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Don't worry, it doesn't stop until you reach the age where you don't appear to be a kid, period.
I'm 23, and when I went to the scion dealership they treated me the same way you were treated. I had a 1998 buick le sabre to trade in that had 250k miles and was raggedy as shit. But I had a 5k down payment ready and was serious about buying a car.
One of the reasons I ended up with a BRZ instead was I ended up resorting to using e-mail to haggle, and people took me more seriously that way. (local subaru dealer pretty much did the same thing and said "that's the best price we can give you" even though it was MSRP).
Try emailing instead of showing up in person, and have some form of payment proof ready if you want to test-drive. If you have a pre-approved loan, or etc they'll definitely take you seriously.
If you want to test-drive before all this, just bring your dad and make your life easier. Turn it around and take advantage of them. Test drive the shit out of the car and walk away saying "well I'm gonna buy it, but not from you guys! have a good day"
I drove my decked out BRZ to the local Toyota dealer and told the manager that I would have bought the FRS if it wasn't for his employee. Revenge is always sweet.
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