Cars and Attitudes

My dad bought a 2005 Camry. When I got there, some negotiations had been made. The asking price was $23,000. They settled at 18,975. At the interest rate they first offered, over a five year period my dad will have paid back close to 28,000 for the car. I bitched to high hell with those people. A total of 4 separate men came in to talk to me. One came close to telling me to shut up. I chcked his ass right there. He left after that. Through the credit union, my dad had an 8.00 interest rate. Toyota bought the car for $19,988. (so they say) I talked them down to $18,000 flat. (there is another story behind that one) Over a four year period, they will have made only $4000.00 off of the sale. How many Camry's can you get for under $20,000. My dad got an '05 for $18,000. That's about the going price for an '03 Camry. Its a very nice car. I wouldn't have bought, but I don't care for Toyota's. My dad was going to pay the ridiculous price. He really wanted that Camry, but I couldn't let him pay back that much money. Granted, you will pay back in interest more that what you are getting the car for. I understand that is how they make their money. But my dad was going to pay just because he wanted it. To me that meant negotiate a better price so that he could be happy.