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Old 14-10-2010, 09:52 PM   #1
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Default do ford sales guys get trained on all models?

as per title, do car sales guys/girls get trained on all models they sell?

just wondering as i dropped into my local ford dealer this arvo to look at a FG xr6t they had on the lot. i thought it was a used car but it was new so it was no good for me, but back to topic.

as said i was looking at a xr6t, then noticed 2 other xr6's in the colours i'm trying to choose between (black and purple) sitting side by side so i went for a look.

the sales dude found me at this point and asked what i was looking at/how much i wanted to spend. told him $35k for a 1-2 year old xr6t and that i was trying to decide on a colour (purple/black). he then asked if it had to be a turbo as he has a new xr6 50th anniversary in the showroom. it was N/A not turbo, manual, white and $38k

when i told him it had to be turbo he advised me that the 3 year old models had 230/240kw not 270kw like the new ones. this was because all fg's have the f6 motor in them, and the f6's have been tuned to get 310kw. i asked about the intercooler end tanks being plastic on new ones, he said it didn't matter as they could handle the standard boost and even a bit more. he proceeded to tell me the dealer could wind the boost up to 6 pounds, as opposed to the factory 4 pounds but the police don't like them doing it as the cars are too fast and you will void your warranty.

when i got home my wife reminded me that we ran into the same dude when looking at territory's and he didn't know much about them either


so is it possible that this guy only knows about focus's or is he in the wrong profession

-tim
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