This thread is insanely funny. Mostly because most of you are urban/higher end suburban people and you don't have a wide variety of industry experiences.
I realize that there's some sort of aura where someone in sales feels pressured to impress clients and potential clients. Where they need to impress them is with knowledge, communication (and by this I mean the ability to verbally communicate with words other than "uhh, umm, like, reach out, follow up, check the boxes" and any and all other conference-room borne cool phrases of the quarter) and be sincere and have a sense of originality with their approach to the customer.
Saying "let's go to lunch" and then climbing into some shiny, cool, thought-to-be expensive vehicle is the last thing that should be thought of.
I do find all the suggested makes and models funny. I have a variety of vehicles I own and drive. Lexus LX570, RX350, Toyota Tundra and a Scion xB.... I primarily drive the RX350 not necessarily because of fuel mileage but it's got the highest mileage and it is a good "running around" vehicle. I drive to my office and all sorts of construction sites. One site I visit regularly where everyone has come to know me is a small industrial plant where there's a $200M expansion going on. There's lots of 3/4 ton 4x4 trucks, many of them fairly new. I drive up in a Lexus RX350 and people stare and make comments about me driving a Lexus on a construction site and insinuate it's a very expensive vehicle.
It is our youngest vehicle, a 2015. It's got 213k miles on it. I paid $16,000 for it. Those folks who think it's an expensive vehicle are driving trucks they paid $70,000 for (and most are still paying for). I do find it funny the different facial expressions, overall reactions, etc. when I drive my Tundra to these sites versus the RX. I see the different facial expressions, reactions and body language when I'm driving through the site in one versus the other.
It's the same person driving....just different vehicles.
I realize that there's some sort of aura where someone in sales feels pressured to impress clients and potential clients. Where they need to impress them is with knowledge, communication (and by this I mean the ability to verbally communicate with words other than "uhh, umm, like, reach out, follow up, check the boxes" and any and all other conference-room borne cool phrases of the quarter) and be sincere and have a sense of originality with their approach to the customer.
Saying "let's go to lunch" and then climbing into some shiny, cool, thought-to-be expensive vehicle is the last thing that should be thought of.
I do find all the suggested makes and models funny. I have a variety of vehicles I own and drive. Lexus LX570, RX350, Toyota Tundra and a Scion xB.... I primarily drive the RX350 not necessarily because of fuel mileage but it's got the highest mileage and it is a good "running around" vehicle. I drive to my office and all sorts of construction sites. One site I visit regularly where everyone has come to know me is a small industrial plant where there's a $200M expansion going on. There's lots of 3/4 ton 4x4 trucks, many of them fairly new. I drive up in a Lexus RX350 and people stare and make comments about me driving a Lexus on a construction site and insinuate it's a very expensive vehicle.
It is our youngest vehicle, a 2015. It's got 213k miles on it. I paid $16,000 for it. Those folks who think it's an expensive vehicle are driving trucks they paid $70,000 for (and most are still paying for). I do find it funny the different facial expressions, overall reactions, etc. when I drive my Tundra to these sites versus the RX. I see the different facial expressions, reactions and body language when I'm driving through the site in one versus the other.
It's the same person driving....just different vehicles.