Fill in the blank. You want to take your love of the MINI and spread it with the new MINI buyer but ....you don't because....

For those who don't know a MA = Motoring Advisor (the salesperson @ the dealer)

I'll start, I want to be a MA but can't because i'm too techincal and will bore people over the little bits of the car and forget about the sale

 

I want to be a MA but...I'm 17 right now, 18 in a month, and most dealers won't hirer someone so young.

 

I thought MA = Motoring Advisor?

 

it is, but shh

 

Because the local places mark up and I just could not do that. I'd have trouble adding stuff onto the orders too and probably tell people to DIY

 

... but, since I don't have a criminal record, there are better options available to me.

 

I want to be an MA but can't because I wouldn't make enough money to own a MINI because I'd be out "test driving" all the new ones because I wouldn't want a customer to get a bad one because then they wouldn't buy them because of all the little quirks and things because......hey....wait a minute....we already do that!

 

I want to be a MA but would want to test drive every MINI on the lot

 

mmmm? I am a "quasi" MA for MINI Korea. I will be assisting with the new US Military Sales program now available in Korea. Maybe this will lead to being a "part-time" MA?

 

I want to be an MA, but think I wouldn't ever take a paycheck home!

 

It is...corrected

 

i want to be an MA, but will get into an argument with the
customer that mine is still the bestest over watever choice
they make.

 

The MA I talked with at one of the dealers had started at age 16. No, he didn't start out as an Advisor, he started out at the dealership with the clear goal of becoming an Advisor before he was age 20. He made it a few months before his 20th birthday. He said he started out in the shop cleaning, did detailing and was all around gopher-boy and then worked his way through the system. He told the manager what his goal was up front and it was 3.5 years but he did it.

 

I'm not an MA but do sell my fair share of MINIs...or at least nudge interested parties in that direction. I dunno...I like to switch gears (yes, I'm a Cooper driver) and so being totally immersed in MINIs may not, in the end, be as much fun as doing the same recreationally. I have several hobbies that are a blast...but not sure about doing them full time either. Work, play, study, rest, family/friends...it's all a big balancing act.

 

I'm not a MA because I wouldn't want to work 50-60 hours a week for relatively meager pay.

 

I am not an MA, because all that money I spent on an education needs to go somewhere better than a car dealership. I am a pretty good hustler though.

Medic

 

^^ man, you guys are hostile... let's show some respect to our MA's.

 

I want to be an MA, but I live to far. Not worth the 1hr drive and I don't want to work weekends.

 

I want to be a MA, but I wouldn't know where to put all the Mini's I bought with my employee discount (is there one?).

 

I can sell ice to an Eskimo, but I swore I'd never do retail again...even if it meant selling MINIs

 

Okay then... Let me modify that statement...

I want to be a MA, but there is NO EMPLOYEE DISCOUNT!!!

 

I want to be an MA, but, ---I think I would lose my drivers license the first 6 months after failing to convince the cops I was only demonstrating the cars potential to a client. For real, last time I was at the dealership my MA was on the phone with his attorney trying to fix a John Cooper Works customer demo ride that ended in a citation from the local cops. Or does legal representation come as a bene for these guys? (or gals as the case may be)

 

sheesh. so rude.

I'd be an MA but, in general, I don't like people. I lack the patience to deal with them.

 

I was a MA. Loved the job, but hated the hours.

 

That is debatable. Actually at my dealer, some MA's were taking home $12K-$15K a month and the "lesser" ones between $6K-$8K per month.

Depending on your dealer's comission structure, MA's can make serious money selling these babies but the trade off is that you have no life to enjoy all that money.

If you want to be a top producer, 1 or 2 days off per month is the rule rather than the exception.