I hate buying new vehicles .. I hate it, I hate it!

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My work truck just died. I have know for the past couple of months that the trannie on my work truck was going south . It just rolled over to 200,000 miles and considering the litany of things that do not work on it or are in need of replacement and the numerous dents on the body from 16 years of hauling building materials, sometimes on four-wheel drive roads, its a "dying horse" , or sould I say dead!. I dont feel good about dropping more money into it. I have known all along that, although this has been a really good truck (1994 z-71, 4WD, 350/Auto) it has outlived its usefullness and the time toreplace it is NOW.

I cannot think of anything attractive about going through this new car shopping process. Its a mind game between me and "them" .... and my mind isnt really conditioned to operate in that mode.

I dont want to be a Guinea pig to some untested and new device (4-6-8 Cadillac motors, Edsels, opti-spark ignition, chevy 350 diesels are some of the products of the past). I expect a company to stand behind its products and lets face it that is not always the case.

I also want honesty. Dont promise me "0% financing" and sit me down, do all the paperwork and drop on me, "Sorry you dont dont qualify, it takes a credit score of 785 and yours is 784" and then proceed to write up, and expect me to commit to a 8% car loan. Knowing all along that probably only five percent of his customers can qualify for his "0%" standards.

And pricing ... dont waste my time, what is the rock bottom price you will sell me your vehicle for? You need to make a fair profit and I need/want a fair price. I liken this aspect of "negotiating" to crossing the border from TiaJuana, back into the U.S. and dickering with that vendor following your car on foot as it creeps in line to the inspection station. The whole time trying to get the price down on that black-velvet picture of Elvis down .

As you can tell I am not looking forward to my future car-shopping activity !!!!

*disclaimer: This thread is not meant to demean any auto industry professionals that frequent this site and any similairities are purely coincidential.