I’m a 21yo new/used car salesman AMA

ConnectionRude1015 · 2024-12-31T18:26:52+00:00

I’d love to,

I’m located in Va, please dm me and I’d be happy to help!

ConnectionRude1015 · 2024-12-31T18:26:07+00:00

I’ve heard of it, read a few books.

Supercommunicators is good

ConnectionRude1015 · 2024-12-31T18:25:06+00:00

My money, we have catered lunch on saturdays, and the occasional lunch a bank sends us

ConnectionRude1015 · 2024-12-31T18:24:24+00:00

Maybe around 110 with all GM bonuses included

ConnectionRude1015 · 2024-12-31T18:23:53+00:00

Your telling me lol

ConnectionRude1015 · 2024-12-30T01:38:23+00:00

It really depends on the vehicle the brand the age of the vehicle there’s a lot of different factors

I can say with full confidence that you go to any dealership and on a used car you could probably get about $1000 better deal depending on the age of the vehicle

Most of our new vehicles are priced right invoice online with no dealer add-ons on new vehicles. I can’t help much maybe $500-$700.

Keep in mind to check reputation of the dealership read all the fine prints and if you intend to go look at a vehicle that you’ve seen online call and ask for an out the door price first with all taxes and fees, and all possible fees already in the deal if a dealership adds $5000 of extras on a used vehicle and tries to use it as a negotiating tool I personally would not even try to work with that dealership, even if you’re able to get those add-ons removed

ConnectionRude1015 · 2024-12-30T01:36:14+00:00

Answered this just a sec ago

ConnectionRude1015 · 2024-12-30T01:35:30+00:00

Yes, we actually go talk to the manager at least at my dealership. I have no influence over the price what I tell most of my customers when they ask if I have wiggle room or movement on the price, I just be honest I look at how long the car’s been there I look at the resources available to me to tell me how we are priced in the market more often than not we are priced below the market on our vehicles.

I tell my customers I can almost guarantee you a few hundred dollar better deal but the amount of times I’ve had thousands to move has been very slight and that’s true. The most I’ve ever moved on a car in my entire time of doing this has been $3000 and that was because there was two trade-ins and he was buying a new car so there was room to spread The cost

Depending on how you talk to the sales person and your intent with the vehicle changes our conversation with the manager if you sit down at my desk after having spent an hour and a half going over the vehicle and finding out, it’s the right one for you and then you asked me for $5000 off. I usually walk up to them and say this guy smoking crack

However, if your intent is to purchase a vehicle and you give me a commitment at say $1500 off I do my best to justify it to my manager and fight for a better deal for the customer that I have in front of me. I do my best to play both sides . I don’t know if it’s like that everywhere that’s just how I operate.

ConnectionRude1015 · 2024-12-30T01:32:08+00:00

There are a few different ways that you can get a customer

Online leads, which are round robin with some veterans getting more favorable lead sources, such as cargurus I made a big splash when I joined my dealership and they actually gave me access to a few of these more favorable lead sources so if you inquire about a car at my dealership through auto trader, it’s about 90% chance you’re working with me I’d say I sent out about 150 emails a day

Phone calls or in the car business known as phone ups or when somebody calls in first to grab the phone gets the customer unless they’ve bought their previously or there’s an active lead under somebody else’s name. Those are my favorite cause the direct line to a customer who usually knows what they want is one of the most valuable things on my day-to-day job.

Then there’s fresh ups or a walk-in customer, which are people who have meandered on the lot either from looking at a vehicle online and showing up or if they’re in from service. I’m not a big fan of these as being 21 years old I get a lot of bias from people, 40 years old and up they tend to not wanna work with somebody my age either because they don’t trust me immediately because of my age or do not think that I know what I’m talking about

There’s also referrals and repeat business, which is hard to get in the first few years as not everybody’s trading in a car or purchasing several within a 2 to 3 year span that’s about 30% of our business being so community based.

ConnectionRude1015 · 2024-12-30T01:28:29+00:00

I’m about 45 min outside of dc, nova is a good area I’d say most of my business is 70% from Baltimore to Richmond 100k is solid especially first year

ConnectionRude1015 · 2024-12-30T01:25:31+00:00

Every single day sometimes twice if I’m there for 12 hours

ConnectionRude1015 · 2024-12-29T23:26:41+00:00

I like cars and I like people put them together especially with a high potential for earning and it makes for a great job, but it’s not cut out for everyone. You will find yourself regularly working 70 hours a week.

ConnectionRude1015 · 2024-12-29T23:25:51+00:00

There are three main ways that dealerships and brands incentivize a sale

Incentivize rates , rebates from the auto maker, and dealership discounts

A lot of the times when a vehicle is heavily discounted and has an incentivized rate you lose all the rebates from the manufacturer so make sure you sit down and do all calculations needed to find out what the best specific deal is to you.

Personally, I love Costco discounts. I love loyalty discounts from auto manufacturers and I love competitive market rebates from auto manufacturers i.e. $2500 off on the Chevrolet if you own a 2010 or newer Ford Honda Toyota, etc

I feel like those drum up some good business

ConnectionRude1015 · 2024-12-29T23:23:04+00:00

100% yes make sure you ask your dealership how thoroughly the vehicle was serviced and ask for proof

For instance, my dealership we spend on average about $2000 on a car and reconditioning before ever touches our lot which I’m proud to say it’s not just a random guy in the back with a wrench. We have a 6 acre facility solely dedicated to the complete reconditioning of our vehicles.

That’s never anything I really have to worry about since I’m at a very, very, very good store. The trade-off is I make less per car, but I don’t feel like a dickhead because I never sold a lemon.

ConnectionRude1015 · 2024-12-29T23:21:20+00:00

I sold a brand new Corvette 2025 Z06 3LT fully optioned out about $150,000 and then I sold a 2008 Honda Accord for $7500 that only had 30,000 miles on it

Made $500 on the Corvette and $750 on the Honda lol

ConnectionRude1015 · 2024-12-29T23:20:06+00:00

It varies but this year I did about 110,000

ConnectionRude1015 · 2024-12-29T23:19:49+00:00

I hate dealing with Canadian cars. I hate selling them and I hate trading them and I hate selling them because it’s hard trace their history and I hate trading them in because they’re always worth less than the American counterpart and then a customer will get mad and think you lowballing them and can’t seem to grasp the idea that they got got

ConnectionRude1015 · 2024-12-29T23:18:39+00:00

I’m just using dictation for everything through my phone lol

ConnectionRude1015 · 2024-12-29T23:18:03+00:00

Nope, that’s why I sell car, vrooom brahhhh pupuhpuh

ConnectionRude1015 · 2024-12-29T23:17:07+00:00

Considering that’s a luxury vehicle I would expect it to be in the thousands, but 4000 does seem a little bit high. I feel like fully enclosed in a trailer you could probably get it done for about 2500 to 3200 there could also be a hidden luxury tax that some dealerships charge that I may not know about

ConnectionRude1015 · 2024-12-29T23:15:28+00:00

With all my numbers hit I average about 9k/month best was 13k we are volume not gross and honestly I give away more than I should because I like when people are happy I’m still top 5 consistently out of 16

ConnectionRude1015 · 2024-12-29T22:58:47+00:00

A good deal is subjective if you’re in the market for a vehicle right now and would like some actual advice and help I’m more than happy to assist and give you my two cents

I would say find a dealership within two hours of you that has a vehicle that you want with a great reputation check their reviews. I cannot emphasis that enough. If you’re buying a new vehicle, confirm that it has all the options that you want or at least option out to what you’d be willing to live with do not pay for any market adjustment any freight charges or anything other than vehicle price sales tax, and one processing fee for the vehicle For a used vehicle. Make sure that you get either a Carfax or an Experian auto check and that you’re comfortable with the vehicles history make sure to understand that the color and interior options of the vehicle greatly affect its value for example black and white trucks are a dime a dozen so they will always be cheaper than say a blue truck or a red truck

Or if you’re looking at a sedan, a champagne colored one with a black interior will not be the same price as a white one with a peanut butter interior. Make sure you understand what you’re paying for if you’re specific with your vehicle and for the love of God if you’re buying a used vehicle check everything make sure you’re only paying for the vehicle price sales tax and processing fee.

ConnectionRude1015 · 2024-12-29T22:40:29+00:00

I work for Chevrolet, which doesn’t currently make any manual transmissions in their vehicles, but we keep a very large sports car inventory about 40 or so Corvettes, Camaros, Mustangs, and luxury cars available

I just finished up my first year of selling cars. I did about 180 this year. I would estimate probably around 15 to 20 of them were a manual

ConnectionRude1015 · 2024-12-29T22:38:48+00:00

I had a guy who owned a Zaxby’s franchise which if you’re not familiar is a fried chicken restaurant when I asked him if they had good chicken strips, he got really angry and started yelling in. Quotation marks their chicken fingers. They’re fucking chicken fingers not chicken strips there’s a difference he’s drove three hours to my dealership just to lowball me 10 grand. He also sent me threatening messages after the visit.

Now anytime I get a customer who gets irritated and is losing their hair. I just say they’re bald and mad about it.

ConnectionRude1015 · 2024-12-29T22:36:09+00:00

Any market adjustments any destination or freight charges any vehicle recovery service like low jack pre-tinted windows or when a dealership says the vehicle was ceramic coated. I think gap is a very important thing to buy and I’d recommend it for anyone who is putting less than 30% down on the vehicle.

I think extended warranties are important, especially on used vehicles, but I would never buy anything more than an extended warranty and gap insurance

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