I'm way down on the list for my Passion, so I'll admit I've been trying to get a car by paying someone ahead of me on the list. Yes I know this was bad and they supposedly don't allow it, but I had 2 different dealers tell me they would do it. The problem was, both people backed out of the deal at the last minute. After two disasters I gave up on that route and decided to go to the dealer in San Francisco and see about getting on the orphan list. When he asked me what I wanted I said a loaded Passion in any color and he said too bad all we have are cabriolets. I was astonished that they actually had some cars for sale and I checked them out. Both were customized by the dealer so they could jack up the price. The first one was a really cool orange custom paint with a black tridion. I thought it would be great to own one in a unique color, but the Dodger fan in me just couldn't be reconciled to an orange and black car
The second one was a White Cabrio with silver tridion and custom black and tan leather interior, xenon lights and chrome package including chrome wheels. They also added bluetooth capability and back up sensors. I bought it for $23500. Before I could even get to the finance guy the orange one sold. I still can't believe I got lucky enough to walk into the dealer and drive out an hour later with a new smart. I'm having a blast, but from a guy's perspective it's hard to keep hearing how cute your car is.
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