Dealer, dealership, and used car lots ---> they ain't the same

Hello -

In my service to this forum and humanity, I wish to achieve world peace and harmony when it comes to how these certain words / phrases below are used.
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Dealer, Dealership, Used Car Lots
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Honest usage mistakes are being made. But they are easily correctable with your loyal and faithful support.

So... buckle up and let's begin the lesson.
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DEALER: (noun)
* The person who shuffles a deck of 52 playing cards and "deals" them to you at the casino.
* Slang for the person who sells you things that are usually illegal, illicit and immoral.
* Can be used as shorthand for "dealership" below - but only in the correct context.
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DEALERSHIP
* A large scale regional business enterprise supported by a global vehicle manufacturer such as "Toyota of North Miami" which sells and services that brand of vehicle.
* There's usually a large parking lot of new cars for sale, a smaller lot with pre-owned vehicles, and a big showroom and a parts counter and big repair shop.
* Toyota branding and badging is everywhere.
* People in cheap suits and ties that are overdue for dry-cleaning are often saying things to you, even though you don't want them too.
* Free coffee and fabulously clean bathrooms are standard.
* The best ones have magazines and TVs and it is really not a bad place to hang out if you have 3 hours for an oil change.
* Almost always a good place to purchase a vehicle.
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Used Car Lots
* A place of usually dishonest and inept business that is attempting to sell used vehicles.
* The parking lot is often gravel or poorly paved.
* Vehicles for sale often have white shoe polish on the front windshield.
* The office is usually something like a re-purposed LaundroMat or BlockBuster.
* None of the vehicles for sale should be trusted to complete the drive home without a Check Engine Light illuminating.
* Only to be patronized if you are a very, very, very knowledgeable and you have the backbone to insist on an independent shop inspection.
* Most definitely not to be conflated or juxtaposed with a "dealership". They are not the same.
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In your humble service, I offer this for your reading pleasure and infotainment.

BCF

 

Hehe come on now . . . I found my current gem at a used lot, 63K on the clock, here's how it went . . . .

Trading in the Biggest Mistake I Ever Made, a Nissan, for a 4x4. Tries to sell me a Dorf - err, Ford - with the shifter on the column. Didn't feel like it was going into 4WD. Being the grease monkey I am, dropped to the ground, looked, the tranny was all wet. Said nope, has a leak, he said "they just fixed it and didn't clean it up" (!!!!!!) I chuckled, still nope. He said "If I put it on the rack and show you it's not leaking do we have a deal?" I felt like playing, I said "sure put it on the rack, I'm telling you, it's leaking."

Drove around the corner to his "mechanic" - a lean-to shed with lifts - and all the bays are full. He gets out starts yelling at the mechanic that he has a customer here, why are all the bays full, then went into what I'm guessing was Pakistanti . . . and in the rear view I see this red Taco, I got out, looked in the window, all manual with power windows, I walked back, "we're done. That's the truck." He hadn't even priced it out yet. I paid way too much for it but knew it was the truck.

The moral is . . . Yeah know what you're doing if you buy used or find someone who does. In this climate, it's about all most people can afford.

 

you forgot to mention the one in my location... stealership Went in to get a price quote for getting the ecgs bushing installed. 3 different service advisors with 3 different quotes up to $300 difference. Had the frnt/rear diffs and transfer gear oil changed out... takes a total of around 7 qts. Got charged for 11 qts. All service manager could come up with was "well, sometimes they take more.) WTF?

 

you missed the part where dealerships still create financing opportunities by setting up a 4-square chart in front of customers to convince them to purchase a vehicle just at the very fringe of their financial capabilities.

or the high pressure sale tactics about "we want your used vehicle!" or cheap suited sales people getting paid only on commision that have less knowledge than a 5 minute google search on any car on their lot. but it's hard to blame them when dealerships rotate through sales staff faster than they do oil changes.