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Getting and Spending
Place to Run Up Credit Cards
Readers’ choice: Neiman Marcus, Ridgmar Mall, FW Staff choice: Carol Henderson Gallery, 3409 W 7th St, FW Credit cards are all about living for today, so you can put off paying the piper until tomorrow. What better way to carpe diem than to indulge yourself in the ethereal? Featuring one-of-a-kind works of 20th- and 21st-century art, glass, and jewelry, this upscale gallery has the perfect gorgeous bauble for your sweetie to embellish his or her wall, fireplace mantel, or even body. This gallery offers a mix of contemporary works that appeal to mainstream tastes as well as the highbrow art lover. Tiny jeweled soapstone boxes, stunning iridescent pottery and glass creations, sculpture, and paintings make this a terrific place to buy a gift for someone you love — or at least someone you want to impress with your opulent good taste.
Customer Service Readers’ choice: Perfect Touch Spa, 3023 Bledsoe St, FW Staff choice: Freeb!rd’s World Burrito, 5965 Overton Ridge Blvd, FW Slaving over hot plates and steering clueless and indecisive customers through a convoluted cafeteria-style serving process, the employees of Freeb!rd’s World Burrito seem to have some of the most highly stressful — and likely some of the lowest paying — jobs in the Metroplex. But you wouldn’t be able to tell from staffers’ bright smiles as they roll burritos, cook chicken, and help you any which way during their busiest lunch hours. These folks must be well-served by those Monsters they get at employee-discount prices.
Barbershop Readers’ choice: Shelton Givens Barber Shop, 512 Main St, FW Staff choice: Gold Star Beauty & Barber, 1720 N Sylvania Av, FW A Fort Worth Weekly staffer once walked into Gold Star for a haircut, and owner Angie Villareal refused. “I don’t cut men’s hair,” she said, even though her business was brand new and she didn’t have a customer in sight. Our staffer, in a hurry, pleaded. Angie reluctantly agreed and then gave him the best $10 haircut he’d ever received. “You shouldn’t have done such a good job — you’re going to have to cut my hair all the time now,” the staffer said. Eight years later, every cut has been as good as the first. She still prefers to cut women’s hair, but she’ll make an exception now and then. If not, one of her capable co-workers will do the trick.
Hair Salon Readers’ choice: Stone Dyer Salon & Day Spa, 4608 Bryant Irvin Rd, FW Staff choice: Shampoo, 5316 Birchman Av, FW Josh Kinney is keeping his family-owned salon sexy and well-groomed — but not half as much as he’s keeping his clientele that way. Now in its fifth year in business, Shampoo still struts its homestyle art deco front with some newly added features: the vibrantly lit back fence done up in powder blue graffiti and some whopping hairdos sketched atop each station’s mirror, courtesy of Larry Leathers. The troupe of skilled stylists is both cocky and grounded — figure that out. Cuts start at $45 and, if your curiosity hasn’t yet dragged you into the front door, note his list of past celeb clients, including Perry Farrell and Stereolab. Not enough? OK, just tune in to Fox’s Ambush Makeover (where Kinney’s shop will be featured this fall) and watch his team tease up some outta town diva bullriders to look like rock stars.
Tattoo Parlor
Readers’ choice: Randy Adams Tattoo Studio, 6467 E Lancaster Av, FW Staff choice: Randy Adams Tattoo Studio The building is clean (and those purple interior walls are really phat). The artists are friendly and aren’t afraid of custom, free-hand designs. Still, the folks here generally won’t work on drunks. The studio’s insistence on sterile, single-use instruments is welcome, as is the large selection of designs, from the obvious yin-yang sign ($60) and Mickey Mouse ($80) to the more elaborate winged satanic lesbians engaging in oral sex ($400).
Masseuse
Readers’ choice: Samera Barbeau Staff choice: Melissa Frazier, Motivation Fitness Studio, 2405 Ballpark Way, Arl Melissa practices Swedish, deep tissue, and trigger point therapies, and you are guaranteed to leave her studio feeling euphoric. For us slugs who sit at computer terminals all day, Melissa can work the kinks out of our aching bodies by focusing on the hands, arms, shoulders, neck, and lower back — areas where desk jockeys carry tension. She can clear stopped-up heads by working on sinus areas, facial muscles, temples, and neck. Her calming manner and warm smile create a relaxing atmosphere, aided by fragrant oils, dimmed lights, a burning candle, and music. It’s all very sensual rather than sexual (unless you’re the type who gets excited during haircuts, pedicures, and dental visits).
Enviro-Friendly Business Readers’ choice: Spiral Diner, 1314 W Magnolia Av, FW Staff choice: Donnelly Row, Arbiter Group’s Green Project, 5800 block of Donnelly Av, FW If an abode with walls of compressed wheat and a flower garden on the roof sounds more like an elf’s pad than a condo on the West Side, think again. “Green” builders Jyl DeHaven and Kimberly Clark, partners in Arbiter Group and longtime advocates of healthy living and sustainable development, are close to turning fairyland into reality. These two inventive developers’ first “green” project — a four-unit town house complex built entirely from natural, recycled, and allergy-free materials, with the health of both residents and the earth in mind — is set to break ground in October. And yes, the walls will be made of compressed wheat, and parts of the roofs will be covered with thick layers of soil where native, drought-resistant plants will take root. The roof gardens and other natural insulation materials are designed to reduce energy costs by 30 to 50 percent. DeHaven and Clark hope to change the mindset of the skeptics who thought wheat could only be eaten and gardens could only grow at ground level. These green pioneers want Donnelly Row to be the model for a healthier future for the Metromess.
Pharmacy Readers’ choice: Walgreens, various locations Staff choice: Perrone Pharmacy, 3921 Benbrook Hwy, FW This is a time-warp to a simpler day when “drug stores’’ didn’t peddle hair care products, rows of magazines, cheap cameras, clothing, and overpriced unhealthy foods that, when sufficiently consumed, make a body need a pharmacy. That Perrone has been filling Cowtown’s Rx’s for more than half a century is apparent from the look of the place — a sign straight out of the Eisenhower years, cold-war linoleum, a parking lot where you half expect to find your grandparents’ ’56 Fairlane. Inside you’ll find a wide selection of OTC drugs, ointments, salves, bandages, braces — and the magazines on the shelf are for customers to read, not buy, while Perrone’s staff of pharmacists fills your prescription. And they deliver.
Head Shop
Readers’ choice: Fantasy Imports, 6663 Camp Bowie Blvd, FW Staff choice: Hostile Pipes, 2230 S Cooper St, Arlington Glass has soared in popularity over the past five years, gaining a reputation as the cleanest and healthiest of pipes (no doubt aided by the urban myth that smoking from metal pipes will lead to early Alzheimer’s disease). Wood and metal are, like, so yesterday, dude. Hostile Pipes specializes in glass and buys much of its product from local glassblowers rather than from national or international suppliers. Their stuff is gorgeous.
Car Wash Readers’ choice: University Car Wash, 4665 Bryant Irvin Rd, FW Staff choice: All Seasons, 320 Morton, FW The trouble with most car washes is that the profit monkey taunts operators to run cars through the automated wash cycle faster than the human beings who dry and detail the vehicles can get to them. Too often, dripping cars sit unattended, the sun drying water spots into what should be a glistening finish. Not so at All Seasons. Detailers descend on vehicles as they emerge from the wash, applying generous portions of elbow grease to polish off the job. A basic wash, window-cleaning, and vacuum goes for $10.95 — and you can tack on extras like tire dressing, a carpet shampoo, or a wax for a reasonable fee. And the folks who tend to your car seem intent on making you happy. All Seasons is as close as you can get to an old-fashioned hand-wash and chamois-cloth toweling under a shady tree.
PLACE TO BUY: Books Readers’ choice: Half Price Books, various locations Staff choice: Recycled Books, Records & CDs, 200 N Locust, Denton Looking for that dog-eared, weatherworn copy of Finnegan’s Wake or Portnoy’s Complaint? Spoiled by gone-but-not-forgotten Barbers Book Store in downtown Fort Worth, we had to cross the county line to find its equal as a place to finger the dusty spines of books. This store in an old lavender turn-of-the-century opera house on Denton’s town square has an awe-inspiring assemblage of bestsellers and classics, as well as rare first-edition hardbacks and obscure old pocket paperbacks like they used to make them: small, cheap, and featherweight enough to throw in a backpack when you’re hitchhiking cross-country. Three stories deep and chock full of books, used c.d.’s, and vinyl records, this place will keep you happily prowling its bookshelves for hours.
Books Not on the Bestseller List Readers’ choice: Half Price Books, various locations Staff choice: Black Book Worm, 605 E Berry St, FW
Owner Sonia Williams-Babers’ small, comfortably cluttered book shop with its faint scent of incense and book-lined walls beckons browsers into a treasure trove of some of the best African and African-American literature ever published. Want to find writers from the Harlem Renaissance? They’re here, from the well-known Langston Hughes to the all-but-forgotten Nella Larson, whose beautifully written fiction depicting black women rebelling against their lives in the 1920s and ’30s left a literary legacy for feminist writers of all stripes. History, biography, fiction, literature from apartheid South Africa, children’s books, poetry — you name it, Williams-Babers has it or she’ll find it if it’s in print.
Comic Book Store Readers’ choice: Lone Star Comics, 511 E Abrams St, Arl Staff choice: Y2 Komics, 5276 Trail Lake Dr, FW This town isn’t exactly teeming with comic book shops. Lone Star and Y2 Komics are about it really, and truth be told, both work equally well when you want to get your geek on. But we’re gonna go with Y2K because it’s just a little more — how you say? — neighborhood-y (and it’s locally owned). There’s a back room with five tables for gaming, everything from Magic: The Gathering to Pokémon to that old standby Dungeons & Dragons, plus the place carries a variety of board games, role-playing games, manga, graphic novels, and more. As for Y2K’s bread-and-butter, comics, a healthy selection is available, including fare from Marvel, DC, Image, Top Cow, and various independents, plus back issues for the hardcore collectors. Best of all, the helpful staff is always willing to embrace the unwashed. Browsing Y2 Komics is like cruising the aisles of Borders, only, ya know, with superheroes and stuff looking on.
Guitars Readers’ choice: Guitar Center, 721 Ryan Plaza Dr, Arl, and 5250 S Hulen St, FW Staff choice: Competition Music 3320 E Lancaster Av, FW Frustrated after looking for a nice guitar at all the chain stores? Tired of getting dissed by the goateed, nu-metal salesman with the pierced septum who insists he’s not on commission while peddling a $200 Epiphone Les Paul as a sensible choice for a working musician? Then head down to Competition Music. It’s pretty much the only game in town that deals in vintage instruments, and steals can be found regularly. Owner Scott Dyson prices instruments realistically, so that everyone gets a fair deal, and he truly cares about making sure you get the right instrument. If you like to haggle, make an offer, and maybe Scott can swing a deal. Other musicians, note: Competition also carries a good selection of amps and drums.
New C.D.’s/Records Readers’ choice: Best Buy, various locations Staff choice: iTunes, www.itunes.com Well, make that mainstream c.d.’s. The iTunes folks trump other legal-downloading sites by offering exclusive tracks from big-name artists and other perks like artists’ playlists, pre-release downloads, and a simple, painless interface. The price is also right, with individual song downloads costing just 99 cents and most albums only $9.98. The big problem with iTunes is that it’s still a very spotty indie catalog, though it’s not really much worse than most big-name, brick-and-mortar stores. As legal downloading continues to gain popularity, hipster-credible music should become increasingly available online. (Of course, if you really want the indie/hipster stuff, you should be on a first-name basis at a cool mom-and-pop store. And your collection should be vinyl.)
New or Used Videos/DVD’s Readers’ choice: Half Price Books, various locations Staff choice: On Video, 1900 Baird Farm Rd and 1922 Park Springs, both Arl Grown weary of going to your local video store and staring at a whole wall of Spy Kids 3D? Well, search no more: This hidden gem is a cinephile’s paradise. Specializing in hard-to-find movies, anime, indie, foreign, art house, and cult films, On Video has a smorgasbord of esoteric cinema such as the Lars Von Trier tv project The Kingdom and Krzysztof Kieslowski’s The Decalogue, and the artsy bondage film Beyond Vanilla and Sex with Strangers, a documentary about swingers. It also boasts Sex and the Beauties, Hong Kong cinema’s answer to Sex in the City, and the zany Korean blockbuster Attack the Gas Station! It also has the most extensive collection of anime in the area, including a contender for saddest movie ever — Grave of Fireflies.
Cool Gifts Staff choice: Gypsy Warehouse, 602 S Main St #304, Grapevine Just down the block from the classy storefronts of Grapevine’s historic Main Street, the ultra-modern Gypsy Warehouse awaits with funky candles and wind chimes, hip gift cards, and a variety of world music c.d.’s. There’s even a massive box of baubles, bangles, and beads that you can pull from to make someone special a handmade necklace. It certainly doesn’t belong with the other shops along Main, but that’s what makes it so ideal.
20th-Century Relics Readers’ choice: Sun Coast, 8000 Calender Rd, Arl Staff choice: Old Home Supply House, 1801 College Av, FW Anyone who appreciates the design details of homes from the last couple of centuries will be able to spend hours in this place, drooling over old (and new) door knobs, wall sconces, bathtubs, furnishings, mantelpieces, lighting fixtures, original craft items, and a bewildering array of every knickknack and paddywhack known to humankind. This place seems to keep growing, creating a quietly busy and character-filled corner deep in a neighborhood of the kinds of refurbished (and needing to be refurbished) homes that keep this store hoppin’.
Antiques Readers’ choice: Montgomery Street Antique Mall, I-30 and Montgomery St, FW Staff choice: K. Flories Antiques, 3915 Camp Bowie Blvd, FW A palace of name-brand used furniture and accessories in every style, from two centuries ago to last week. Fresh items arrive almost daily — and leave just as fast. One customer recently commented, “If you don’t check the place out every 15 minutes, you miss something.” Furniture, decorative items, and a wide range of whimsical whatnots all fight for space here.
Place to Buy Lottery Tickets Readers’ choice: 7-Eleven, various locations Staff choice: Lucky’s Liquor, 8851 Hwy 80 W, FW Determined to approach this selection somewhat scientifically, we exchanged half a dozen telephone calls with state lottery officials attempting to determine which lottery seller in Tarrant County had sold the most winning tickets. Alas, state government being what it is, lottery officials were no more help than the Texas Legislature is when crisis looms large. So, sticking a dampened finger in the air, we followed the prevailing breeze to the promisingly named Lucky’s where, prominently displayed above the cash register, were the tickets from a handful of Lucky’s winners. We make no representation that the tickets sold here are any better than others, but if your luck is running no better than ours, you’ll be able to find something at Lucky’s to take the edge off your losings.
Vintage Clothes Readers’ choice: Thrift Town, various locations Staff choice: Montgomery Street Antique Mall, 2601 Montgomery St, FW Who’s got trunks or attics anymore, to keep this stuff in? And in our throwaway culture, who saves it anyway? So it’s tough to turn to Great-Aunt Tillie these days for yesteryear’s duds. True, most of this cavernous place at Montgomery and I-30 is given over to furnishings and collectibles. But several dealers specialize in the hats, dresses, shoes, and other wearable finery that have survived at least a few decades (which, let’s face it, is all it takes to become “vintage” these days).
Place to Buy Jewelry Readers’ choice: James Avery Jewelers, 4601 West Fwy, FW, and 524 Lincoln Square, Arl Staff choice: Kubes Jewelers, 2700 W Berry St, FW It’s been there forever. They treat non-jeweled folks as sweetly and respectfully as they do the diamond-dripping. They repair. Their cabinets of vintage and antique pieces change constantly. Their daughter was in the Olympics. And you already have enough silver and turquoise.
Costume Jewelry Readers’ choice: Mayfair, 316 Main St and 4634 Camp Bowie Blvd, both FW Staff choice: The Artful Bead, 5304 Trail Lake Dr, FW Do you find most costume jewelry too fussy? Too cheap-looking and yet too expensive? Too unimaginative? Just not expressing the inner you? Not to worry, hon. Head for The Artful Bead. There, you can make your own — and we’re not just talking the kidney-bean necklace you made in vacation Bible school or plastic beads on a string, either. Mary Harrison’s bins and tables include everything from chunks of semi-precious stones to coral and silver figures, crystals, fired glass, and one-of-a-kind pieces of the brilliantly colored stuff called dichroic glass. You can hang a beautiful or whimsical objet by itself on a necklace or cord or take a class and learn how to make earrings and work bead patterns. Several jewelry artisans display their work there. Go take a look. Warning: Keep your hand firmly on your pocketbook. Some of this stuff will leap right up off the table and demand that you buy it immediately.
Western Wear Readers’ choice: Leddy’s Ranch, 410 Houston St, FW Staff choice: Western Wear Exchange, 2809 Alta Mere Dr, FW You can spend your dollar buying brand-new Wranglers and Ropers, but why would you, when clean, next-to-new retreads at deeply discounted prices are plentiful at this 11-year-old retailer? There’s a little bit of everything here — hats, belts, jackets, vests, and rows and rows of jeans, shirts, and blouses. Short of George Strait’s closet, you’re not likely to find such a collection of pearl snap shirts. Most everything we saw is priced at a fraction of what you’d shell out at the new Leddy’s in Sundance Square. Heck, it’s a fraction of what you’d pay at Sears. It’s not even in the same solar system as Leddy’s.
Place to Buy Last-Minute Party Dress Readers’ choice: Stein Mart, various locations Staff choice: Neiman Marcus, Ridgmar Mall, FW Who could resist the power of Neiman Marcus’ Galleria department? The selection of brand names alone is enough to make you throw a party, let alone find one: K. Unger, David Meister, Nicole Miller, Laundry. No other place in town even comes close to hanging medium-high-dollar strapless next to high-high-dollar sleeveless garbs and get away with it. They all look like cash money, running all down the hipbone. How much money, though? Prices average around $275, and that matching scarf’ll give some legs for fall. All in all, that’s a pretty awesome deal considering that, after all the wolf whistles and yahoos in one night, those 14 meals were totally worth skipping to afford it (and fit into it).
Lingerie Readers’ choice: Victoria’s Secret, various locations Staff choice: Christal’s, various locations Sure, the Victoria’s Secret model show is stunning, but recent ad campaigns featuring decrepit folk singers (à la Bob Dylan) and beautiful women donning creepy gigantic angel wings may not be your idea of nirvana in the bedroom. For a local business that never lets us forget what lingerie is really all about, try Christal’s. You’ll have to go no further than Fort Worth’s very own for all the fun and fabulous intimate costumery — be it crotchless, edible, thonged, g-stringed, fishnet, or otherwise fantastic — that your little heart, or your little heart-throb, desires.
Adult Toys Readers’ choice: Christal’s, various locations Staff choice: Joanne Webb, at your house
Who better than Webb to arrange a discreet showing of shtupperware in the privacy of your own living room? Webb was arrested for selling a few sexual playthings to a couple of cops who said they were, well, working undercover. One of several thousand Passion Party consultants across the country, Webb was charged with breaking a state obscenity law by peddling sexual novelties at Tupperware-like parties. The charge against Webb was ultimately dismissed. But we think the fine folks in Johnson County are just a little too preoccupied with what’s going on behind closed doors.
The Weekly’s Guide to Livin’ Lean We grouped these categories for our readers who, like the Weekly, strive to produce champagne on a Ripple budget.
Used C.D.’s/Records Readers’ choice: Half Price Books, various locations Staff choice: CD Warehouse, various locations Not counting box stores and malls, Fort Worth isn’t exactly awash in places to buy used c.d.’s and records. The real-deal stuff, including the vinyl experience, requires a day trip to Denton’s Recycled Books, Records & CDs. But if you ain’t got that kinda time, try CD Warehouse, the best place here to dump unwanteds and/or hunt must-haves. The staff knows its music, and the selection (while bereft of classical) is plentiful across all other genres. The hot titles don’t stick around long, so show up often and early. You also get a freebie for every 10 discs purchased.
Cheap Gas Readers’ choice: Racetrac Petroleum, various locations Staff choice: Gas Buddy online Fugetabout cheap. No longer exists, unless you wanna drive 7,255 from Calftown to Baghdad where, according to press reports, gasoline sells for a nickel a gallon. Further, the skies over future petroleum prices are blackening like bombed-out Iraqi oil fields. Despite a pledge from our friends the Saudis to open their spigots, crude oil last month was hovering at record highs near $45 a barrel. The era of “cheap,’’ as in less than $1.50 a gallon, gasoline may be over, but there is a way to minimize the pain from pumping: This Gas Buddy site at www.fortworthgasprices.com collects and posts pump prices in and around Fort Worth each day and shows drastic differences from one part of town to another. On a recent day, for example, a 7-Eleven at Bryant Irvin and Dirks peddled a gallon of regular for $1.61, while a sister store at Southlake and North White Chapel slurped up $1.82 — a savings that would purchase enough fuel in Iraq to get you from Fort Worth to Crawford where, with the leftover vapors, you could immolate an effigy of your favorite president.
Cheap Ciggies Readers’ choice: Walgreens, various locations Staff choice: Murphy USA, various locations First off, you should know better than to waste your money on smokes. That said, since you’re gonna do it anyway, waste less of it at Murphy USA, the no-frills gas stations you find at the local Wal-Marts. Major-brand cartons go for $19.99 to 24.99, most packs for $2.39 to 2.79. They also carry a decent selection of chewing tobacco and some cigars and blunts, they’ve always got 3-pack specials on a dozen brands of cigs, and they have more 2-for-1 specials than anybody else. Plus, there are lots of them in the Fort.
Used Furniture Staff choice: Salvation Army Thrift Store, 8133 Hwy 80 W, FW Wide selection, all in good-to-excellent condition, any flaws plain to see. Particularly good on beds, mattresses, chairs, and tables. Furniture on the plain, elegant side doesn’t move as fast as furniture that’s less well made but with fancy touches, so prices on the elegant stuff are lower. Discount day is Wednesday, when prices are lowered by 30 to 75 percent, depending on how long a piece of furniture has been in the store. Worth lining up for at 8 a.m. on Wednesdays.
Thrift Store Readers’ choice: Thrift Town, various locations Staff choice: (tie) For value: Second Glance, 5314 Trail Lake Dr, Wedgwood Shopping Center, FW There are two types of people who go to thrift shops: those on a mission, looking for a costume element perhaps, who go once or twice a year, and those who happen in whenever they feel the call, which might be more like once a month. They are lured not only by bargains, but by hope for the unexpected, the serendipitous find. This second group is Second Glance’s target audience. Highly unlikely that you’ll find a rack of vintage or glitter here. The clothing is clean and well organized and rarely imaginative. But then, why pay $50 for black pants that look pretty much like all your other black pants? Very desirable furniture turns over quickly at prices that make you want to add a room to your house. There’s usually a piano or two. Right around the corner: The Rusty Spur, The Artful Bead, Y2 Komics, Artistic Blends coffeehouse. Second Glance benefits the Open Arms Home, providing long-term shelter for abused women and their children and has other locations in Grapevine and North Richland Hills.
For style: Double Exposure, 6205 Sunset Lane, FW Run by Fort Worth Junior League, so clothes come from the closets of the wealthy and the merely upper-middle class. Neiman Marcus, Saks, Bloomies, Brooks Brothers, the good stuff, some never worn, as far as the human eye can discern. Mostly well-bred classic stuff that doesn’t go out of style. Particularly good on men’s sports clothes and women’s tailored-look ensembles and suits. Children’s section excellent. Not much on toys. When wearing clothes from Double Exposure, you can walk into Rivercrest Country Club and be shown to a table in the Mixed Foursomes Grill with no questions asked. The maitre d’ will recognize your clothes, even if he doesn’t remember your face. End-of-season sales are astounding: 75 percent off. If you’re lucky, you might walk in a month after somebody your size died in Westover Hills. Well organized and spotlessly maintained. You would expect less from the Junior League?
Shoe Repair Staff choice: Ridglea Shoe Repair, 3204 Winthrop Av, FW One of the last real shoe repair shops in Fort Worth, Ridglea Shoe Repair has kept the rich and the frugal shined and re-shod since 1949. Those psuedo-cobbler shops — with a mannequin of a white-haired Gepetto tapping on a shoe — that you see attached to gas stations and convenience stores ship your shoes to God-knows-where to be worked on by God-knows-whom using God-knows-what. At Ridglea Shoe Repair, the work is done in the blackened workroom behind the counter by two beer-bellied good old boys, owner James Ray and his colleague Donald Stewart. No-excuses service: In the rare case when the job isn’t done right, you talk to James or Donald and they tend to it fast at no extra charge. James learned the craft from his perfectionist father, Alvin, who owned the shop from 1951 to 1992. Leather goods such as purses are also repaired. Just don’t lose your claim ticket.
Used-Car Salesman Staff Choice: Kenny White, Toyota of Fort Worth, 8901 Camp Bowie West, FW Kenny White has been selling cars, new and used, for 38 years. He actually listens to what you say you need and tries to match you up with what he has. He doesn’t try to sell you what you don’t need, don’t want. His descriptions of the cars check out, the exception being when the dealership garage has gotten it wrong. (And you’ll want your own honest garage to go over the car anyway.) White doesn’t come in when the fish aren’t biting, so call first and make sure he’s going to be there before you go. An appointment with a used car salesman? There’s one of him.l |
