Car

By Harvey Ong There are a number of used car dealer stories out there that describe the salesmen as pushy, controlling, and money-grabbing yet still charming and warm. It is a delicate combination of qualities that allows them to convince people to buy cars from that particular salesman. That combination of traits also grants the average used car dealer a very negative reputation. Although some might argue that it isn't deserved, the truth is that there are a number of used auto lots that willingly do some questionable things to help improve their chances at getting a sale. The pushy salesman with the TV-manufactured smile is often just the tip of the iceberg. The most practiced and most well-known practice is called "clocking," which is the turning back of the odometer. The odometer, for those who aren't savvy about car terms, measures the distance that the auto has been driven. By "clocking" an odometer, one reduces the mileage that shows on the odometer, ...