this means for the savvy car enthusiast is that they can drive a 2007 and the public doesn’t know that it’s not a 2013.  This would be a great car for a collector to add to their portfolio or the ultimate daily driver for someone who appreciates luxury and incredible performance.  If you like the Mercedes-Benz product line and you can afford this price range of vehicle, you should definitely check out the 2007 S65 AMG as a serious option.

OfF The Window Sticker

040 Black
501 Black Exclusive Leather

***** STANDARD ACCESSORIES *****
K11 Adaptive Brake Light
051 Phone Sys. with VCS (Handset/Cradle sold
218 Rearview Camera
297 Rear Side-Window Blinds
401 Heated and Active Ventilated Front Seats
423 5-Speed Automatic Transmission
432 Driving Dynamic Front Seats
461 English Inscriptions
475 Tire-Pressure Monitoring System
494 Emission Equipment
524 Paint Protection
530 DVD COMAND Navigation
536 SIRIUS Satellite Radio
581 3-Zone Automatic Climate Control
582 Climate Control/Rear Compartment
595 Infrared Glass
610 Night View Assist
615 Bi-Xenon Active Light System
619 Cornering Fog Lamps
634 First Aid Kit
636 Collective Code
668 Sea Packing & Dispatch
731 Burl Walnut Wood Trim
789 AMG 20″5 Spoke Wheels
814 DVD 6-Disc Changer
875 Heated Washer System
881 Electronic Trunk Closer
889 KEYLESS-GO

***** OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES *****
233 Distronic Plus $2,850
402 Active Ventilated Seats/Rear $1,690
406 Multi-Contour Seats Rear $800
413 Panorama Sunroof $1,000

Cool Car Guy Rating:  Blow The Doors Off Luxury

 

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John Boyd

Auto Consultant – John Boyd: The Cool Car Guy

John is an auto consultant with his license at a car dealership in Denver, Colorado. He can help you save time and money on any make or model, new or used, lease or purchase – nationwide! Call or email John about your next vehicle! jboyd@coolcarguy.com or Twitter @coolcarguy

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Why Buying The AAA Membership Makes Good Sense

Hey Cool Car Fans,

2008-Volvo-S60-10I get pretty busy as The Cool Car Guy tracking down vehicles and getting paid to solve problems for my clients.  This week I had an interesting situation take place with a client who had purchased a 2008 Volvo S60 with about 75,500 miles on it.  It was a used vehicle that is now six years old and in Colorado we are a very dry climate as a high desert region.

What this means is that hose can often crack, even on vehicles that have lower miles since this vehicle was only driven about 15,000 miles a year.  That is actually pretty low miles for Colorado where people like to live in the suburbs, work in the city and go to the mountains on the Weekends, so they tend to put on about 18,000 to 20,000 miles a year.  It wasn’t an expensive vehicle either, but as anyone who has owned a Volvo or other European car when something goes wrong it can be expensive.

The radiator hose ended up blowing on the vehicle and it damaged the radiator that needed to be repaired.  My client did some research on their own and they were going to get it installed at the Arvada Car Wash where it was shipwrecked for around $600 on site with refurbish parts.  I made a few phone calls and the cost was about $700 at a shop, but I put a call into my friends over at Tires Plus in Lone Tree where I get quite a bit of work done on vehicles.  They gave me a huge discount because of the amount of work that I do with them and they agreed to fix it for $440, including parts and labor.  I told my client that I would also pay the $40, so that they would be looking at a new radiator and hoses for $400.  Everything sounds good and my client is super happy, but then the problem arose.

“HOUSTON WE HAVE A PROBLEM.” 

join_card_members_2013The vehicle could not be driven because the radiator was toast, so it needed to be towed.  Unfortunately, my client didn’t have towing on his insurance.  I made a few calls to towing companies and I don’t know if you’ve checked into the cost of towing a vehicle, but I ship vehicles across the country all the time and getting one towed is ridiculous!  The first place a called with a discount for me as The Cool Car Guy they wanted $85 to hook it up and $4 per mile to tow it.  The distance between the two locations was 28 miles, so my client was looking at $197 to get it towed.  I called the next place and they were $80 to hook it up and $3 per mile, so $164 to get it towed.  That was enough for me, so I decided to call AAA and see how their program worked.

AAA offers a basic membership for $75 that includes four roadside assistance calls and they will tow your vehicle up to 4 miles with that membership.  They offers some other benefits as well, but that’s not what I was interested in finding out on this call.  I was trying to see if I could help my client solve their problem.  By the way, I’m doing all of this for free for my client while he’s working at his job, for those of you who wonder why people use my service.  The second package is called the Plus Membership and it’s $125 for this membership, but it includes up to 100 miles of towing included in the package.

Wow!  That’s less than a tow truck, but could he become a member today and actually use the service.  The answer is that he would have to wait until the next day when the service became active to get the membership benefits.  However, why not wait one more day and get your vehicle towed up to 100 miles for $125, plus get a year of AAA benefits?

That’s a great deal!

So for those of you driving older cars, you should make sure that you have towing on your insurance because it can be a costly experience or get a AAA membership with the Plus feature.  They also offer a car buying service like Costco, but they still can’t compete with The Cool Car Guy because this is all I do.

By the way, his wife ended up calling her Farmer’s Agent and they added towing to her policy that cost them $90 to get it towed.  The AAA was still the better deal because of the additional benefits, but they wanted it towed and fixed in one day.  Either way, problem was solved and their Volvo is getting fixed complete with a warranty from Tires Plus for the repair.

You can check out AAA’s Membership Programs by clicking here.

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John Boyd

Auto Consultant – John Boyd: The Cool Car Guy

John is an auto consultant with his license at a car dealership in Denver, Colorado. He can help you save time and money on any make or model, new or used, lease or purchase – nationwide! Call or email John about your next vehicle! jboyd@coolcarguy.com or Twitter @coolcarguy

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Why You Should Get A Car Loan

Hey Cool Car Fans,

Now you may think that is a crazy title to an article here at CoolCarGuy.com, but allow me to explain.  It’s not that I believe it is a good idea to put yourself into debt with a car loan.  The fact is that most people don’t have enough money to pay cash for a vehicle, unless they are trying to buy something for under $6,000 it seems. Here is the reality though and this is why I suggest that people take out a car loan instead of buying a worn out vehicle for $6,000 or less.

Right now, there are two different Honda Accord’s listed online that I pulled to illustrate my point as to how crazy people are when it comes to buying vehicles.  The first one is on the website of JFR & Associate, Inc. where I have my license listed to sell vehicles as an Independent Contractor.  If you want to buy this vehicle contact me and I’ll get you financed on it, even if you have credit challenges.

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The first vehicle is a 2011 Honda Accord EX with only 17,691 miles that someone can buy right now for only $17,800 and here’s the listing and a couple of photos…

Year: 2011
Make: Honda
Model: Accord
Trim: EX Sedan AT
Mileage: 17,691
Stock #: GJ028616
VIN #: 1HGCP2F72BA028616
20011Accord2Trans: Automatic
Color: Gray
Interior: Cloth
Vehicle Type: Sedan
State: CO
Drive Train: FWD
Engine: 2.4L L4 DOHC 16V

Now contrast that with a 2005 Honda Accord that I pulled off of Autotrader that is being listed online by another dealership with 169,519 miles for $6,994.  If you want this vehicle, do not call me about it because I won’t sell it to you, even if I could get it from the other dealer.  I do not advise that you spend this much money for this vehicle, as I’ll show you in a minute.

2006Accord1Somebody is going to go and buy it though, after they take a class at some Church from some financial guru, about how they should never have a car payment!  I see it all the time and it’s stupidity in action.  Instead of making payments on a vehicle that will last them at least five years, they will be making unknown car payments to a mechanic for unknown and often costly repairs.  Instead of driving a vehicle with a low car payment that has 151,828 fewer miles, they will opt to pay cash for a vehicle like this and think they are being smart financially.

First of all, we know that there is a huge market for vehicles under $6,000 because people are always looking for vehicles for their teenage children.  In addition, there are millions of people who have filed bankruptcy or have other financial issues that will not allow them to get financed on a vehicle (so they think).  As  a side note, if you filed bankruptcy and have $3,000 or $5,000 to put down on a vehicle, I’m pretty sure that I can get you financed on a newer vehicle, instead of having to settle for somebody’s problem car.

What this means is that you could buy the 2011 Honda Accord, drive it for 150,000 miles and probably sell it for $6,000 based on what this 2005 is selling for right now.  The 2005 is nine years old, which means that you could drive the 2011 Accord, make payments on it for five years, drive it another year and a half, after it is paid off and recover $6,000 of the $17,800 that you spent on the vehicle.  And you can use someone else’s money to finance it and be in a much better position financially, while driving a much nicer and safer vehicle.

Let’s say that you drive 20,000 miles a year, which is more than the average of 15,000 miles a year.  In six years, you will have put on an additional 120,000 miles, plus the 17,691 miles for a total of 137,691 miles, which is still less than the 169,519 that the second vehicle has currently for $6,994.  You can drive it for another year and a half to equal the same number of miles!  This means that the 2011 Accord, if you keep it in good shape and maintain it, like you have to do with either vehicle, would only cost you $11,800 to drive for 7.5 years, plus interest or about $1,573 a year, plus interest!  That is dirt cheap because of the way the Honda Accord obviously holds its retail value.

Yet, the experts will tell you to never have a car payment and to instead drive around a car that is virtually worn out and that you’re paying a massive premium for to begin with.  In my opinion, you should be financing the one that has already been hit with major depreciation and that you can get an incredible deal on and then sell it to the guy who doesn’t want to have any debt.  I never keep vehicles with these kind of miles to sell to my clients because I don’t want them to have problems down the road.

Let me illustrate this one other way for you in case you’re still skeptical.  Let’s contrast these two vehicles using a leasing scenario to really drive home the point. If you were to lease a vehicle, like this 2011 Honda Accord or even the 2005 back when it was new, and you were given 15,000 miles on your lease then you would have 45,000 miles on the vehicle after three years.  

What would happen if you went over 45,000 miles?  A leasing company is going to charge you $.15 to $.25 per mile depending on the vehicle and the structure of the lease, when you turn the vehicle back into the leasing company.  Now let’s look at those 151,828 additional miles on the 2005 compared to the 2011 and do some simple math that the financial guru’s, obviously do not understand about vehicles.  It’s clear they don’t get it because they keep telling people to buy worn out cars and trucks.  

If we now take the 151,828 miles , which is the difference in miles between the two vehicles above and multiply it by $.15 a mile, it is $22,774.20 and at $.20 a mile it is $30,365.60.  I won’t bother with the $.25 a mile calculation for this illustration.  I think the point has been clearly made as to which vehicle is the better option and why you should consider financing the more expensive vehicle, instead of trying to pay too much for the worn out one. 

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John Boyd

Auto Consultant – John Boyd: The Cool Car Guy

John is an auto consultant with his license at a car dealership in Denver, Colorado. He can help you save time and money on any make or model, new or used, lease or purchase – nationwide! Call or email John about your next vehicle! jboyd@coolcarguy.com or Twitter @coolcarguy

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The Importance Of Your Credit Score

credit cardsHey Cool Car Fans,

I thought I would take a few minutes and write an article about how credit cards can affect your credit report and how your credit score can affect your interest rate on your car loan.  Many people will come to me to get an auto loan and they are amazed when they discover that their credit score is not as high as they thought it should be.  This is often because they will have a credit card maxed out to the top of the credit amount limit that they have been offered, instead of using no more than 30% of what is available to them.  This affects their credit score dramatically.  They would be better off having two credit cards and splitting the balance between the two of them to keep it at 30% or less and dropping the total credit limit available.

For example, if you have a $10,000 credit line of your VISA card, you do not want to have more than $3,000 on that card at any given time, so that it doesn’t drop your credit score.  You would also be better off to have a $5,000 limit instead of $10,000, if you don’t have $3,000 on the card that you need to use.  The same is true for your other cards that you might have.  In particular, the consumer cards that you might get at an electronic or furniture store.  What often happens is someone will go to the store to buy some furniture for their new home and they will be given a $15,000 line of credit and then they buy as much as they can to max out the credit card.  They then come to see The Cool Car Guy to get a vehicle and they are shocked that their FICO score has dropped from 750 to below 700, which can greatly affect their purchasing power, based on the interest rate that they will now qualify for to get an auto loan.

I recently heard that home buying is going to go the way of auto buying where the interest rates will be tiered like auto loans.  Let me explain how this works with a Credit Union and a real life example.  I had a client recently that came to me and he thought he had a 750 FICO score when he had pulled his credit bureau online.  His report was through TransUnion, but when I pulled his credit report through Experian it was only a 685, so instead of getting a loan for 2.99% the credit union was at 7.94%!  That’s a huge difference in purchasing power.  Fortunately for him, I could pull a TransUnion credit report and his FICO score had not been updated yet with TransUnion to get closer to what Experian was reporting, so I was able to get him a rate of 3.49% instead of 7.84%.

His rate was still not as good as someone with a higher score who would qualify for 2.99%, but he was still able to get the vehicle he wanted at the price that he wanted, so it worked out in the end.  If he had gone to that credit union by himself and got qualified like most of the “experts” suggest that people do, he would not have gotten the 2.99% rate because banks and credit unions are in business to maximize a profit on their interest rates.  The chart below from ComplexSearch.com illustrates how people have credit scores that vary drastically.Credit-Score-Range

Some banks and credit unions though will only use a specific bureau and not all dealerships have access to lenders like I do through the dealerships where I have my license placed, as an Independent Contractor.  This is one of the things that people often overlook about the services that I can offer.  They are only shopping the price of the vehicle and not the entire package.

The people who really get creamed on interest rates because of their credit challenges are people who have had a bankruptcy or have student loans that are not paid off.  I’ve see interest rates of 21% that people pay on auto loans through a number of dealerships.  They like the salesperson and think that they are getting a great deal, but it is costing them more money than they realize.  Had they worked through me and I could have obtained a rate of say 19% based on their credit score, I would have saved them about $1,500 that they are giving to the bank for doing the same loan on the same vehicle.

Sometimes people with credit challenges fail to realize that they could have gotten an even lower rate on a different vehicle than the one they are wanting to purchase.  They get too emotional about a specific vehicle when they could be saving money on a vehicle that makes more sense for their situation.  Again, this can be significant as well.  At 18% the difference is almost $2,000 over the term of the loan compared to 21% and usually these are people who really need an additional $2,000.  In fact, if you’ve been in a high interest rate loan for six month or a year and you’ve been paying your loan on time, you should be calling me to trade it in on a different vehicle.  This way you will not be paying such a large amount in interest based on your credit score.

Managing your credit report is very important today.  The key is to get as low of interest rate as possible, so that you’re giving the banks less money, pay off your consumer debt and keep your FICO score healthy.  If you have questions or comments let me know and I’ve included a loan repayment calculator, called Pre-Payment Calculator here at CoolCarGuy.com under the links section on the right.  You can put in your loan and calculate how much of an extra payment will help accelerate your auto loan, which I plan to write a different article about here later this month.

If you want to save time, money and hassle for your next vehicle give me a call and I can put you in a better position financially with your automobile situation.  Be sure and sign-up for my notifications when I post new articles here.  Have a safe and healthy 2014!

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John Boyd

Auto Consultant – John Boyd: The Cool Car Guy

John is an auto consultant with his license at a car dealership in Denver, Colorado. He can help you save time and money on any make or model, new or used, lease or purchase – nationwide! Call or email John about your next vehicle! jboyd@coolcarguy.com or Twitter @coolcarguy

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The Million Dollar Mistake Manufacturers Make

Hey Cool Car Fans,

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One of the most amazing things that I’ve witnessed over the years is how automobile manufacturers lose their customer base over service issues.  I thought I would end the year by writing an article on this topic because I find it fascinating.  I could write a book as The Cool Car Guy on sales and marketing and how dealers and manufacturers do such a wonderful job ticking off their clients.  Any other industry would probably take the time to figure this out because they care about their customers, but I’ve watched this happen year after year in the automotive industry.

I’m talking about how fast an automobile manufacturer is willing to give up their clients to a competitor, after the sale.  The automobile industry spends hundreds of millions of dollars on advertising to try to get a customer.  If you watch any football game, you’re going to see beer commercials, prescription drug commercials, credit card commercials and automobile commercials.  These ads are not cheap.  Automobile manufacturers will spend millions of dollars to try to get people to drive a VW, Lexus, Infiniti, Audi, BMW, Mercedes, Subaru, Chevy, Ford, GM, Chrysler, Kia, Honda or Toyota. When I start naming off these brands, it’s very easy to think about the commercials that we’ve seen for each brand mentioned above and any that I may have left out.  The Lexus “December to Remember” or “Jan” sitting at the front desk talking to someone coming into the dealership to buy a Toyota, how someone has fallen in love with their Subaru, how Ford trucks are built “Ford Tough” or how you can “sign then drive” off in a new VW, each brand trying to earn our new business.

bentleyYou know what I’m talking about because everyone knows these brands and their advertisements.  When you buy one of these vehicles, the manufacturers even hire a third-party company to take surveys from their customers to rate the salesperson and the dealership on the experience they had.  If the salesperson doesn’t get a “10” out of “10” it will show negative on the dealership and the salesperson.  What the manufacturers are failing to realize though is that this is not the real problem with their brand.  It’s not the initial sale that is the issue, but it is what happens once someone owns their vehicle.  The real problem is the service side of their product.

Let me illustrate what I’m talking about with my own experience with Apple computer.  I’ve used Apple products since the Apple IIe, which was way back in the 1980’s.  I sold over $12 million in PC computers in the early 90’s when I worked for a company called ZEO’s International and I still used Mac’s for my personal computers at that time.  I’ve owned iPods, iPads, iPhones, Macbooks, iBooks, just about everything that Apple sells, but recently they really ticked me off.

computer laptopNow you would think that if someone has spent tens of thousands of dollars with your computer company over the years that you would want to take care of the client?  Apple doesn’t care though because they are Apple and that’s how most car companies act as well.  What changed my opinion of Apple Computer?  My daughter spilled water on my computer by accident and fried it, so I went into the Apple Store and they basically said, “Sucks for you Mr. Customer.  We are Apple and you need us, but we don’t need you.  Spend another $2,000 on a computer and we’ll help you out.”  Now, anyone who has ever sold anything in their life knows that if you treat your customers like they are not important that they will find another place to spend their money.  You risk that your customer will do what I’m doing, which is telling potentially hundreds or even thousands of people who read about my bad experience with Apple.

This is exactly how automobile manufactures treat their clients and it is pretty psychotic.  I mentioned last month that I had a client recently that needed a $5,000 repair on their Mercedes Benz.  They loved their Mercedes, until they found out that the differential on their vehicle went out with under 100,000 miles on it.  Since it was out of “warranty” it was going to cost them big time.  Do you think Mercedes Benz is smart enough to make sure that they save this client by figuring out how to reduce a $5,000 repair through their Dealer network?  Nope.  They instead allowed a third-party, an automobile mechanic at a local shop, to offer them a better deal than their own dealer network.  Does this make any sense?  Wouldn’t it be worth it to save a client by doing the repair at your cost and keep that client in your vehicle, so that they can get another Mercedes-Benz in the future?  Instead Mercedes-Benz will give millions of dollars to an advertising agency to try to get a new client, while ticking off their existing client. The client went and leased a Toyota Highlander and I doubt that they will ever own a Mercedes Benz again.  The customer is gone. So much for the survey when selling that new vehicle because it doesn’t matter.  Who cares, if you are going to lose them down the road when the vehicle needs a costly repair?

It’s not just Mercedes-Benz that does this, but they all do it.  I had a woman tell me recently her nightmare about owning her Chevy and how she will never buy a Chevy again.  It was almost identical to the people with the Mercedes-Benz, but a different problem with her vehicle.  She had a repair that was required on her vehicle and it was thousands of dollars, but the dealership cost was more than the third-party vendor.  She had nothing good to say about her Chevrolet and she hates the company because of the repair her vehicle needed.  What about the Subaru that needs the head gaskets replaced at 80,000 miles and is a $2,500 repair at the dealership?  How about the transmission that went out on the Nissan Pathfinder that I delivered to a client new and several years later when it was out of warranty based on the miles, the dealer gouged them to get it repaired?

How about the client who purchased a Ford Escape from me and two years later they called me angry because the transmission went out on it and the dealer quoted them $3,000 for the repair?  I knew of a third-party repair shop in Colorado Springs and they fixed their transmission without having to rebuild it completely for about $700.  Ford may want to send me an advertising fee for saving their client for them.  If we couldn’t have done that though, I would have traded them out of it and they probably would have never purchased a Ford again.Why couldn’t the Ford Dealership have done that for them? Why would you allow a third-party service provider to offer a better deal on repairs to your vehicle brand than your own dealer network?  Think Apple Computer is all I have to say about that one.

Automobile manufacturers are arrogant, but where would GM and Chrysler be without the American taxpayer loaning them money to stay in business?  Where is Pontiac, Oldsmobile, Hummer, Saturn, and Suzuki?  If you don’t take care of your customers they will find another place to go with their business.  My entire business model is based on service.  People pay for me to bring them their vehicles and they utilize me to save them time, money and hassle.  If the automobile manufacturers asked me for my opinion, I would suggest that they take some of those advertising dollars and spend money on keeping their existing customers happy.  It’ s much easier and more cost effective to save an existing client than to find a new one.

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John Boyd

Auto Consultant – John Boyd: The Cool Car Guy

John is an auto consultant with his license at a car dealership in Denver, Colorado. He can help you save time and money on any make or model, new or used, lease or purchase – nationwide! Call or email John about your next vehicle! jboyd@coolcarguy.com or Twitter @coolcarguy

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