[Fern]

Hey, if you're willing to put up with the sales pitch that comes with the test drive, god bless. I don't like being 'sold' on anything, especially they typically pushy car salesman, but if you don't mind, the freebie/handouts, like someone else said, are built into the costof doing business.

Oh, and Mrs. Chambers, i don't see any reason why you would be expected to purchase a car with a cracked windshield. The dealership owned the car while you were test driving it, so again, that's a random accident and part of THEIR cost of doing buisness, i would think. When you're shelling out $15K or so to purchase a new vehicle, you have more leverage than aty any other time, so i would have just dug in my heels and said no deal unless you fix the windshield! A $15K sale means a lot more to the dealer than a few hundred to fix a windshield.