re: Looking to get out of Car Sales, any advice?

You asked

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How many cars do you have to sell a year to even make $75k a year?

50-60 cars?

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I told you what 50 cars a year would get you based on new car fronts from my experience. If you only sell new cars and you only do 50 cars a year you need to find another job. I sell new and used. Used usually have a bigger front gross. Also, I'm not factoring in trades. The more you hold back on the trade the more front you can make. I averaged 4250 front gross and I sold 127 cars. I also get a bonus of 30% commission for next month if I sell 15 or more in a month. For simplicity sake take 4250 x .25 = 1062.50 x 127cars = 134,937.50 in commission. Then you add whatever you made on the back which can run on average about 100.

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surplus of big time commission

How many cars do you have to sell a year to even make $75k a year?

50-60 cars?

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The kid I've bought 90% of my offroad toys from for the last few years bought 45 acres from me last year.

Almost 100k of it was physical cash.

I'd say he does okay.

Impressive that such a big outfit wants actual proven salespeople and not kids with degrees or salespeople who happen to have a degree in something unrelated they have never worked in

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So he bought your land with your money?

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I don't pay over cost... So that's unlikely. He's made spiffs I'm sure.

But he's mainly just been the guy who does the paperwork when I show up, and makes sure it's clean before I load it.

Good kid.


Eta: I did technically pay above cost in 2022, but I got the last one available in the state... I checked.

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I'm just giving you a hard time

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I know. But no one is punctual for meetings these days

Kids these days....

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I don’t, but I’m on the road a lot (sales lol) and there are more road hazards than just curbs that can frick up tires. The tire/wheel warranty has paid for itself multiple times over.

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I just can't make the math work on these. My last Audi they tried to sell me some wheel/tire thing and it was something insane like $80 a month. I could replace a tire every other month and still break even compared to that plan. Plus many retailers (Discount, Sam's, etc.) and tire companies have warranties that help cover the cost of replacements should you have an issue.

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Any advice on what career path to move forward with after escaping the clutches of the car business?

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Start Podcast/Instagram with car buying tips car salesman don't want you to know.

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Bet he is pissed now that the new contracts can have senior pilots making upwards of $500k

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If he wanted back into that industry, I doubt that it would be difficult. He was an Air Force pilot prior.

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Man, I hate that, not my experience here in Alabama. Everywhere I cover has a shortage of CT and MRI techs

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Might alert your local rad manager to the abundance here then. I'm sure any of the schools would love a hiring contact so they can keep churning out grads. Plus in order to fill the need for the "higher" specialties like CT and MR they are graduating ready to take the national certification exam at the same time for both basic and the advanced certs, eliminating a lot of waiting and precertification processing. ULM, NSU, Southern (Shreveport at least), just to name a few public colleges in N. La. all have programs and there are some Technical colleges around too.

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100% true. Buyers are liars.

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The customer is always right