[Ghoulish Delight]

Haha, my parents got suckered by a car dealer.

Okay, actually, they walked away with a good deal...but still got more car than they were looking for.

They wanted the Toyota Avalon, either the touring package or the XL. So they called around and found a dealer said they had 3 (1 touring, 2 XLs). They show up, the guy walks around the lot...and can't find the cars with those packages. "Ooooh, they must be in our over flow lot. Lemme drive you over there." So they head over to Van Nuys...where they once again can't find any XLs our touring. "Well, we've got some Limiteds on the lot..." The Limited package being the highest end, of course. So my parents are hemming and hawing, when they spot a manager (if you knew my mom, you'd know that this is when the story gets good). She pulls him into the conversation and says something to the effect of, "So, we call and this guy says you've got XLs and tourings. We get here and he's trying to sell us the Limited. Ever hear of the term 'bait and switch'?"

Ding, she said the magic words. Next thing you know, they're being offered the Limited at invoice. They ended up paying below the Touring sticker for the Limited. Like I said, a good deal...but they probably would have paid less than that if they had actually found an XL or touring. Suckers.

Of course, I'll be jealous of their Nav and auto-sensing door locks.