Some time ago I wrote about how I had managed to sell a car from my activity on Instgram, I was fairly proud of myself and the post helped me land an interview with the folks at CareersInAuto.com. As cool as it was I will admit that I considered myself lucky and did not anticipate being able to sell more vehicles from simply posting my awesome pics on a phone app, and yes they are indeed awesome! None he less I continue to post my pics taken from around the lot here at work fairly regularly and last week I got a comment asking about the availability of a 4X4 F-150. I replied with my email address and we worked out the details of the truck she was looking for over the course of the next few days and, low and behold last night we delivered Danny the F-150 of his dreams... the one his wife Daisy reached out to me on Instagram looking for! Many thanks Danny and Daisy, I am thrilled that I was able to help you with your search for a new truck and even more excited that it was a result of our connecting on Instagram! Although my wife may not be be happy to hear it, this guy will be posting more awesome pics for a long, long time! 

A couple of days ago I had the incredible opportunity to visit the Tesla store in the Brea Mall on the eve of its grand opening. It is a gorgeous store I must say and with the doors closed it was awesome to have the place to ourselves and yet still hear all the people walking through the mall just outside. My cousin, and awesome, awesome guy, is the Senior Project Manager for new store construction at Tesla and knows what a huge fan I am of the Tesla line and invited me to spend the evening at the new store as it’s the first one close to my neck of So Cal. As a career retail car guy I know I am in the minority of Tesla fans in the car biz but politics are for another post, this day it was all about the cars! As we toured the store talking about the display cars on the floor there seemed to be a glint in Cousin Vic’s eye as he suddenly paused and asked, ‘hey, you wanna go for a ride?” No answer was needed as I turned on my heels and headed for the door….