This all seems very simple, but the reality is that I can get more relevant information online in five minutes from my smartphone on the showroom floor than I can all afternoon talking with the typical sales rep I come in contact with.

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While that might seem less than instant, it compares favorably with the alternative -- taking the elevator to the seventh floor, finding you car and then driving down endless ramps praying that your alloys don't make contact with the concrete skirts.

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