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I was far too exhausted yesterday to grump about this.
So yesterday the Wobblura went in for final inspection and service before my lease ends (I'm keeping it though)
Scheduled everything ahead of time. EToC of 1.5 hours. Sure I'll just walk over to the thai place across the street and get some lunch..
Get there, drop off.. (note I'm sick and I had 3 hours of sleep because of said sick)
Immediately ambushed by sales person that knows my lease is up.
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In two weeks.placate them by talking to them.
Literally Subaru killed the Forester XT (2.0 turbo) in 2018. I love mine. My only wish is for Android Auto which was never added.
After 30 minutes of talking with this dude I finally agree to placate him by taking an Outback Onyx XT for a test drive. (Really nice car by the way, but way more car than I desire. Just too big. Even if it is super roomy with lots of cargo space. Its a foot longer than my forester and 6-7inches wider)
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Get back.. it has been an hour, go to check and see if my Forester is close to done, service department is like oh.. 30 more minutes! so I don't go to lunch.
Sales dude is like.. why don't I get you a quote on the Outback and trade in value on the Forester..
I agree.. because it gets him to leave me alone for a bit.
He comes back with his manager (is the person that sold me my Forester 3 years ago)
We talk some numbers oh look you have 400 bucks of equity on the lease
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Which is shit, because I already had the buy out price + evaluation for financing a lease buy out
(I owe 22k, evaluation after condition and low mileage came in at 27k)
I know the trade in values are different but fuck dude.. 400 bucks? Really? I could finance it at 3.6% APR and then buy it.. turn around and sell it on the open market and easily net 10x that.
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So he goes on to try talking me into leasing a new outback but drops the mention that most of the leases they are taking in are coming back with hugely negative equity, including his own outback.
So why the fuck would I sign up for a lease for a vehicle that you just admitted might end in me owing more than the value of the vehicle at the end of the lease?
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So the toss some numbers around, I'm like, "I don't really desire to pay more than I'm currently paying for the Forester per month (445) they come back with well.. with trade in we could get you an Outback for $527/m
Or 445 if you put 4k down.. I struggle not to laugh in this dude's face... mumble something about just give me the numbers on paper so I can talk it over with my partner and escape.
Total time at dealership now 2 hours.
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Got check with service department "Oh tech is just finishing up.. let me go find out how long it will be."
30 minutes later "Oh let me pull it around, they are done!"
15 minutes later my car is now out front.
Start going over the paper work "Oh tech left the inspection checklist off the clipboard"
10 minutes later "Found it, it was on his toolbox and he went to lunch."
2 hours and 55 minutes later finally going over service paperwork.
5 minutes later. LEAVING FINALLY
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@wobblewuffess It almost sounds like they're desperately trying to extort you out of your car..........
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@mawr @wobblewuffess Convincing you to hang around under false pretenses is 100% in the Shitty Car Dealership Shenanigans wheelhouse, yeah.
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@mawr Would not surprise me at all.
They were fucking hungry for trade in/lease buy out. Like... I've had someone call me or email me ever week for the passed 6 months about it from their dealership.
Apparently they get a lot of "Do you have a Forester XT" requests since Subaru killed them. Even for used ones.
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The whole time I'm sick with an ear and sinus infection and miserable.. trying to do some work on my laptop from the dealership.. and never got lunch because repeated "Oh just give them 10-15 minutes" that took 30 minutes each time.
Fuck... please note I specifically signed up for "I'll be staying at the dealership so do it fast" service slot. Somehow an hour and half turned into 3 hours.
If they had just said at the start "We are really busy today." I would have fucking left