Car Salesman Talk

---An "Up" is someone who walks on the car lot. A customer!
---A "Beback" is a customer who leaves without buying, and comes back at a later date.
---A "Laydown" is a customer who buys at whatever price the salesperson quotes.
---A "Roach" is how car salespeople refer to people with bad credit!
---A "Get-Me-Done" is somebody who has borderline credit at best, and will take almost any vehicle at any terms just to get financed.
---The "Bump" is where the Sales Manager sends the salesperson back out to get a higher price, or to "Bump" the customer for more money!
---A "Lowball" is an unrealistically low price that the salesperson gives the customer before the customer leaves to shop price at another dealer.
---"Upside Down" is when a person owes more money on their trade-in then the vehicle is worth.
---"Negative Equity" is related to Upside Down above. It is the amount that you still owe on your car loan after subtracting how much you are actually getting for your vehicle.
---"Positive Equity" This is when your trade-in is actually worth more than the amount you owe on it. Needless to say, this doesn't happen very often!
---"Croak and Choke" pertains to the Finance Manager selling Credit Life Insurance and Disability Insurance on the car loan!

---Sandbagging: A drag racing term describing a driver not going as fast as his/her car can.

---Bang the blower: an explosion inside the supercharger caused by a flame from the combustion process accidentally re-entering the supercharger, where fuel and air are present. Generally caused by a stuck or broken intake valve that normally would be closed during the combustion sequence.

---Breakout: Used only in handicap racing, “breakout” refers to a contestant running quicker than he or she “dialed” his or her vehicle (predicted how quick it would run). Unless the opponent commits a more serious foul (e.g., red-lights, crosses the centerline, or fails a post-race inspection), the driver who breaks out loses. If both drivers break out, the one who runs closest to his or her dial is the winner.

---Burnout: spinning the rear tires in water to heat and clean them prior to a run for better traction. A burnout precedes every run.

---Christmas Tree: Also called the Tree, it is the noticeable electronic starting device between the lanes on the starting line. It displays a calibrated-light countdown for each driver.

---Foul start: indicated by a red light on the Christmas Tree when a car has left the starting line before the green light, or starting signal.

---Holeshot: when a driver reacts quicker to the Christmas Tree to win a race against an opponent with a quicker e.t.

---Pre-stage: to position the front wheels about seven inches behind the starting line so the small yellow lights atop that driver’s side of the Christmas Tree are glowing. The next step is to stage and be ready to race.

---Speed trap: the final 66 feet to the finish line where speed is recorded.

---Stage: to position the front wheels right on the starting line so the small yellow lights below the pre-stage lights are glowing. Once both drivers are staged, the calibrated countdown (see Christmas Tree) may begin.