Dealers proclaiming they don’t do ADM

Then have a $1800 dealer installed accessory fee on every car. Who are they trying to fool? So they install all weather mats, trunk mat, mud flaps, door edge guards that cost them $300-$500 and then charge $1800 for it. I love how they name these overpriced add ons like “ PNW protection package”.
When I worked at the local Honda dealer at the height of the Great Recession, we did pack onto cars a “pro pack” - door edge guards for $500(I got the guy to install them for me for the price of lunch), wheel locks for $200 and $5K of markup. And an optional KARR alarm for $1K - mandatory on the few basic Fits and Civic DXs we had, since they had no power locks.

All that stuff added on, as well as alarms/paint & fab and insurance are there to help the F&I office pad a deal once the sales tower has you reeled in like a fish.
 
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