We’re in the market for a car at the moment but many places to buy a car are not open on a Sunday. I’m not sure why not - seems to restrict possible purchases quickly if they’re not open for half a weekend. Anyway, that’s a SPOTD report of its own.

I rang the folks at Melbourne City Toyota this morning and asked them whether they had a manual sedan Corolla in stock that I could test drive. I explained I didn’t want to drive the hatchback nor an automatic sedan and that it was important I drive the vehicle I was asking about. The salesman I spoke to on the phone “checked” for me and reported they did indeed have the vehicle I wanted to test drive. It was only when we travelled 40 minutes into the city that we discovered the Toyota salesman was, in fact, a lying weasel and they didn’t have the car I wanted to test drive.

Oddly, he seemed to think we might want to test drive a hatchback - despite it being a vehicle we specifically stated we did not want to drive. The only reason I can think he dragged us in there was so he could be awarded the SPOTD award. Well, good on you, Melbourne City Toyota. If you’re going to lie at that point in the sales process, there’s no way we’re dealing with you.

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