Saturday, November 17, 2012

Boobs!

Yes, boobs! My mom has owned her car for years and the poor thing has been driven all over two continents and it is more than ready to be retired.  My mom isn’t very car savvy and quite frankly neither is my father!  So it is up to the kiddos to point them in the direction of vehicles that fit their needs. 

My mom is 5’2” (on a good day) and my dad is a very arthritic 6’0 (on a really, really good day!).  My mom drives the grandkid mobile that hits Ikea on a regular basis.  She likes roof windows and wants it to go zoom. Oh! And she doesn’t want an SVU (she currently has a station wagon).  Oh yea, I can’t forget she refuses to buy “Government Motors” (her exact words).  She liked the looks of the Hyundai Elantra, but it is as low, if not lower than her current vehicle (which my dad has issues getting in and out of).   In the Hyundai family I am pushing for the Tucson! I stopped by Hyundai and the nice salesman spoke to us (I had my sister with me) as prospective customers who understand what he was talking about, he was very nice and very helpful and we let him know we were looking for our parents and we are gathering information for them.  When he was done showing up everything we needed to know we headed over to Ford because we liked the looks of the Edge. This salesman was sitting around in one of the vehicles (not very professional if you ask me, but whatever). I told him I was looking into the Edge for my parents and I explained what their needs were and he was talking to me like a had no idea about vehicles because I have boobs!  Let me tell you something sweetheart… I know more about vehicles than my dad, I am doing the preliminary shopping for them and yes, I will send my parents to the vehicle I feel will be best for them, but customer service is HUGE in my books and you are really lucky that I still feel the Edge might not be a bad idea for them, it is not coming close to the Tucson.  I am still on the lookout for a good crossover vehicle.  But I really wish car salesmen would realize that women are just as capable to go car shopping as men.  Oh! And the Hyundai salesman got a kick out of the fact I could switch from the serious car shopper to the girly-girl “OH! Look at how cute the nose is on that car!!!!!”

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