gunterwalker

Well you will learn that there are Chevrolet dealers and Corvette Dealers. Why would a sales person that might sale a vette every 2 years waste his time with learning what the codes are for a Corvette? And no offense but your email wasn't worded very well. I just read it and I'm on here all the time and barely understood what you were asking.

vettedoogie

I have this happen to me all the time with all kinds of things. I go to Best Buy and I know more about almost anything I am interested in. I go to a camera shop and the same thing happens. Same thing with my Vette.

I chalk it up to the internet..anyone who really spends time researching anything they want to buy usually does it on the web. CF is a perfect example. The way it works is you have an interest...you look for good comparisons/recommendations on the web...you study the details...you decide what you want and then hunt for prices. Then, when you go into the store (if you ever do) to order something...you've become a freeking expert compared to someone who has to sell a whole department's worth of different products. It makes perfect sense...

Slogo

When looking for my first C6, sales person was showing me the car and how it sounded and when I was satisfied that it sounded great,no one there at the time knew how to shut it off! Must have idled for an hour or two. No I didn't buy there.

lastcowboy

you only need an IQ of 30 to get the job a drunk or fresh out of jail.
being able to lie will land you the job quick

fasthwks

Well said. I couldn't agree more. If the average person had to know all the models, packages,colors,incentives of every Chevy made then you might be a little more understanding when asking questions. This is why they provide plenty of source guides and apps for their phones to help them with specific details. I would bet if you ask the sales guy about a new equinox he might know everything since they sell a lot more, then again the equinox buyer would ask for options the same way.

LTC Z06

What is SSB?

ncvette_1FUNRIDE

Yes, I went to the local Terry Labonte Chevrolet dealership body shop and spoke to the manager. I was telling him that I had a stock C6 hood, front bumper, and rear quarter panels that I would like to sell him cheap, if he ever got a wrecked C6 that needed any of these.

In his response he was asking me who I got to do the mods and "How did they deal with the rear quarter panels being GLUED ON?"

This was the body shop manager!

I know to avoid that body shop now.

ncvette_1FUNRIDE

The new SuperSonic Blue!

LTC Z06

Metallic and I would never send an email like that to a normal salesman and expect them to be able to decipher it.

indyjack18

we are car people, we like cars. I spend lots of time researching models, options and what not before I buy a car ot truck. When I'm ready to buy I know alot more than the salesperson and assume most people here are the same way. I haven't found many salespeople that even like cars.....it's just a job. I was impressed with my NCM delivery, our tour guide was very knowledgeable about my vette, I guess it's more than jost a job for him......it's an adventure

lastcowboy

if you don't make it in sales they make you a s.adv.if can't make it there they let you try to work on the cars

vettedoogie

I really wonder if this is the "official" name/designation for this color. That could be a reason why an "internet specialist" wouldn't know this.

LTC Z06

Even if SSB was the official acronym how often would anyone, much less a salesman, at a dealership have need to use it?

Mr Snappy!

Don't be too shocked...
Most sales people are just paper pushers and not "car" people.

This is a true story:

Two years ago I traded my C5 in on my wife's brand new GMC Acadia. Besides the immediate heart break of trading my baby (they offered me huge money for it) I had to deal with a cute little sales girl who just recently moved from the business office to the sales floor.

She was clueless, but very cute...so as most guys, I put up with it because all she was doing was essentially filling out forms, I knew everything way in advance of stepping inside the dealership.

Anywho, when all the paperwork was done and we were wrapping up, she turned to me and said "Are you ready for me to introduce you to your new Acadia?" I said, "uh, sure" and then she told me she was required to tell me how to car works. I said fine and we walked out to where the car was parked after its quick detailing. I got in the passenger side and she said "Ok, here is your 2009 Acadia..TA-DAH....any questions?"

The bottom line is that if you walk into a dealership and expect they are anything other than cleric help that gets a commission, you are in for dissapointment !

SteveDoten

R8C, so the dealer is going to BG to pick up your SSB A6?

that's nice of him to deliver it

cmonkey713

When ever I go to buy a car I make sure that I know more than the dealer does about the car. Car salesmen are usually shortlived at any one dealership. I once was looking at an Envoy and the salesman said he had just come over from from Toyota and didn't know too much about the Envoy. Seems like there is not much product knowledge out there anymore.

dvilin

I would say they are at best "Clueless".

Vette_DD

I doubt it, since this is the "official" color from the GM order book:

Supersonic Blue Metallic

ALD_Z06

Actually, those are the requirements for being a cowboy.

LTC Z06

Pix of salesgirl?