We had settled on the car that we wanted- we just needed to buy it. The overall experience was excruciatingly painful, annoying, dreadful (or whatever synonymous adjective you prefer) until we drove out to Browns Nissan Dealership in Sterling with the car we wanted.
We started out with the dealership in Chantilly. We were told never ending details about the amazing deal we were getting from them. The deal seemed to be too good to be true for them. Not for us though. We had done extensive research on the vehicle, the options associated with it, and the general price range. The Nissan Dealership in Chantilly truly believed they were getting us an amazing deal. Any negotiating on our behalf was pushing it. Not only that, we were not even able to see the actual car until we signed documents stating that we were going to purchase that car. What?? The deal was that the car was not at this dealership but at another, and to retrieve the car, they were going to up the price on the car.
I dont know if thats a normal practice in the car dealership world, but Browns Nissan was against the notion outright. The model of the car we wanted was also unavailable at Browns Nissan but our salesman made sure the car would be at the dealership within the hour and without any extra charge (they still had to pay a $700 some transfer fee for themselves). There were some other places around town we hit up as well. Needless to say, for us, some seemed sub par.
We entered into Browns Nissan just after 3.00 PM. and didnt leave until 9.30 PM with the car. Half the time we were just enjoying the great company our salesman, John Omidpanah. I though Id never say this, but it didnt really feel like we were at the dealership for too long: great staff, crazy amounts of information on every aspect of the car, and some pretty sweet deals.
In the end, it was John who made buying the car such a sweet deal. He was knowledgeable, courteous, honest, and, really, a great person. He had in depth knowledge of the options and the car in general. Remember, we had done our research on the car before going into shopping around and negotiating. We heard a lot of important facts about the car at the dealerships, but John was quick to dispel false notions of the car and was upfront with the cars true capabilities in various terrain. (One guy at a dealership even tried to persuade us into buying another car by sort of bad mouthing the car we wanted.) He was also very polite and well mannered. He always excused himself when he began to see that my family and I wanted to discuss deal he was presenting in private. Of course he offered us the amenities available at the dealership, but he surpassed my expectations of a chivalrous salesman when he opted to retrieve the car himself from another dealership and thus cutting down vehicle transfer costs (which he assured us we would NOT pay). However, it was his honesty mixed into his knowledge of the product he was selling that set him apart. He showed us shortcuts (i.e., buy this package and the option you want comes with it but you save $800 in the end, etc.). Halfway through his explanations, I got this weird feeling that he might not be trying to make money here. Instead, he got us a great deal. I love my car and I love what I paid for it.
We paid $4K less than the MSRP and an average of $2.5K less than other dealers around town. Weve already referred family members to Mr. John Omidpanah. He receives the highest marks from my family and myself.
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