I posted this in 3rd Gen Ram GD section but thought it would be just, if not more appropriate here:

I'm up at my local dealer this morning. Had to run to Wally World to pick up a 'script (I hate shopping at Wally World but my BP meds are $4 a month there and Walgreens & CVS want over $30, but that's another story).

So anyway, it takes me right past the dealership and I play in a Friday nite golf league with the GM, so I just stopped in to BS for a few.

While I'm standing around waiting for the GM to get done with a customer in his office, I wander outside and am listening to a salesman talking to a prospective buyer right in front of a 2500 QC 4x4 CTD (nice truck I might add, wouldn't mind having it myself).

I'm listening and the salesman (whose title is "Truck Sales Specialist" at the dealership) is telling this guy and the chick with him that the truck has MDS and goes all the way thru the entire "how MDS works by shutting down HALF OF THE 8 CYLINDERS and saves you so much GAS"!!!

Sad thing is, Mr. & Mrs. Gullible are buying the whole schpeel! Didn't even pick up on the "saves GAS", let alone the fact that NO 2500, not even gassers have MDS and it sure the hell ain't in a 6 Cyl. diesel engine.

I think the biggest insult here is that because the truck is a 3/4 ton there are NO MPG numbers on the window sticker and when the girl asks the salesman what kinda GAS mileage they could expect, the salesman says, "Well around town maybe 15 or 16, but on the highway, when the MDS kicks in, 25 easy."

You guys just don't know how hard I'm biting my tongue at this point! I honestly don't know if this "truck sales specialist" is a con man or is just clueless on the product he's selling?

The thing that really got me is I couldn't resist to tattle on the guy to his boss when I finally got into the GMs office and this guy shrugs it off and says to me "does it really even matter?"...


I just had to post this out here...

 

Thats ****ty. Especially when they realize what kind of MPG it really gets and how much they'll be paying for diesel. You couldnt get any alone time with them? Inform them of the lies they are being told....I would've waived them over to me and talked to them away from the salesman

 

I thought about it, usually I'm real good at "showing my a$$" and ain't very discreet about it. I got into it pretty good with the service manager there one time when I took my mom's Caravan she used to have there for a free oil change (they give 3 years, 36k mile free oil changes/tire rotation on new vehicle purchases there).

Was a guy there with a totally torn up rear diff, good old "C-Clip" issues and the service manager is telling the guy right in front of me that he's NOT gonna be able to warranty the repair, that there were obvious signs of abuse and HE'D NEVER SEEN A LSD FAIL IN A RAM!

I let him have it, big time, right in front of the customer and everyone else within a quarter mile.

Put me in a bad situation with the GM, who was taking golf lessons from me at the time. I don't give the guy lessons anymore, as I'm not working as a golf pro now, BUT I have to see the guy EVERY Friday night and occasionally Sunday's at the course. He's not on my "team" Friday's but I have to see him just the same.

Don't worry though, I did let the GM know about the salesman and that I wasn't a happy camper with the situation. I don't think the guy and girl are gonna buy that truck, I might be wrong, gut he was young (like HS age or just older) and the chick looked all of about 18 and was pregnant. Their car was an older small KIA, I think the guy was dreaming. I might be wrong, but the guy just didn't look to me like someone who could afford a $48k truck...

 

I agree most of the salesmen are totally clueless about the products they are selling. I went to the dealership for something or other when I had my last truck. And right away they were telling me how rare a "quadcab Rumble was" I didn't say anything I just let them go on and on about it.