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Thanks Jeff.  Yesterday was my first day.  I haven't been able to address all the issues or identify all the problems.  I have more than marketing issues to address.  My job isn't just to ramp up the internet department but used cars, also.

I can't tell you how pleased I am with the staff of these two stores.  The GM is a prince.  He told me, "just tell me what you need, I just want to win".  The facilities are remarkable (we have a putting green in the customer waiting area ...anybody jealous? ).  One store uses eCarlist and the other is in the middle of being converted to vAuto.  I can't touch the descriptions on that store until the install is complete.  I have started working on the descriptions on the other.  We have an ancient ILM but we are getting DealerSocket in February.  They are running about 7 to 10 days to market.  A forth of the cars are without pictures and they set the prices with a dart board.  If it was a well oiled machine, they wouldn't have hired me.

I have learned that there is a huge difference in the cost of AutoTrader and Cars from Texas to Arizona.