The First Pencil
Kathi Kruse and Mike The Car Guy Correra are best friends, with many many years of retail experience in the car biz. "We decided to get together and talk about the things that are important to us in the auto industry, and hope you’ll come along for the ride. We’ll cover auto industry stuff, dealership profitability, and digital platforms, all with a dose of humor and our love for 80s/90s music. Join us!"
The First Pencil
Episode 35: Three Punks Walk Into a Dealership w/Josh Friedman
This week, we welcome our long-time friend Josh Friedman as our guest. Josh is the New Car Sales Manager at CMA’s Colonial Chevrolet in Chester, VA.
Not only is Josh an amazing manager who’s truly doing cutting edge moves at his store and with his team…but he’s also a music fan like we are. Josh shares some of his great stories about punk in Washington DC back in the day (a long way from Kathi and Mike’s ‘hood in So Cal).
Links to the things we discussed:
The new proposed FTC rule for dealers: HERE
Josh’s project, the documentary Desolation Center: HERE
Salad Days: HERE
Punk in The Capital: HERE
Heavy Metal Parking Lot: HERE
Dave Grohl:
Sound City: HERE
What Drives Us: HERE
Jeff Krulik (director of punk documentaries): HERE
Punk and Tomatoes (Fear on SNL - a must watch!): HERE
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Get in touch with us!
Kathi: kathi@krusecontrolinc.com
Mike: mikethecarguy@outlook.com
And don’t forget to download Kathi’s FREE Guide to Social Media for Car Salespeople here 👉 https://bit.ly/socialsellingvip