The Opposite Of Complaining

This blog is an outlet for many of my rants and complaints about all sorts of ‘stuff’.  I don’t very often give someone or something their dues for a job well done.  Well we are going change that today.

‘Big Ups’ goes out to the fine people at Gorrud’s Auto in Milton.  This is were we purchased our ‘very manly’ minivan from.  After we decided to purchase the vehicle we were asked to make a defects list.  After a thorough inspection of the vehicle we came up with a list of maybe 10 items.  A couple of days later, when we picked up the vehicle everything had been fixed and the van itself nicely detailed inside and out.

‘Mad Props’ to our salesman Keith who gave us check up calls after 1 week and 1 month.  Combined with his no pressure, no hassle help during the buying process and the various satisfaction guarantees of Gorrud’s, it was a excellent buying experience all around.

The capper involves the last check up call.  We mentioned that we were not too excited about the tires that were on the van (originals with 80K+ on them).  The sales manager mentioned that if there were new tires on the vehicle then they would of priced the vehicle higher but we still managed to agree on splitting the cost of a new set of tires 50/50.  Plus they will handle getting the tires and installing them.

We did check out several other used car places around town and further into Toronto.  The Toronto places had lower prices but the condition of the vehicles matched these prices.  Plus taking something out for a test drive was an ordeal, I couldn’t imagine actually buying something from them.

In January the lease will be up on the truck and I will be back on the market for something to replace it.  I will most likely be back to Gorruds.  I am not sure if they can match me up with something I am looking to buy, I didn’t see much in the way of Ferraris and Lamborghinis.