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ThraxXx,Nov 23 2005, 03:53 PM Wrote:I needed a winter car that had a warranty, was good on gas, and I wanted a 5 speed.  My old winter car was a ford tempo that went through gas like a weight lifter on water.  I got about 150 to 180km's per tank.  No mechanic could diagnose the problem so I got rid of the bucket. 

I went on a test driving spree and took out a honda civic SI hatchback, Toyota Matrix, Pontiac Vibe, Dodge Peon, and Pontiac Sunchicken as well as the Ford Focus LX.  I loved the Civic however honda wouldn't haggle on it.  Same goes for the Matrix.  Pontiac only had the vibe available in automatic.  The Sunchicken felt super cheap and I thought I was gonna break it so I didn't even offer to haggle with them.  The dodge peon was a good car, felt nice, moved pretty good however I told them I wanted to try the focus and if Stockfish wasn't gonna budge on prices then I was gonna buy the peon which I managed to haggle down to $7000 with the trade in of my tempo and they were gonna throw in the 3 year 60,000km warranty.

I then went to the bank pulled $7000 out and drove to ford and took the Focus LX out.  I loved the way the car felt, handled nice and had pep.  I came back and made a deal with the sales rep.  They wanted 8500 for the car and were gonna give me 1500 for my tempo.  I then pulled the $7000 out of my pocket and dropped it on his desk and said "lets make a deal.  $7000 plus my tempo for that focus LX and a 3 year warranty".  The rep looked at me and said "come on...I can't do this".  SO!!! I grabbbed the money and started rubbing it on his hand saying "feels good doesn't it...pure cash deal..." then he started humming and hawing so I knew I had to bring out the big guns.  I then told him "well listen, I have farquar chrysler holding a nice black neon SE with a 5 speed for me...the deal I am offering you here is the same deal that they are willing to give me.  I really liked the focus over the neon however if you don't wanna go with this deal then I guess I will buy the neon".  The look on his face was awesome.  He then looked at the money, looked at his books, looked at the money and again at his books.  I said "well do we have a deal?".  He bit his lower lip, I started going in to grab the money and then he swooped in and said "ok we have a deal."  He scooped up the money, we shook hands, I signed the sale form and BAM!!! scored me a 38MPG ford focus 5 speed.
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