Macman12

I can understand it too, but it was more their attitude towards me based on my age. Especially out here in Alberta where it is not uncommon for a 20 year old to be making 6 figures.

gwpfan

Congrats, but I know plenty of people with a mortgage, wife, kid and a college degree and a 'good job' but not making the kind of money mentioned here. Know others with all the above, but a crappy job. It's about hard work and being good at what you do, the degree just helps to open doors.

As to 'afford' well to each their own on the definition, but if it all came due today in full could you afford it? Affording payments is one thing...

FWIW - those of you making 6 figures while your young I hope your saving some of it. Impressive your doing such and if you can just sock away 10% now and invest wisely you'll have a hell of a retirement and likely be able to retire way early...

mastersryan!

I can see why they wouldn't allow test drives to just anybody but if you showed interest in the vehicle I don't see why not?

I randomly visited a local Ford dealer on a Sunday evening just to have a peak at the 13' 150's.. I was planning to get one after xmas this year. I drove up in my 2001 muddy lifted pathfinder and a salesman DROVE up to me while I was looking at trucks with my girlfriend and said here give it a go around. Gave me the keys to a Kodiak Brown 4x4 and let me take it out without even taking my license or anything!!! I wa kinda shocked by this but hey I went for it and ended up bringing home a different 150 that same evening.

Not that the f150 xlt is anything but at a 41k sticker price letting me drive it without seeing my license/insurance shocked me...

TheTallest

Yup. When I bought my Ford (two weeks ago) I didn't go drive one until I was a month out from buying one. Then I didn't go near a dealer until I was sure I had enough for a down payment on it. There was no sense in going to look until I was ready to buy.

Count Drunkula

These are funny to me just because I had the opposite problem when I bought my first truck - I wanted the stripped down, white, rubber flooring, 8 foot bed, single cab F150 (at the time, I really needed an all-occasions vehicle), and they kept trying to show me the higher trims. And I don't mean just a step or two up from the XL, they were trying to show me the Harley, which had only been available for a year or two at that time.

gwpfan

We'll take off some of that gold and silver you were wearing!

And quit smiling showing all your gold teeth.

ranken

Went to my local dealer because I had received a post card telling me that I had won a new ford fiesta. Told the sales man when I walked up that I wasn't buying but was just here to pick up my new ford fiesta. He laughed and gave me a free pearl necklace, then asked me if I had driven a new ecoboost and if I wanted to? So of course I said heck yeah. He took me out to a low traffic road and told me to stand on it. I didn't buy but I still have his card for the next time I do. It depends on the dealer. Also I am in my 60's and I think the salesman was also.

txmedic90

That's why you keep your checkbook in your back pocket.

Count Drunkula

Naw, nothing like that, but the one thing I did do was mention that I had recently gone to work for a well-known defense contractor - that's what probably did it. I did not mention I went to work for them doing scut work, not in a position that made real money.

No gold teeth, but since this is Southern NM, they might have been impressed that I had teeth at all...