How not to sell a minivan

babydontforget

So, H and I went and test drove minivans over the weekend. I thought before we even went that I'd like the Odyssey better than the Sienna, and I did. But, man, the Toyota sales guy didn't do a whole lot to change my mind. I asked him what had been done to test the safety of the 2011 Siennas, given the redesign. He said, "Um, you know, I'm sure they do all kinds of tests." (OK, buddy, do you watch the news? People are going to be asking you questions about safety. Study or something, why don't you?)

So then he finds out we're having twins. And he says this (not to me, mind you, but directly to my husband): "Did you read about that Octagon Mom?" (Yes, that's actually what he said.) "That was weird, huh?"

OK, Toyota dude, goodbye.

mollymay38

I just busted out laughing at "Octagon Mom". Yes, I agree with you....goodbye Toyota dude.

Hilarious. 

lgurian

we had the same problem when we shopped for our new car w/ toyota. i knew more about his product line then he did. lame. buh bye.

pea-kay

oh my! that's pretty funny!

Rangergal9

It's funny cause we had looked at Pilot this summer and the Honda people just wouldn't let us go once we told them we were no longer interested... they tried to get us into an Odyssey..  We felt like we were being held hostage, so I don't have high opinions of Honda sales guys.. lol  We'll be checking out both minivans this summer though.. I am going to a different Honda dealership though!

angelnscrubs7

Rangergal9:

It's funny cause we had looked at Pilot this summer and the Honda people just wouldn't let us go once we told them we were no longer interested... they tried to get us into an Odyssey..  We felt like we were being held hostage, so I don't have high opinions of Honda sales guys.. lol  We'll be checking out both minivans this summer though.. I am going to a different Honda dealership though!

We just recently, like the last 2 weeks, traded in my DH's Civic on an Odyssey and absolutely LOVE it. We were able to take home a Pilot overnight (from the lease company my DH's family has been leasing from for eons), and while I loved the Pilot, it just didn't have the storage room we needed for the twins AND my 14 yr old DD. So we opted to lease the 2010 Odyssey and I'm so glad we did! I'm also glad we didn't have to deal with stupid car salesmen!

kelliwill

That is funny!  People are crazy!  We bought a Odyssey after the girls arrived and we LOVE it!!!

Polofsky

I wish we were as smart as you, we fooled ourselves into thinking we would be just fine with an SUV...wrong! So now we get to drag the babies around with us while we look at vans. Why does everyone bring up the Octomom when you tell them you have twins, not even close to the same thing? I don't get it...

Dec31stBride

We just bought our Odyssey last Wednesday and we LOVE it! I am used to driving a Ford Escape and the Odyssey drives like a car - really smooth and easy to handle.

 The whole car buying process was a real pain, esp 30 wks pg. I only put in an internet request about the Toyota and they tortured me by phone and e-mail, even after I said I'd already purchased a vehicle. Finally got them off my back.

Even the Honda experience was trying. We inquired with 4 different local dealerships. The 1st one by our house just would not deal. Second lured us in saying they had the color we wanted and just happened to get a deposit within the hour it took us to get there - they were really trying to sell the only one they had on the lot, which was red with tan interior (NMS - interior = dirt magnet). They wanted to charge us $200 extra to get the color we wanted. I went all psycho pregnant lady on them for lying to us. FINALLY, we negotiated a purchase over the phone with another dealer - it was the lowest quote of all 4 we received ($500 savings), and signing all the paperwork was relatively painless.

Good Luck!!!