My dad did have a car dealership try to "misplace" his keys. When he threatened to call the police, they "found" the keys very quickly, and he promptly walked out. The manager called him later and apologized profusely and tried to offer him a "deal" but there was no way he was going to give them his business.

I used to be a salesperson for both new and used car dealerships. I hope direct manufacturer to consumer sales will happen in the near future.

I think a big part of the stigma associated with dealerships and salesmen comes down to perception of value. Auto-mechanics have a pretty bad reputation for scamming as well, but they don't generate the same visceral hatred that dealerships do because they have an obvious and necessary set of skills that require hard work and talent to cultivate, and that society values. The dealership and salesmen in it, by contrast, seem to exist only to make your life worse, and people are pretty aware of it.

As a European this just doesn’t make sense to me… The car industry has worked fine without locking out manufacturers selling their cars… It’s like not allowing people to buy eggs from the farm and only for a select stores… Why?!?…

My suggestions for dealing with dealerships: 1. Have a set, out-the-door total before you go in and start negotiations 2. Don’t give them more information than they need. 3. If you have a car/trade-in, do NOT give them any access to it until all deals are finalized, I wouldn’t even park it near their lot 4. Be vigilant the entire time. The salesperson is the mini-boss, the finance manager is the real villain 5. Most of the add-ons they sell you aren’t worth it at all. 6. If you don’t want it, don’t sign for it and always be in position to walk out

I walked into a dealership with $35,000 and went to buy a $25,000 car in cash and my exact words were "if there's any BS the deal is off". The first guy listened, he brought me a $25,000 minivan as is and said I was ready to pay and go. The people in the financial office didn't listen, and AFTER A 4 hour meeting about the 9000 signatures they needed I wound up with a final price of $38,094. It was a fight to cancel the sale and leave because i wasn't anout to put up with that. To this day I don't know what happened between the first guy and the second guy but even people paying cash get hit with BS.

When I was a salesman we sold a car for what I was made to understand from my managers at an over $5k loss. When I checked the sales record we still made like a $1k. From then on I knew that all the numbers you see are meaningless 🤦🏾‍♂️

I am a car enthusiast. I love to race them, work on them, build them, and just drive them. I've only bought one new car in my life and it was one of the worst experiences I've ever had. I'm dreading having to do it again and it seems unavoidable.

I went to a dealership to buy a Shelby GT500 and they wanted $145k for it. Simply walked out and bought one from a previous owner for 90k and still been happy with it ever since. I buy from people now, don’t care if its new or used

The supply is starting to catch up with demand. Do your shopping. A short drive can save you thousands by going to a different dealer. I paid $500 to ship a car two states away that in real money saved me about $5k

My mom was coerced into buying a car from a dealership when they lost her keys during a warranted oil change. The dealer kept her there for hours and she was so fed up she eventually cave in and upgrade from a Corolla to a Camry. She was so fed up she ended up taking that new Camry to a Nissan dealership and got an Altima from them. She gave the first dealer a bad review and I think he was eventually fired.

I worked at a dealership and they literally would not let anybody leave until they talked to a manager for a second chance of selling. They would harass me to push any and every vehicle on every customer weither they could afford it or not. Not going to say the local shop but it was Toyota.

Tip: Don't let the salesman promise you anything before you purchase... unless it's in writing on a company letterhead paper with his signature on the document.

Stealerships will always try to come up with shady reasons to drop markups and BS "upgrades". Direct sales should be an option in every state.

I’ll most likely never buy a car in my life, but here I am because I can’t skip a new Future Proof video

I do my research before buying a car and walk into a dealership with a binder ready to do battle. I never buy padded fees and will/have walk out if they try to scam me at all. You have to be prepared to walk.

This is (one reason) why we need better public transportation, intercity transit, and walkable, bikeable infrastructure.

Bring a person who knows how to Hagel without mercy. This is actually a good job opportunity, like how you have real-estate agents that Hagel for you, we need car agents that know cars and the tricks dealers play and they can come with you and work on your behalf.

Car dealerships can't always be trusted. Beware of the people who may seem trustworthy, however they turn out to be the complete opposite.

I took my Mustang for an oil change. I dropped it off and went to work. During work, I noticed that it's taking a long time for the dealership to respond back. I called them to check on the status. Thats when the service associate said, " So one of the mechanics backed up a car too fast and hit your car." I was furious. When I showed up, they were nice enough to fix it and change oil for free. That's when the sales manager got word of the incident, came up to me and said he will pay in full my remaining balance on the Mustang if I trade it in for new car in their lot. So, I took their offer for my Mustang in paper and went to a different dealer for a trade in using that same offer given to me. I managed to increase the trade in price for the Mustang by couple grands more than what the first dealer ask for.

I bought a used 1 ton van literally in the beginning of March of 2020 and I paid a very fair price (from a used car lot) and I also picked up a 2 year extended warranty with it. The value of this van almost doubled a month after I bought it but the real beauty happened when my warranty expired - $5500 for a rebuilt transmission. I ended up misjudging when it ran out. I got in under the wire by 6 days and it was fully rebuilt on the warranty companys dime. This NEVER happens to me so I thought I'd share the crazy. 😁

I remember the finance office guy trying to give the hard sell on the extended warranty. He went on and on about all the problems that could happen. Eventually I said, "Wow, you don't seem to have much confidence in this vehicle you're selling me. Perhaps I should reconsider" The hard sell ended. I didn't pay for extras that day.

My parents went from a $500k condo with 7 kids to support, to a $1.5M house with 7 kids who all make above average income. The breadwinner in my family, my father, made all his money in the car business. Half of my siblings and I have been in and outta the business. I can confirm that this is exactly what it’s all like.

About 8 years ago I had a car dealership legitimately try to hold me hostage. They wouldn’t let me leave had me locked in an office and I had to call my uncle to come basically rescue me.

it's unbelievable that an extremely small handful of people can hold every new car in the country hostage and demand a ransom of thousands of dollars for someone to be able to buy a new car. this seems like something that shouldn't even be legal.

Due to the extreme depreciation of a car (there’s that stat about a car losing half its value the second you take it off the lot), I’ll only buy used cars. This is also why maintenance is so important, prolonging the life of your car is one of the most environmentally friendly and cost effective options.

i lived in hungary - went to work with my bike, if i needed to go further, i took the train and buses, theyre quite fine there i moved to netherlands - i got a new bike, used electric, the bike roads infrastructure is so good, you can ride around the whole country safely, i went 50km far and back at one point, perfect roads, almost never next to cars, but dedicated bike roads... i dont need a car. if i do, i will rent one.

Car prices are so ridiculous right now compare to what you get because quality really went down a lot across the board.

talking with the dealership genuinely reminds me of all the tactics that police uses for interrogation, they make you tired and say things like just buy it and get it over with

I bought a car once and before it was to be sold they directed me to sales for discussion... I said right out that I was only spending x amount and did not have more money to spend, and since the car cost x amount then i could not afford extras. They ignored me, so went on a 30minute spiel about all these things that could be added. After 30minutes I said that it sounded cool, and would love to have them. They then said they would add it to the price... and I stopped them, saying i was clear at the start I did not have extra money, and if it was not free then they had just wasted their time. The sales person looked stunned for a moment, realised they had wasted 30minutes of their day despite being warned in advance and sent me back to sign the papers. Seriously. I thought I was being helpful by telling them my limit, but they just shoot themselves in the foot anyway.

It's been my recent experience that they will literally tell you anything to get the car if they are pretty sure you want it.

ive had my toyota for almost 15 years now and im in no rush to replace it. im actually dreading the day i get into an accident or the engine finally gives out and its totaled because i really dont want to go through the agonizing process of buying a new car. im hoping i can maintain mine for as long as possible and just ship of theseus it as parts give out. you make a good point that cars really havent improved that much over time. i hate the tablet screens that are in newer model cars and it's basically impossible to buy a low-tech newer car, which is what id want if i was forced to get a new one.

Ironically at the dealership they sold us rim/tire insurance. Dent insurance and windshield insurance. I’ve only had the car 2 years and have had to replace the windshield and tire already. so somehow it worked out in the end for me. 😅😅 Hopefully won’t have to use the gap insurance. 💀

I leased a car once and had no idea what to expect when returning and leasing the next car. They told me if i kept the car in nice shape i could use that as a down payment for the next lease (nope! That was a salesman lie. So wreak it, eat ice cream in there and wipe your hands all over, they dgaf), i was told i could bring it in the day the lease was due and pick the next car (well yes, but duh, the lease was up so obviously the car was theirs again and i was stranded, so i had to buy from them). I ended up with a nice Prius but a terrible lease deal. I was bitter the entire 3 years and made sure that when that lease was up I gave myself an entire month to shop around. In the end i went with a new company and dealership. When that lease ended car prices were through the roof and leasing was completely unobtainable for me. I started leasing because the $195 a month was manageable and the new car never sent me to the mechanic for a surprise $1500 repair (which my adjuncting ass couldn't handle) but that deal didn't last. The last leasing quote they gave me for a similar vehicle, 9 years later: $350. Holy crap. I bought out my current lease and I'm back to owning a car that's depreciating every year, but my payments are back to $200. Of course now I'm also back to worrying about surprise bills, so that's fun. Seriously, if i lived with decent transit I'd get the hell out of this game completely.

How about an episode on car repairs? The markup on some things is just insane!

This wouldn't really fly anymore. Especially in the age of social media and smartphones. But I read a Reddit thread covering scummy things that the odd dealership would do. Some would lose your keys to your car or even lock you in the office to pressure you to buy. Used dealerships can also be much scummier because they'll try to sell you a car that they KNOW has problems and are not fixed.

This industry has never been honest. Dont tell people that. Selling cars has been dominated always since the beginning of it's time by those horse traded, scammed, and took advantage of people. Just because there were 10 dealerships out of thousands that were honest does not make the industry honest.

A big aspect of dealerships that needs to be talked about is financing for sub-prime customers. Generally, people with bad credit are going to struggle to get a car loan with their bank for a newer car if they don’t have a good down payment. However, dealerships often have sub-prime lenders that are willing to approve bad credit customers with little down payment, so long as the dealership pays those lenders a fee. These fees range anywhere from $100-$4000 that the dealer has to pay the lender. This fee is not allowed to be charged to the customer. In turn, the dealership has to sell things like warranty and GAP insurance in order to avoid being upside down in the vehicle that they’re selling. People complain about dealers scamming them with high interest rates, but remember, it’s not their fault that a customer has bad credit, previous repossessions, or bankruptcies.

I’m an OEM only parts guy, which is why my cars last multiple hundred thousand miles. I went into the Toyota dealer the other day to get an oil filter for my 210K 2007 Camry and a guy leaped from his desk to ask what I was interested in. I said, well if you guys weren’t doing the bullshit “market adjustment” crap I might be interested in this GR Corolla, but I’m just here for parts. I mean when a car has an MSRP of $36K but is sitting in the dealer for over $55K because of “market adjustments” and dealer add on, they can go take a long walk off a short plank

I used to sell cars. Car salesmen are paid commission only which is a percentage of the profit of the car. So the more you discount a car then less you make. And if the sale isn’t profitable then you are paid what’s called a “mini” (minimum commission) which at a lot of dealerships is $100-200 pre tax. Salesmen aren’t incentivized to be on the customers side

Car-centric design of cities, taxes not included on the tag and waiters living off tips - things that are so bizarre to someone from outside the States, nearly as much as Electoral College.

When I was looking for a car in 2021, I wanted to get something used. However, a used car with reasonable mileage was considerably more expensive than the same one brand new. The reason used ones were more expensive is in part because used cars were available immediately, while new ones were not. I wanted to get a hybrid, but there were no used ones on the market, and a new one was an 8+ month wait. I ended up going with a new gas car, which was still a 4 month wait. I still really wish I could have gotten a hybrid. It was honestly all pretty frustrating, and I kind hated having to finally buy a car, but my job didn't have any public transit nearby.

I need to buy a car right now and I never would have seen myself buying a brand new car, but cars 3-5 years old are only like 2 thousand dollars cheaper than a new one so I’m gonna be buying new since that’s what makes more sense at that point

my dad went to a Hyundai dealership and he ended up getting charged more than what they were advertising him for. At this time he already signed but he refused and didn't take the car home but they were charging his credit card every month. He actually got the credit card company to cancel every charge he's ever received and they eventually stopped charging him.

Like two years ago we were looking at getting me a new car so my brother could take my older one, and we went to a lot of dealerships with a specific price range in mind and to just drive off the lot with a car (most likely used) and they’d always bring you to a really nice kind of pricy car and it’s like “wow, I’m sold on this” and then “oh.. yeah we’re not doing that maybe another time” went to like 4 or 5 and eventually ended at Honda where we were able to drive out with a brand new civic that literally just arrived in our price range. Love my new car, but was a horrible day of back and forth prior to getting to Honda when we just stopped in a whim on our way home

You don't lose the car you lose the keys. And when the customer says they're leaving to check out other stores, you have them take your vehicle, so they have to come back.

Sad reality check here. Was at the dealership this week. Went to trade in for a used vehicle, was told that IF I had an 800 credit score I might qualify for 9% interest.... BUT IF I wanted a New version of the same car I could have a 2.3% interest rate and my payment would actually end up being LESS!!!!

I bought a second hand 2019 Nissan Micra at a Nissan dealership in Belgium a few months ago. Over here that's a great way to get a good car, not overpay and be sure you get a decent product (manufacturers don't want to sell you junk from their own dealerships because it'll hurt their brand's name, even if it's a used one)

Not getting a car has probably been the best financial decision of my life, but wasting money on a college degree I'm not using was one of my worst decisions, so I'd say, I'm breaking even there.

The last several cars that I bought were from CarMax because there is no hassling on price. I shop online, do my research before even going in. I then have my financing already done so I’m a cash buyer. In and out, no hassle, no wasting my time. And compared to dealer add ons and fees, it’s not any more to buy at CarMax.

I have gotten all of my cars from Facebook marketplace, but lately there are a lot of small dealerships who buy up all the good deals and then sell them on marketplace at a large markup. It’s disgusting that people try to milk money out of peoples needs.

With the add-ons that they claim can’t be taken off. You simply tell them “if you put them on, you can take them off the car” and if they still don’t, walk away.

Informative as always. I especially loved the part about making sure it's safe for your loved ones while showing a clip of a young girl riding in the front seat sans seatbelt. Keep up the good work.

I’ve had dealers try to not give me my car back. Dead stopped there and left. There’s no right car for me if you won’t let me leave in mine.

Its our entire economy. Everything is built to wear out quickly and for us to buy all new. Its sad. Makes the price of everything very high. Makes our landfills fill up super fast. Makes everyone more poor.

In Denmark we got 150% tariff on new cars and then 25% VAT on top. So we have a huge market of used cars here.

I never made my friends jealous with my Toyota Yaris 😅 Also I don't have any friends 😐

This is true, I worked as a car salesman and one of the first things managers teach you to do is to take customers car keys away from them to keep them more time there and make them want to purchase after hours of being there

I bought a 2018 Mercedes-Benz 300SLC W, last October. I wanted a little bigger car, but, due to the virus, none were in stock. I returned for my 50,000 mile service, (Free!!!) and they had a SLE350 W4 AMG, So, I traded for list price minus my trade in. Mercedes-Benz Financial picked up the new car in 15 minutes, and I drove it home the same day!!! It is a 2024, and has a bumper to bumper warranty for 84 months. I have been through the ringer before, but, that was from a dealership in 1985, for a Trans Am, and they added everything they could think of to the sticker price!!! So, it depends on the dealer.

Last time i was shopping for a car i was set on a volx wagon. The worst car shopping experience ive ever had. I went to multiple dealers and they all sucked. They would advertise a price online, but not have that car in stock when i showed up, even when i would call ahead and see if they had it. I decided to try a Hyundai dealer and found them to be much more relax and ended up getting a car from them

Kinda hate? Try absolutely hate!! I love driving and I am a car enthusiast(who also supports that governments should always make massive investment in public transit, bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure especially in urban areas!) but buying a car has to be one of the worst retail experiences around and I dread any time I have to do it, which thankfully is not often as I drive my cars until they're done which means more than a decade at the minimum. I still remember one dealership at the last minute, I was one initial and signature away from completing the purchase, trying to slide a $200 extra charge. I balked and they actually had the nerve to ask me if I was willing to let this great deal go over $200? I retorted, "No but you are!" and walked away on principal! Needless to say I shit talk them and tell anyone I know to avoid them when car shopping!

I worked at a dealership in my 20s and ended up hating the dealerships more!

I work at a car dealership now it's the best money I can make in my area, they use to throw the keys on top of the building to keep customers from leaving, we've long needed regulations to keep greedy dealers honest. I swear if my managers had to be honest they would choose a life of crime over honesty

This was true 6mo ago. Now lots are full, with dealers unable to sell vehicles, especially electric. Why? cause people are having problems paying rent and groceries.. they aint buying new cars.

This problem isn’t only the new car industry. The used car industry is just as bad, maybe even worse right now since the shortage applies everywhere. I worked at a third party used car sales company, and I saw the sales paperwork for a car identical to mine (8 years old), with more miles, and some poor person out there paid more for it than I did my car brand new off the lot. Making any large purchase right now is just a nightmare

Meanwhile we here in Singapore with our even more expensive and eye gorging car prices. Best of all, it is mandated by the government.

I'm looking for a used car myself just to get me to work easier and it's so expensive. My work is only a 20 minute drive away but it takes 2 hours on the bus, and outside of work I miss the freedom of being able to go anywhere I wanted, but I just can't afford any decent car even if it is used.

I’m a new dealer. And I chose my dealership specifically because their out of the way and not a spot you can just drive into unless you look online and get our address. This forces them to give good prices without a bunch of dumb fees or we just wouldn’t get customers. I make the same amount wether you get the warranty or not. So I can be honest with my customers. If I couldn’t I was going right back to just being a tech. Tbh I still might because having everyone I talk to think I’m trying to screw them over the second I see them is kind of a drag

My partner works at a used car dealership as a mechanic. He told me they, by default, install a "safety tracking device" with a subscription service in all cars the dealership sells. The cost for this upcharge is $500 and is unavoidable, and the dealership profits by about 400 percent from this upcharge. Just a small example

Best lesson I learned from my Grandfather in car sales negotiation: if you don't get what you want, walk away (don't worry, they'll come after you) 😏

work at dealership and they will keep hold of keys just to make you frustrated into buying the car or break you down for you to just get it to be left alone

Very informative! I'm in the market for a used car. I probably would have had one a lot sooner but my autism has delayed almost every major life event others get to experience while they're young

Overall, be aware about APR rate, trade in roll over fees, financing, gap insurance, b2b insurance, markups, antitheft garbage, buzz words, and most importantly to make sure you love the car that’s going to stick with you for years. Also I highly recommend cargurus, autotrader, and truecar for finding the best value. Ps it’s better if you’re willing to drive a couple miles outside your town or city for a better deal.

i work in a european dealership for lets say one of the biggest car manufacturer on the planet. we get absolutely screwed over by the manufacturer. they refuse to pay for warranty work over small formal mistakes, we get bombarded with tons of unnecessary accessories, and unless we didnt agree to ridiculous conditions we wouldnt even have gotten cars allocated for the next several years. i dont know who much different it is over seas, but here small dealerships have a hard time surviving, which is why theres less and less of them and more and more consolidation of big names.

I’m a buyer at a car dealership. I’m supposed to acquire all of the used cars and I appraise customer cars and try to convince the customer to sell me there car. I just started this job last year. I one time appraised this lady’s car when I was first starting out and I took this lady’s keys home to her car with me by accident. Completely unintentional too, I put her keys in my pocket and just went home. I got a call from my manager and I felt my pocket and scream OHHH SHIT. I start driving back to the dealership as fast as I could and it’s about a 30 min drive from where I live. I ran out of gas but was able to make it a gas station on E. I then realized (since I was first starting out, and this was my first job and I haven’t made my first paycheck yet) I was out of money! Panicking I call my friends and beg them to pay me so I can get out of my situation and I’ll pay them back. After about 50 mins I finally made it back and apologized alll over myself. I didn’t get fired but wow that was a stressful situation that was entirely my fault lol.

In Brazil manufacturers can sell their own cars, and generally the experience is better than buying an used car. They will also try to sell you a bunch of stuff, but they are way less aggressive than put on this video. About fictional fees, this is completely illegal in Brazil, and if you pay, you can sue the manufacturer with big changes of won more than you paid.

That one about hiding the customer's car is definitely true. Saw it happen many a time at a Ford dealership in the Uk that I worked in.

I didn't realize I had so many bad experiences, as a younger adult I went to a dealership with my cousin because he knew the sales manager. He set me up with a salesman for a test drive and at the end, he was bullying me into buying the car. In fact, yelling and threatening me in front of the manager. Second story, after a long session of negotiation, the deal was done. I was caught off guard at the last moment into tipping the salesman by the sales manager. I can't believe I fell for the sob story. The third, I had a friend who was a salesman for a while, he'd keep manufacturer rebates. I'm sure the dealership knew, how can they not.

I’ve been charged with checking out a new Toyota Corolla Hybrid here in Portland Oregon, by a friend that doesn’t want to go through all the dealer BS. The advertised price for it online, including transport, dealer prep, etc etc is $26,900. After contacting the stealership, they sent me the REAL price, which reflects an added-on $3,000. When I accused them of gouging, the manager sent me a note explaining that, since the car is in short supply, that they can add whatever they want to add. I told him I would advise my friend to shop elsewhere.

Car manufacturers are also getting ridiculous in many respects. I think about how my 2022 Subaru Ascent Touring comes with absolute garbage tires (I actually bought new tires after only 1,000 miles on the odometer), and it has the capabilities of remote start, but you either need a subscription to their online service thing so as to remote start with your phone, or pay about $400-450 for a remote start fob, like a fob that's literally just one button, the keys you get with the car do not have the ability to remote start. The sheer greediness with so many things like that are often jaw dropping and rage inducing.

What a fantastic vide. A real eye opener. Thanks a million for sharing your knowledge.

There will not be any direct to consumer anytime soon. Dealerships are buffer systems between the manufacturer and the customers. Manufacturers can force dealership to buy the cars, making the manufacturers wealthy while making the dealerships poorer

I once pursued the idea of obtaining my Dealers license in my province in order to be a "portal" for people to go through me and buy directly from the manufacturer. I would order the car factory direct and pass it on to the customer without the stupid markup. never finished the idea though.

Definitely tough because a lot of people see them as the only reliable way to buy a car!

Perfect timing of this video, just got in a case accident and need a new car.

Will admit, I payed list price without even trying to negotiate. I needed a truck for horse-trailer-independence. And when I test drove the perfect used truck that even included heated seats and a backup camera there was no way I was letting it out of the lot with someone else. But those prices and add-ons are painful!

Here in Mexico, the company that does the financing for VW is the actual VW factory in Puebla and they charge like 17% and dealerships do not let you pay in full making you finance with them (if you decide to finance from a bank you go to the back of the list).

I'm usually one you start with politeness but once at one of those pop up car dealer places they tried to convince us "young stupid couple" to pay way over priced used cars. They kept stauling us to get a signature. I started loud talking accusations they couldn't denie. We got our keys super fast. They couldn't get us out of there fast enough.

When I purchased my 2020 Kia Soul I was pretty happy. For under $20 I got it OTD with warranties... A year post COVID a young lady was nice enough to smash that car hard enough to total it. The same dealer I purchased that Kia wanted to sell me one the same year with 6k miles for $28k OTD. What made me angriest was the price they quoted me was more expensive than the price on their website. Needless to say I purchased one from somewhere else. Paid alot more than I wanted to but less than $28k OTD for used car.

You nailed this issue on the head dude. Great job❤

Very entertaining and fun to watch. Thanks for posting this.

One of the many reasons i bought my Tesla, such a smooth and easy process, all online and up front pricing, did it all in a few mins from the comfort of my own house. No need to interact with anyone that is solely chasing their commission

I just spent all weekend on new car lots. HOW IS THIS STILL A THING!?! 20 years ago, I had a gun pulled on me while buying weed from a shady guy, and that was still better than trying to deal with these car salesmen a$$holes.

Worked at a dealership for a good 20 years. Everything is a scam except for Gap Insurance. That's the only thing I would recommend buying with a car lol

I am the original owner of a 1999 Toyota Corolla. I paid for it in cash. And it seems to be INDESTRUCTIBLE! Since I can work on my cars, I have NEVER gotten it fixed by another business. Since 1999, I have only had to fix it twice: I had to replace the high-pressure power steering line, and the fan for the heater/air-conditioner. I change the oil once a year, but technically I only need to replace it every 2 years. I also have a standard transmission, which I refer to as a "passive anti-theft device" As I am 59 years-old, and happily divorced, I wonder if I will die before my car dies!

I don't drive, never have, & I'm glad. Yes it can be inconvenient sometimes but it's way cheaper for me to occasionally pay someone for a ride than it is to buy, insure, maintain & repair a vehicle. And, bonus, I do a lot of walking which keeps me in shape. My children are adults now & they don't have cars either, they also say they can't afford them.

I worked at a car dealer in 2015 and before I begin my story car dealer set up an anti-competitive law in the 1930s where in order to buy a brand new car you have to go to a car dealer and buy it. I don’t understand why every car dealer only sells one brand of car I don’t understand why we can’t buy a car at a car store or buy a car online and that’s because of that anti-competitive law written almost 100 years ago it can’t be changed because, our tax dollars is pretty much pay for it. Now I’m moving onto my experience working at the car dealer. It was a black-and-white place to work. The environment felt like it was sick. The people were on drugs literally no joke. Every worker, including mechanics were on drugs, cashier was on Molly. Some of the mechanics were on acid, most of them were stoned others were on other hard-core narcotics nobody there was happy we were all programmed to be a little robotic when a used car came in a lot as they were working on it, inspecting it, etc. they took it to the service area where we drove it, and They asked salesman who is now a service writer who moved onto real estate said that you can Kelley Blue Book that car it is nowhere near worth what they are selling it. For example it was $10,000 when Kelley Blue Book said it was $4200 in the car dealership you are not allowed to be honest to your customers you have to sell sell sell For every sale, you get a small percentage, but if you don’t make enough sales, they let you go. It is an unfriendly environment to be in. It literally felt like on asylum. There was one day working two jobs and when I was at the car dealer, I was literally hallucinating feeling like the coworkers driving the used cars behind me was Mario kart, throwing turtle shells and bananas while thinking the big trashcan Next was the pipe with the man eating plants like super Mario coming to get me, and that’s because I was going crazy from not getting any sleep and working nonstop at the car dealer. It’s a toxic environment.

I think far more scams happen at their service department. Took my car for diagnostic due to a random suspension noise. Only issue I know of. They did not even attempt to diagnose the issue but suggested that I replace multiple parts most of which are less than a year old. They want over $7K to replace stuff that are not broken. The only thing they got right are the tires. I brought this to their attention and they had nothing to say. Great experience at the Toyota dealer though. They put a lot of effort diagnosing an issue and accepted their recommended fix and the issue was gone.

I discovered a way to never have dealership problems. I don't buy cars from them. Saves satisfying amounts of money too. I buy parts now and then (dealers often have surprisingly reasonable parts prices for minor items) but that's it.

First, the dealerships were burned after the year 2000. How? The car manufacturer told them that their profit margin on a new car was being cut. This caused major financial burdens for the dealer. So, he makes up the difference on the customer. Oh, and if you get rid of the dealer, where do you take your vehicle if it's recalled????