Lots of things can send a new car purchase skidding off the road into the underbrush of absurdity. Sometimes it’s dealer shenanigans; other times, it’s customers that generate some head scratching. An example of the latter recently rolled through a New Jersey Toyota dealership.
According to a series of social media videos posted by the sales manager who seemingly handled the transaction, someone visited Sansone Toyota with a 2023 Cadillac Escalade showing 510,263 miles on the odometer, looking to trade it in on a new Sequoia. Let’s say the vehicle is four years old exactly, just for easy math—that would still equal 349 miles per day, every day. That’s crazy.
For what it’s worth, the seller claimed that, aside from one replaced transmission, the Escalade was in good condition. As if that mileage wasn’t weird enough, a person negotiating for the buyer—who was on the premises but stayed in the car until the conclusion of the deal, according to the videos—said they only wanted $2,000 and would pay for the new Toyota in cash.
“Our boss is in the car, and everything is cash …
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Author: Stephen Edelstein
