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| 2. | Creative dealers display cars in eye-catching ways. Here are six examplesof how they make inventory stand out. | ||
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| 3. | If you’re an Illinois dealer, don’t you dare charge car buyers a $168.44 document fee. That would cost a penny too much, says the state attorney general. | ||
| 4. | First, Ford said its MyFord Touch infotainment system worked just fine. Then it said it fixed the problems. Then it spiffed dealerships to explain how the darn thing worked. And now for something completely different. | ||
| 5. | A plumber trades in his pickup at a dealership. It ends up in a war. A militant group posts a photo of it rigged for battle and with the plumber’s business logo still on it. Plumber gets flooded with calls. |
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