Saturday, January 26, 2002
TEST DRIVING
Since I was off Thursday, Karena and I spent the afternoon testdriving cars. First, we had to make sure we were dressed appropriatelly since we were going to test-drive in Beverly Hills. The BMW dealership there is supposedly world famous, but I wasn't all that impressed with it. They only put a few cars in their showroom and they have to drive half a block to a Cedars-Sinai parking lot just to see more cars. The guy who was showing us around wasn't a very good salesman. Maybe he just thinks that these cars sell themselves, especially since we were in the 90210. Karena got to test-drive a 325, even though she wanted a 330Ci. But Beverly Hills has too many signals, too much traffic, and too many little streets to test-drive a car the way you would want to (read: SUPER FAST driving with QUICK, SHARP turns). She was impressed, but we went to Jim Falk Lexus too. The people there were MUCH friendlier, warmer, and better salesman. They really explained everything about the IS 300 and knew all about financing, leasing, owning, options, etc. They even gave us bottled water. I was VERY impressed with the car (although I'm really a big fan of the GS300). All in all, we had a good time. But now is decision time for Karena. Should she trade her beloved Subaru SVX in? Should she get the IS300 and abandon her BMW dream?
I guess we'll have to wait to find out. Stay tuned.
Since I was off Thursday, Karena and I spent the afternoon testdriving cars. First, we had to make sure we were dressed appropriatelly since we were going to test-drive in Beverly Hills. The BMW dealership there is supposedly world famous, but I wasn't all that impressed with it. They only put a few cars in their showroom and they have to drive half a block to a Cedars-Sinai parking lot just to see more cars. The guy who was showing us around wasn't a very good salesman. Maybe he just thinks that these cars sell themselves, especially since we were in the 90210. Karena got to test-drive a 325, even though she wanted a 330Ci. But Beverly Hills has too many signals, too much traffic, and too many little streets to test-drive a car the way you would want to (read: SUPER FAST driving with QUICK, SHARP turns). She was impressed, but we went to Jim Falk Lexus too. The people there were MUCH friendlier, warmer, and better salesman. They really explained everything about the IS 300 and knew all about financing, leasing, owning, options, etc. They even gave us bottled water. I was VERY impressed with the car (although I'm really a big fan of the GS300). All in all, we had a good time. But now is decision time for Karena. Should she trade her beloved Subaru SVX in? Should she get the IS300 and abandon her BMW dream?
I guess we'll have to wait to find out. Stay tuned.
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