What's it going to take to put your in a car today?

At some point last week, Melissa decided enough was enough and we needed to just pick a car already. We picked the Accord. Our mission on Saturday was to pick out exactly what Accord we wanted. You'd think a dealership would be helpful in a situation like this. You would be wrong.

At first all I wanted to do was to sit in each of the four types of Accords we were considering. The salesperson asked me what features I wanted and she could pick one out. Ummm no. Finally we sat in two of them and when I asked to see the third, the salesperson just started pointing around the car to explain to us what the differences would be. Hello, I want to see the car. Finally with enough pushing she finally showed us all the types we wanted to see.

Our next task was to pick a color. We mentioned we like lighter shades and before I know it we are driving around in a silver Accord and this salesperson seems to think we are going to buy it. Huh? We go back to her office and she starts talking numbers and we mention we aren't even sure we like the silver. She seems offended and this and says something like "I thought we had found the right car." She then asks how much we would like to pay monthly. It's at this point that I nearly bolted for the door. After thirty minutes of politely saying we were not going to buy a car that day, especially one we didn't even like the color of, we finally got out of there.

I was a good bit frustrated but glad we had finally gotten away. I quickly drove to another dealership, got out of the car, and told the salesperson directly, "We are not going to buy a car today. All we want to do is see what colors the Accord comes in." He showed us the cars on the lot and then left us alone. Finally we could pick a color in peace. That color is - Carbon Bronze Pearl.