It’s been a year, today. One year ago, I started a new career at Classic Chevrolet in Grapevine, Texas. So much has happened in that year! I’ve gone from being a wide-eyed newbie to the recognized EV go-to person at the dealership. It still amazes me that I’m here. This dealership has been number one Chevy dealership in sales for the entire U.S. for the last eight years in a row! And they hired me, a guy with no car sales experience, solely because of my passion for the Volt. I’ve previously been a technical person on a sales team, never the actual salesperson. Car sales is a 100% commission job, meaning if you sell something you make money and if you don’t sell you don’t make money. It was with a fair amount of trepidation that I embarked on this portion of the journey and I’d say it’s been a success. In August of this year, I earned more than I ever had in one month in my entire career and, better yet, I had a blast doing it! I’ve been blessed with a great bunch of people with whom I work. My success has been because of the time they spent helping me learn this new profession, the faith of my wife which allowed me to try this new profession and the customers who have trusted me to help them select and acquire a new vehicle.
Have all my sales been Volts? No. To be honest, if I only sold Volts, I would have starved by now. I’ve sold pretty much every model Chevrolet makes and a fair number of those have been Stingrays, Silverados and Tahoes.
In that time, I’ve become active with the North Central Texas Council of Governments‘ EV group, helping to promote EVs in the greater Dallas / Fort Worth area. I’ve attended local environmental events, as a representative of the dealership, and my blog has grown to over 11,350 subscribers.
I’ve had a great year and look forward to the coming year with great anticipation.
Thank you all for your support and readership through the last two years of the blog!
-Buzz
