I've always been afraid to buy a car. A few months ago I got really tired of my 94 Corolla...it was a great car, I just was afraid to put any money into it...so I started looking around at new and used cars. We didn't have a ton of money to spend, but we had enough to buy something pretty nice. I'm 26 and made my parents go with me to buy it. Which is good I guess since they have the experience. But that wasn't the only reason. I HATE bargaining. I am a flea marketer and a garage saler's BEST friend. So I took my parents so they could deal with all that crap.

Turns out we get a great salesman. Yes, they do exist. He was nice and very friendly, not creepy or sexist...we'll get to one of those in a minute. So now I have a used (only 2 years old though) Matrix. I love it.

Any car salespeople reading this. BE NICE TO YOUR CUSTOMERS. They will come back and refer all their friends to you if you're nice, along with giving you thousands of dollars for a car.

Today I went with my mom because she's looking for a new car. She's looking for new, looking at a G6, which is boring and a Matrix (hmm...who do you think suggested that one...) We go to the Pontiac dealer and he's a little vague with things, isn't all that friendly, but not awful. Then my mom was leaning toward the G6P (bigger engine, etc). She hadn't wanted one before because my parents were told by the other car dealer (a woman) that it was turbo charged. My dad doesn't want that. So my mom says, "I'm not sure who told us it was turbo charged, my husband thinks it might've been the other salesgirl we talked to first." Crappy salemsan, "Aaahhh...salesGIRL."

First of all. How stupid can you be. It's the interest in knowing about cars that makes more men know about them, not that the male brain has more aptitude for knowing about them. AND if you're trying to get $20-something thousand dollars from two WOMEN you make a stupid comment like that? Not to mention that HIS knowledge came straight from a booklet he read sitting in front of us. I don't expect every salesman to know everything about a car (although they should know quite a bit), but don't insult someone for making a mistake when you really don't know anything.

Any car salespeople out there reading this, do NOT act like this to your customers. I don't want to give this guy a penny I find on the ground. I'm talking my mom more and more into getting the Matrix from the guy I bought mine from. Not even because I love my car, really like the salesman, but I just can't stand this other guy. Ugh. Okay. I'm done.