mantra

4 posts

Car Dealers Slang, Sayings and Lingo

8 months ago

There is a whole different language in the Car Business. I have put together the most common Car Dealers Slang, Sayings and Lingo to help you get a better picture into the world of Car Sales.

ACV: Actual Cash Value. Refers to the real value of a traded in vehicle.

Ad Car: An advertised special car that is a stripped down model for a low price.

As Is: There is No warranty. If the vehicle breaks in half you own both halves.

Atomic Pencil: Crazy, very high numbers given to the car buyer.

Bagel: A cheap, junky or low value vehicle.

Back End: The amount of profit from add on warranties, insurance, service contracts and interest.

Back Of Book: How much the car dealer has invested in a vehicle that is lower than the wholesale book value.

Be Back: A customer that says they will be back, but very rarely does.

Be Back Bus: An imaginary bus for customers who say "I'll be back," It is a common term to jab new sales people that believe their potential customers are coming back to buy from them.

Bird Dog: A fee paid to someone for referring a new customer to the dealership, maybe between $50 & $100.

BK: Customer in bankruptcy or had a recent filing

Blew Out: Refers to a customer who sees the first figures and blows out of the dealership.

Blue Hair/Silver Hair: A description for senior citizen customers.

524 -

Visited

Suryanamaskar (SALUTATIONS TO SUN)

Lifestyle Health, Sports & FitnessBy ramaraobobby

11 months ago

Suryanamaskar (Surya means sun & namaskar means salutations, thus Salutations to Sun) combine Yogasanas and Pranayama. It brings general flexibility and builds strength of the body preparing it for further Asanas and Pranayama. This is usually done both at "sunrise" and "sunset", facing the Sun. Before starting these salutations to the sun the following Sanskrit verse should be chanted. (traditionally done that way because Pantanjali who is the compiler of yoga sutras has said so)
You can chant the verse in Sanskrit or take the prayer in English as given below. Whatever may be the language, meaning holds the same.

Here is the verse: (Sanskrit verse)

Hiranmayena Patrena Satyasyapihitam Mukham |
Tat twam Pusan Apavrnu Satya Dharmaya Drstaye ||

Which means(in English)

Like a lid to a vessel, O Sun, your Golden orb covers the entrance to Truth.

3294 -

Visited

I Love Tibet Sample CD

Entertainment MediaBy discoverysound

12 months ago

A classy collection of Tibetan samples with a specially included movie. The faithful performances of sacred instruments & voices

In the Tibet Autonomous Region under the occupation of China, extreme human rights violations have continued, and their traditional Buddhist music is also in peril to disappear. Soon after his arrival in India in 1959, Dalai Lama re-organized the Tibetan Government-in-Exile, and their tradition and culture are still maintained by many Tibetan exiles settled in the town.
For recording the genuine Tibetan samples on this library, I visited the refugee settlement under the Tibetan Government-in-Exile located in Dharamsala, Northern India.

564 -

Visited

The Illustrious Fidel removes stamp of approval

World Affairs Politics & OpinionsBy confuciusness

13 months ago

"...any criticism on my part (of Obama) is classified, without exception, as an attack, an accusation or other similar names."
–Fidel Castro

Not long ago, Democratic pundits were proclaiming foreign leaders’ unwavering support of Barack Obama. Like Rembrandt and his brushes, Obama’s surrogates painted an almost utopian portrait of a global community, hands clasped in solidarity, weeping and oscillating to the 1980’s anthem, “We Are the World.” “Hope” was the mantra, and a new foreign policy was the promise, one that would radically “change” the world’s perception of these United States of America.

With President Obama at the helm, we Americans were supposed to sail off into the sunset, leaving behind the stigma created by “one of the most corrupt and self-serving administrations” in our country’s history.

790 -

Visited