05/22/2026
Look, I'll be honest — this post probably makes me look bad but I'm going to post it anyway.
Robert said I could share it, so here we go.
A couple years back Robert bought a Chevy Colorado from us. He drove off happy. We sold him a warranty and he was good to go.
Almost two years later the calls started coming in.
First it was one thing. He brought it in, we took care of it. Then a little while later, something else popped up. And this time it was the motor — starting to make a noise that nobody wants to hear.
Robert's a calm guy. He wasn't screaming at anybody. But you could hear it in his voice — this was his only way to get to work every day, and he was quietly running out of patience.
He came in a few times. We talked through it together. Fix it or trade it. He wasn't sure. We weren't going to push him either way.
But eventually it just hit a point where he was done. Not angry. Not bitter. Just ready for something reliable. Something he didn't have to think about. And honestly — something a little bigger.
We started looking at trucks. But somewhere in the conversation he mentioned the Gladiator we had sitting in the back getting prepped in the service drive.
So I walked him back there.
Oversized custom wheels. Aftermarket everywhere you looked. And then I told him — it's a stick shift.
He didn't hesitate. "I love stick shift."
He got in the seat and you could just see it on his face. He looked at me and goes — "man, if we can get me in this thing at the right payment… this is something I'm really lit up about."
It was honestly a big benefit for him trading in because the new vehicle got him a way lower interest rate and the vehicles at half the miles and his payment wasn't really that much more!
Robert — congrats on the Gladiator brother. You were patient when you didn't have to be. Stick shifts are built to last!
