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    Apples, Oranges and Lemons: Surviving the Automobile Business
    Apples, Oranges and Lemons: Surviving the Automobile Business
    Apples, Oranges and Lemons: Surviving the Automobile Business
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    Apples, Oranges and Lemons: Surviving the Automobile Business

    By Phillip James Grismer

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    When purchasing your vehicle, you should probably expect to be lied to by everyone from the sales department to the financial department. Apples, Oranges, and Lemons is a one-of-a-kind, tell-all book about the automobile trade that reveals inside secrets they don't want you to know. There is no other book like it. It is written by the only person who could, or would.

    Phillip James Grismer knows the automobile industry from the inside out. He first apprenticed in a number of import auto shops, eventually rising through the ranks and opening his own facility. Grismer draws on his thirty-seven years of experience to expose how the industry really works. He provides answers on how to deal with a "lemon" while offering advice on how to make the best buy before purchasing your vehicle. Discover how the valuation and appraisal process works and how the history of your vehicle affects you and your money.


    Grismer's conversational style makes the information accessible while offering personal insight on the process of vehicle manufacturing and servicing. Even the most casual reader will be enlightened and entertained by the inner workings of the automobile manufacturing, sales, and service industry. But most importantly, this handy reference guide empowers the consumer to make well-informed decisions about vehicles.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisheriUniverse
    Release dateJul 27, 2007
    ISBN9780595879298
    Apples, Oranges and Lemons: Surviving the Automobile Business
    Author

    Phillip James Grismer

    Given the Distinguished Service Advisor award from Volkswagen of America, Phillip James Grismer has years of experience and knowledge with the automobile industry. A certified member of the International Automobile Appraisers Association, Grismer, along with his wife Jo Ann, owns a successful auto appraisal and consulting business. They live in Illinois.

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