# Car Salespeople

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-salespeople/535867>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 12, 2010, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-salespeople/535867 "2010-04-12T18:57:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-salespeople/535867/101 "2010-04-23T03:45:27Z")

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> [@glilly](#):
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> In this anecdote one person negotiated by phone and fax with several dealerships to get the absolute lowest price on a Porsche and got one just a few hundred above invoice. Another person went to only one dealership and negotiated a price on a Mercedes not much lower than the sticker price.
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> The person who was shown to be the sensible one was the one who haphazardly negotiated for the Mercedes. Though he hadn’t driven as hard a bargain, he bought used instead of new and got a model with a diesel engine for higher fuel efficiency.  
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The _sensible_ thing would have been to buy a Volvo or a Lexus.

And the diesel Mercedes was a piece of crap.

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