My Dad is the undisputed world champion new car buyer. He’s not brand loyal when in a buying mood, and will buy a car from the dealer who gives him the best deal.

He likes to trade-in his car every 2-3 years, so he gets a good trade-in and so that his cars are almost always under warranty and he looks after them so well that they are in pristine condition when he does. That’s not to say he doesn’t drive them, because he does, long distances, as he lives down the south coast of New South Wales and drives to Sydney every couple of weekends at least.

Anyhow, back to the car purchase.

He sits down and decides how much cash he’s prepared to pay on top of his trade-in and will NOT budge from that figure. He then sets out to do the rounds of the new car dealerships striking fear into salesmen. He’s had Fords, Nissans, Mitsubishis, and is currently driving a Toyota which is fairly new, but he’s not real happy with it and he’s missing the ABS he had with his last car (which did, in fact, save his life on one occasion). My mother’s the one that is nervous now in a car that doesn’t come with it as factory installed, nor can they get it installed after the fact. I suppose she’s nagged him so badly he gave in.

Aaaaanyway… He sets off on his rounds visiting the various dealers just looking and to cut a long story short, at no time has he ever purchased a new car for a dollar more than he’s been prepared to pay, and including EVERY (and I mean EVERY) optional extra included at no charge. This time was no different. The negotiations take over an hour, and the last 2 times, he’s been walking out in disgust, with the franchise owner and salesman running after him to the street to make a deal. I swear, if the salesman hasn’t lost 3 kilos in sweat making a deal with my dad, then he hasn’t done a good enough job. I should pimp him out to people buying new cars for a charge of a couple of hundred bucks a pop, because he will save you thousands!

But this time the unthinkable happened. He went too far in his brand whoring…

HE BOUGHT A HOLDEN!

Oh the humanity!

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