Fall of 2022 Update….Si has moved on from CarMax but I do not know where he landed. Let me know where you are Si!
Meet Si Sultan, the CarMax sales rep and gentleman who patiently assisted me over 15 months to find Etta, and tolerated my ever-changing preferences (“I want a hot sports car, no I want a hot sedan, no I really want a sports car but not this one…..”. The whole long story of my search for a second unicorn is chronicled here. Si is President’s Club, Platinum level for a reason.
Si probably should have fired me as a customer several times, especially when I held cars under multiple names at multiple lots and didn’t tell him in order to protect him and to keep him from being complicit with CarMax. When the Mercedes E63 I bought melted down he supported me using the CarMax 5-day return policy, no questions asked. As far as I can remember, I transferred in a BMW M5, Jaguar XKR, Mercedes E63, Mercedes S600, BMW 550i, Porsche 911, Mercedes CL550, another Jaguar XKR, and finally another Porsche 911 from Los Angeles, which I bought. I put cars on hold in Chicago, Boston, Portland, Atlanta, Albuquerque, San Diego, Richmond, Baltimore and Philadelphia. I traveled to Raleigh to see a Jaguar that wouldn’t start and I had previously rejected in Baltimore. I went to Philadelphia to drive a cheap BMW M6 that I rue to this day. I flew to Los Angeles to make sure the 2008 Porsche 911 was what I wanted, then had it shipped back. Sadly, that meant Si had to split the commission with the sale rep there. Still bummed about that. Go see him if you need a car. He’s at the Dulles, Virginia CarMax, just outside Washington DC. You can find him at Si_Sultan@CarMax.com or 219-677-8946.
Si – this drive is for you:
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