Return-Path: Received: ID ; 6 Mar 85 21:44:18 EST Date: 6 Mar 85 2142 EST (Wednesday) From: David.Black@CMU-CS-A.ARPA To: Harry.Bovik@CMU-CS-A.ARPA Subject: Good Car Dealer Message-Id: <06Mar85.214239.DB01@CMU-CS-A.ARPA> I just finished buying a used car from McKean AMC/Jeep/Renault in Monroeville (243-0680), and the experience was a pleasant surprise. [Note that this is not the same McKean as the Honda/etc. dealer others have disparaged; it's owned by the same people as McKean Cadillac.] The salesman was very good about selling the car -- There was very little pressure to buy, and when we got down to bargaining he asked me what I thought the car was worth, and then offered to sell me the car for that price. [A surprise, as I was expecting to have to bargain up from there; needless to say it was a deal.] The only thing I did get pressured about was my insistence on having the car looked at by an independent mechanic before I bought it. They did agree to let me take the car to the mechanic, and after I brought it back the service department fixed the minor things the mechanic found that same afternoon. In any case I got a good deal (acc. to used car price guides and the advertised prices I've seen) on a nice car (2 year old AMC Renault Alliance). The salesman I dealt with is Mike Schneider, who was quite reasonable about everything. I'd recommend him to anyone considering a new or used car. If you're thinking about a small car, consider the AMC Renault subcompacts (Alliance and Encore); the 1985 Consumer Reports buying guide gives the Alliance a good repair record (Average -- better than all other US cars in its class -- the Encore was too new for repair data to be available), and rates both cars overall as "the equal of some small imports" with appropriate laudatory comments.