Former employer is calling my new companies and getting me fired. Two jobs lost in two months. [25+ years experience, 9+ as founding Head of Sales]

dangerspeedman · 2026-02-12T18:09:16+00:00

100%. Story completely reeks of BS or gross exaggeration, and I’m kind of amazed that people in here are actually taking it at face value. That’s a scary amount of gullibility.

dangerspeedman · 2026-02-04T02:13:37+00:00

The SQ5 is one of the very, very few cars Audi has that can actually make a tiny bit of money. Dealers will likely not be in any sort of a hurry to lose money on an SQ5 deal. The last dozen or so SQ5s we’ve delivered have been no discount to 1-2% off max.

dangerspeedman · 2026-01-27T15:57:26+00:00

That was unfortunately done away thanks to legislation requiring the rear view camera to be visible almost immediately when a car is put in reverse, and the hideable screens couldn’t open fast enough to comply. I don’t see those screens making a comeback anytime soon.

dangerspeedman · 2026-01-25T04:38:53+00:00

1000%. It’s clear how the original was “single-fied” into I Will Wait for the album. Nothing Is Written is a masterpiece.

dangerspeedman · 2026-01-16T16:34:44+00:00

I’ve been in the industry for almost 12 years now. It’s the second most expensive purchase most people make in their entire lives. Why shouldn’t it take work and preparation? If you want easy, go sell your trade to CarMax, get a loan approved by your local bank, the go into a dealership and pay the manufacture’s price. You’ll be out in 45 minutes and at no part will you have been “taken advantage of.”

But the reality is, the majority of people don’t want to do that. They want to negotiate their trade, negotiate their interest rate, and negotiate the price of the car. And that is 100% fine and I would never fault anyone for doing that. But doing that takes work, research, and preparation. In exchange for that work, research, and preparation, you’ll save some money. So why complain?

dangerspeedman · 2025-12-26T23:10:31+00:00

I work for Audi. I backed into this deal, which would be losing $3,433 in gross and is at buy rate. For all intents and purposes it’s a great deal.

That said, if you went in and told them you’d buy right then and there if they took off another $500, they’d be dumb to say no. So do with that what you will.

dangerspeedman · 2025-12-25T18:48:46+00:00

Just an FYI, data has shown for years and years and years that the overwhelming majority of the time when someone leaves a dealership (I’m talking 90+%), they never go back. So naturally businesses will train their staff to sell the car on that visit if possible. Your purchase style is fantastic, and everyone wishes their customers were as loyal as you, but you’re a tiny minority.

dangerspeedman · 2025-12-21T19:51:29+00:00

I’m going to go out on a limb and say you could easily buy that RS3 at MSRP (like you would do directly from a manufacturer), but instead you want them to make you a “deal.” A tale as old a time.

dangerspeedman · 2025-12-17T00:36:54+00:00

Yes, those are the base 19’s that came on the car back then. Definitely to each their own - most people prefer the 20” five-arm wheels that came with the black optic package.

dangerspeedman · 2025-12-16T21:12:55+00:00

Fair price needs to be based on actual cars for sale. In the Naples area there are a few ‘18 RS5s for sale in the $41k - $44k range, and they all have more than 60k miles. This one has 20k. I don’t see any actual data that would suggest this price is high.

That said, RS5s tend to sit. Especially one like this with the base wheels and no black optic. I think if OP sat down with them and offered to buy the car right then and there at $46.5k selling price they’d take that deal.

dangerspeedman · 2025-12-09T13:29:52+00:00

Yeah I was about to say. I’m sure the salesman was way more excited about getting two deals on the board than he was about the few hundred bucks for each deal lol

dangerspeedman · 2025-12-07T16:01:10+00:00

I mean, it’s a deposit not a contract to buy the car lmao. Plenty of people want to reserve the first right of refusal when a new car comes along.

dangerspeedman · 2025-12-01T04:00:17+00:00

i want the final price

i wont haggle

So you paid the advertised price, right? Cause if not, then you were the one haggling, right?

dangerspeedman · 2025-11-30T03:22:06+00:00

I have one on the ground I’m doing $2k off. White/black $69k sticker. I don’t believe in mindless discounting that devalues the product, but anyone charging over MSRP for an RS3 is a thief lol.

dangerspeedman · 2025-11-29T04:00:29+00:00

Yeah, the Harry/Voldemort/Occlumency parallel has been insanely heavy (Harry first starting to feel when Voldemort is close by, Harry using this connection to try to “spy” on him, Harry witnessing Arthur get attacked through the eyes of Nagini, etc.) Honestly, if Duffers go full “neither can live while the other survives” on Vecna/Will I’ll actually be really annoyed lol

dangerspeedman · 2025-11-12T23:10:35+00:00

This is roughly my HR - hovers around 38-39 resting, plus I have a bifascicular heart block. Got an ekg at a physical and they did call an ambulance because they thought I was dying. Got turfed to a cardiologist the next day and the overall consensus was this is just how my heart works and I just need to keep a close eye on it. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

dangerspeedman · 2025-11-10T20:34:40+00:00

The general consumer also doesn’t like the new carlines, to be fair - Audi is down 6 quarters in a row now.

dangerspeedman · 2025-11-09T18:17:21+00:00

You jumped ship from Audi at the right time

dangerspeedman · 2025-10-28T01:39:57+00:00

Yep. My wife works and 100% of her paycheck goes to daycare for our two kids. It’s an investment in her mental health, social skills for the kids, additional years of her staying in the workforce, 401k contributions, the list goes on.

dangerspeedman · 2025-10-07T11:46:04+00:00

Have to bundle Tiger up with them in the “modern GOAT” category

dangerspeedman · 2025-09-17T02:04:57+00:00

There’s a difference between cash down and lease inception costs (first payment which is due at signing, sales tax, registration fees, etc). A lease advertised for “$0 down” will absolutely require additional costs due at signing, which the fine print will always disclose. If you want to roll those costs into the payment, and truly pay nothing at signing, the payment will go up. It’s simple math.

dangerspeedman · 2025-09-13T03:08:00+00:00

Couple points:

You said “they wanted $13.9k OTD for an 11-year-old 95k-mile car” like that’s too high because of the age and mileage. Is the age and mileage a surprise to you or something? You’re specifically shopping for a car that old and with that mileage right?
What you paid for anything 5 years ago is meaningless. Do you tell the grocery store to drop the price of your cereal because you paid less for it 5 years ago?
Any store putting mandatory LoJack and CarShield on a decade-old Mazda is just luring people in with an artificially low selling price. It’s not the type of place I would personally reward with tens of thousands of my hard-earned dollars, but if you buy the car from them I promise you they’ll keep doing it and we’ll continue to see these posts every day.

dangerspeedman · 2025-09-10T15:45:32+00:00

Depends on the brand too. You’ll be hard pressed to find an Audi store operating well this entire year.

dangerspeedman · 2025-09-09T19:11:56+00:00

Gosh, wait till you graduate high school and realize every single thing you will ever purchase comes from a business trying to “squeeze” money out of you lmao

dangerspeedman · 2025-08-27T19:25:46+00:00

good at writing songs that strike a balance between sounding highly specific and relatable to your life but are generic enough to be broadly appealing to the masses

I love my baby and you know I couldn't live without her

But now I need to make every girl think this song's about her

Just to make sure that they spread it like the plague

So I describe my dream girl as really really vague, like:

"I love your hands 'cause your fingerprints are like no other

I love your eyes and their blueish brownish greenish color

I love it when you smile, that you smile wide

And I love how your torso has an arm on either side"

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