Only in Iowa...
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2nd Gear Member
Joined: Jun 2006
Posts: 248
From: Iowa
Only in Iowa...
Thread Starter
2nd Gear Member
Joined: Jun 2006
Posts: 248
From: Iowa
Well, when I used to work at a car dealership every once in awhile they'd head to Florida to pick up cars and vacation (tax deductable haha) and it was always a big deal to have a Florida car sitting on the lot because the cars were so clean and stuff with the nice weather. The engines were usually pitted a bit, but the exteriors didn't have all the sand, salt, and wet winter ruined exteriors.
Anyways, so we'd advertise them as a Florida car, which would lead people to believe that it was going to be in much better condition (and usually after a good detail they were) exteriorly anyways. Problem with it, the car might be an original Florida car and have spent it's first three years living in sunny Florida, and then spend a winter on our lot beside the road getting splashed by rain, salt, sand, and whatever else could be thrown at it. Heck, we'd recieved cars which were originally sold at a Florida dealership, then made their way to Indiana for a few years, and eventually came onto our lot and we still advertised as it being a Florida car. There's just something about cars that came from Florida. I have a feeling these owners bought the car from a dealership that got the car from Florida and despite driving it on winter roads and gravel (if they live on a farm that's on gravel that is) for their ownership still feel the need to advertise it as a Florida car.
Anyways, so we'd advertise them as a Florida car, which would lead people to believe that it was going to be in much better condition (and usually after a good detail they were) exteriorly anyways. Problem with it, the car might be an original Florida car and have spent it's first three years living in sunny Florida, and then spend a winter on our lot beside the road getting splashed by rain, salt, sand, and whatever else could be thrown at it. Heck, we'd recieved cars which were originally sold at a Florida dealership, then made their way to Indiana for a few years, and eventually came onto our lot and we still advertised as it being a Florida car. There's just something about cars that came from Florida. I have a feeling these owners bought the car from a dealership that got the car from Florida and despite driving it on winter roads and gravel (if they live on a farm that's on gravel that is) for their ownership still feel the need to advertise it as a Florida car.
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Joined: Nov 2008
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From: RI
Yeah you see that alot up here actually. If someone is selling a car that has spent any portion of its life in florida, it will be a "CLEAN Florida car" as if somehow since its from Florida its free of any imperfections.
