Calendyr
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- Jun 9, 2013
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Today I traded in my Kia Rio LX+ 2016 for a Dodge Grand Caravan 2012 that I will be using for my business.
it's the first time in my life I purchase from a use car dealership. The experience was good, was able to find a deal I was happy with.
On the other hand the detailing they do on the vehicle before handing it to the client is very funny. I am sure they must have spent at the very least 15 minutes on the inside and at the very least 15 minutes on the outside.
The windows are very dirty, all the nooks and crannies that years of grime stuck in them, they did wipe a lot of the plastic down with Armor All. So there is that
On the outside, the vehicle must have been pressure washes with no actual hand wash. The wheels have been dressed with what looks like engine grease
Let's just say I have my work cut out for me to do a full detail, polishing and coating of the vehicle. I had also did not notice a big scratch on the passenger side when I first looked at the vehicule. Not sure if it was done afterwards or I just did not notice it. I did not mind the condition so much since I knew I would do a full correction on it anyway.
So now I understand why when I worked in a used car dealership last year that the service director thought my invoices were crazy high. I was spending 4+ hours on the interior and 3+ hours on the exterior and thought that was barelly acceptable conditions to sell the vehicle. If what they expect is the trash work that was done on my van, I was doing overkill by several orders of magnitude
it's the first time in my life I purchase from a use car dealership. The experience was good, was able to find a deal I was happy with.
On the other hand the detailing they do on the vehicle before handing it to the client is very funny. I am sure they must have spent at the very least 15 minutes on the inside and at the very least 15 minutes on the outside.
The windows are very dirty, all the nooks and crannies that years of grime stuck in them, they did wipe a lot of the plastic down with Armor All. So there is that
On the outside, the vehicle must have been pressure washes with no actual hand wash. The wheels have been dressed with what looks like engine grease
Let's just say I have my work cut out for me to do a full detail, polishing and coating of the vehicle. I had also did not notice a big scratch on the passenger side when I first looked at the vehicule. Not sure if it was done afterwards or I just did not notice it. I did not mind the condition so much since I knew I would do a full correction on it anyway.
So now I understand why when I worked in a used car dealership last year that the service director thought my invoices were crazy high. I was spending 4+ hours on the interior and 3+ hours on the exterior and thought that was barelly acceptable conditions to sell the vehicle. If what they expect is the trash work that was done on my van, I was doing overkill by several orders of magnitude
