Years ago I had a guy at a really expensive mattress store in Houston tell me “I knew when you pulled up in that Nissan truck you couldn’t afford these beds” yea he ended up running in the back warehouse afterwords……..
I have no Jorts..... Or Ford T-shirts for that matter. lol
Like a dealership I worked at nearly 30 years ago. They would get pissed off if you spent the time to actually do the "30-Point Inspection" on cars headed to the used lot. Their "Golden Boy" was the guy who would pull the car into his bay, go out and smoke a cigarette, then come back in and check everything off... didn't look at shit. But he was really fast, and thus "a better worker" in the mind of the service manager.
I have had good buying experiences at both Bob Tyler and Eastern Shore, but they were years and years ago. I'm sure it's all different people at both dealerships by now. Good luck to you. I will say that Eastern Shore was the only one around at that time that offered the "unlimited mileage warranty" tho, and they had the best selection
Even funnier: I didn't mention my first car, because I never sold it, but lost it in '78. It was a '69 Torino GT (not to be confused with the later "Gran Torino", which was more of a "luxury" offering). I was turning it into a quasi-street legal drag car... planning to set the engine and driver's seat back, while keeping one toe in the "street legal" pond if at all possible.
Like I say when people ask for a "shop" recommendation: Shops don't fix cars... mechanics do. They're actually looking for a specific mechanic recommendation, within the shop, though the rare shop will have nothing but top-tier techs... rare as in (some) Nascar Team Garages, for example : )
That's happened to me before. One time I got ran out of a Baptist church parking lot by their lot security, for showing up Sunday morning in my old work truck without a suit and tie. I never went back to the congregation. Bunch of hypocrites
Pete Moore Chevy's service department did me wrong the worst out of all them. Gave my Jeep back to me with a bent frame. I couldn't keep a set of tires on it. It would shake to death on the interstate and rub tires bald in less than a month. When I caught it a few days after accepting it back they said "too late" and stuck me with it. I gave it back to Jeep as it was a lease.
