RoaringFork
SILVER Star
100 series mudders,
I’m pleased to say I’ve joined the ranks by adding a new cruiser to the driveway. When my wife told me she was pregnant again, I was elated! Finally we can get another cruiser!! She currently has a diesel Audi Q5, which we both really enjoy(so much so it’ll be my new daily), but can’t comfortably handle 2 adults, 2 kiddos in car seats, a dog, and everything that comes along with the kids.
I work at an Audi dealership(service dept) and asked my favorite salesman to keep an eye out for an ‘06 or newer cruiser being traded in. I figured my price range would land me in the late 100 series or early 200 series. A couple months later I get a text telling me an ‘06 cruiser is getting traded. It was on the lot while their new car deal was in the works and a brief inspection looked promising... silver, 160k, no rust, interior and exterior near mint, t-belt sticker says done @150k, brakes looked new. Well, sales couldn’t make a deal and off the cruiser went - dammit! Another couple months went by and guess what... the same cruiser was back on the lot and this time the sales dept worked out a deal. Now I had to ask the GM to sell it to me. He knew, and I knew that it would sell for retail, and he knew that I knew he knew. He said let’s run it through the shop(inspect and estimate repairs) and he’d give me a price. I asked if he cared if I did the used inspection(if someone else did it their pay would increase the amount the dealer had into it). He agreed. There were only a few items needing attention, heater tees, inner cv boots and an AHC flush, some small trim pieces were missing, no big deal. I gave him the estimate and he said I’ll let you know. Later that day my phone rings, I’m nervous, I don’t want to be let down with a bad price... he says $15,888. Do you want to buy it. As calmly as possible I reply yes sir, we’ll do the deal tomorrow... And that was that, here it is in my driveway post heater tees...
My wife loves it, so does our son, and dog!
Thanks for reading! See y’all on the trail!
Jason
I’m pleased to say I’ve joined the ranks by adding a new cruiser to the driveway. When my wife told me she was pregnant again, I was elated! Finally we can get another cruiser!! She currently has a diesel Audi Q5, which we both really enjoy(so much so it’ll be my new daily), but can’t comfortably handle 2 adults, 2 kiddos in car seats, a dog, and everything that comes along with the kids.
I work at an Audi dealership(service dept) and asked my favorite salesman to keep an eye out for an ‘06 or newer cruiser being traded in. I figured my price range would land me in the late 100 series or early 200 series. A couple months later I get a text telling me an ‘06 cruiser is getting traded. It was on the lot while their new car deal was in the works and a brief inspection looked promising... silver, 160k, no rust, interior and exterior near mint, t-belt sticker says done @150k, brakes looked new. Well, sales couldn’t make a deal and off the cruiser went - dammit! Another couple months went by and guess what... the same cruiser was back on the lot and this time the sales dept worked out a deal. Now I had to ask the GM to sell it to me. He knew, and I knew that it would sell for retail, and he knew that I knew he knew. He said let’s run it through the shop(inspect and estimate repairs) and he’d give me a price. I asked if he cared if I did the used inspection(if someone else did it their pay would increase the amount the dealer had into it). He agreed. There were only a few items needing attention, heater tees, inner cv boots and an AHC flush, some small trim pieces were missing, no big deal. I gave him the estimate and he said I’ll let you know. Later that day my phone rings, I’m nervous, I don’t want to be let down with a bad price... he says $15,888. Do you want to buy it. As calmly as possible I reply yes sir, we’ll do the deal tomorrow... And that was that, here it is in my driveway post heater tees...
My wife loves it, so does our son, and dog!
Thanks for reading! See y’all on the trail!
Jason
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