Car dealers do my head in

[tonupkid]

This week on Friday I bought a 3 month old VW Toerag from a main dealer. And the next day (Saturday), my son bought himself a 2009 BMW 335 from a non franchised forecourt.
These two purchases were proceeded by about 8 weeks of searching, and checking adverts.
It is astonishing just how clueless the car world is about marketing, and how almost impossible it is to discover what a car comes with.
They might mention 'Cruise' but rarely that this is actually ACC (which was a must for me). I've seen countless photo's of cars, but few really informative ones. Its like they know which bit you need to see and then ensure its missing from the picture. Some walk up to wherever the cars parked and fire off a couple of shots from the front or back and nothing else. One even had an SQ5 (on my possible list too) and it was covered, and I mean liberally smothered in what looked like bird sh1t. Copious amounts of it. Another person photographed theirs with a massive caravan sitting behind it. I don't know about you but I don't want to be buying anything that's been towing anything, never mind that gargantuan monstrosity in their advert. They then thoughtfully clarified any doubts by including a close up of the much worn and abused tow bar ball.
It has been hell tracking down the right motors, but we've finally succeeded. Now I can close all those tabs, cancel all the alerts and resume normality, until next time.
Roll on Tuesday when we pick up the Touareg. Sadly Ann will be the one driving it back (It is her car after all, and I won't have a proper chance to play with ACC, Side assist, Lane departure, heated this, automatic that and wifi (whats the point in car wifi?) until some time in May or perhaps June. Sob.
Thank you for bearing with this heartfelt whinge

BTW The BMW 335 with DSG is a revelation, and the noise!!! Its a banshee.
I've found idrive more intuitive and more detailed than MMI. Lovely car. I quite fancy one........ Aaaargh! can't face the thought of another search