Evo X to 370Z... Who's made the jump?

FL 4Motion · 12-31-2011, 07:28 PM

/\ wow, that is terrible.

I can see the next nissan commercial. "some folks complain about our sales and service, but at least we're not as bad as Mitsubishi".

theDreamer · 12-31-2011, 07:52 PM

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Originally Posted by JrumMusic

So the Mitsubishi dealership was um...lets say not the greatest.... or up to date. And the service sucked, i was outside for 25 mins walking around no one came out to help. The dude when i called was like yeah your car is here waiting for you to test drive. Then when i got there.... They wouldn't even let me test drive one unless i qualified for the loan to own it? ??? OH yeah and not to mention, they sold the car yesterday, but told me to drive 45 miles to see them for it...but couldn't tell me it was sold.... I was like um...keeping my Z just b/c their service was shitty, i got a HUGE bad vibe from the experience.

I had a similar experience when I went to test drive an Evo a couple years ago.
They wanted me to quality for the loan (basically check my credit), which I denied them. Then I was leaving and they said every dealership I go to will do the same so I should just suck it up and let them run it....

I turn and look at the guy, right because I just test drove a Mustang/Z/BMW with them all magically getting my information.

edub370 · 12-31-2011, 07:56 PM

I had the EXACT same experience with a mitsubishi dealership when I tried to test drive an evo about a year ago. Found it funny that I needed to qualify for a loan before I could drive it, yet the local porsche dealership let me hop right in a new cayman and take off. Mitsubishi FOREVER lost a customer after pulling that crap. Why would someone want to take a credit hit by getting their credit run on a car they aren't even sure they will want??

JrumMusic · 12-31-2011, 08:08 PM

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Originally Posted by edub370

I had the EXACT same experience with a mitsubishi dealership when I tried to test drive an evo about a year ago. Found it funny that I needed to qualify for a loan before I could drive it, yet the local porsche dealership let me hop right in a new cayman and take off. Mitsubishi FOREVER lost a customer after pulling that crap. Why would someone want to take a credit hit by getting their credit run on a car they aren't even sure they will want??

Im sorry to hear this happens to everyone. I thought maybe i just got a bad a dealer. But seriously...so i took the credit hit and then they only SHOWED me a 2011 Evo X MR with no options like the one i wanted had. I about to just walk off and be a ****, but i was like listen JAMES, lol...This isnt the way to get my business, im not only being showed a car i dont want, but you make drive out here to NOT get a car that you told me was there 35 mins ago... He was like sorry man, sorry, but why would want a used evo, just get a new one and spend the extra 11k. -_______-

So i left and my g/f went to my nissan dealer and got a pretty good deal on a 350z for her. I will keep my Z until i get another itch up my *** for more space and functionality, just sucks my studio monitors and keyboards wont fit in the Z.

STAY AWAY FROM MITSUBISHI!!!! end of story.

sfearl1 · 12-31-2011, 08:18 PM

Lol they tried that sh1t with me the first time I went to look at one. They also tried insinuating that I couldn't afford one (I'm a younger looking 28yr old) when they said "you do know this car is like, $36k right?" I said yeah, and I've got $12k cash I was going to put down today. Not anymore though. Left and bought one from another dealership.

JrumMusic · 12-31-2011, 08:28 PM

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Originally Posted by sfearl1

Lol they tried that sh1t with me the first time I went to look at one. They also tried insinuating that I couldn't afford one (I'm a younger looking 28yr old) when they said "you do know this car is like, $36k right?" I said yeah, and I've got $12k cash I was going to put down today. Not anymore though. Left and bought one from another dealership.

LMFAOOO Are you serious? Thats ********. Yeah i know im 22, and the dude was like how did you afford your 370z. I was like im a music producer and self made self paid, no mommy no daddy to co sign **** and i went on a little rant, cuz sometimes, i feel very proud of where i am in my life man, but they are so disrespectful. Never buying a car from them EVER!

Going to stick with my Z for a while.

sfearl1 · 12-31-2011, 08:32 PM

I know man, feels good to buy your own stuff. It was funny, the sales guy was probably around my age. I bet he was jealous he couldn't buy one himself.

JrumMusic · 12-31-2011, 08:35 PM

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Originally Posted by sfearl1

I know man, feels good to buy your own stuff. It was funny, the sales guy was probably around my age. I bet he was jealous he couldn't buy one himself.

Every salesman is like you know i was looking to buy that car for my self. But bills came and blah blah blah... For some reason every salesman WANTS or says they OWN the same car your buying lol

Snakes709 · 01-01-2012, 08:46 AM

the reason why they only allow test drives on approved loans is they dont want kids coming off the streets to test drive a car when they have no intentions in buying one. If you arent planning on buying the car, keep your *** out of it. I had no problems test driving a Evo MR when i was looking at buying one. Ended up getting the GSR cuz we all know manuals are better :P But ill agree, dealerships are full of ****. I'm currently banned from the one i bought my car from and apparently my manufactors warrenty is voided by them as well (even though they dont have the right to) but doesnt matter. I just orderd about $7000 in aftermarket parts including a new fuel system and bigger turbo...lol.

Pharmacist · 01-01-2012, 09:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Snakes709

the reason why they only allow test drives on approved loans is they dont want kids coming off the streets to test drive a car when they have no intentions in buying one. If you arent planning on buying the car, keep your *** out of it. I had no problems test driving a Evo MR when i was looking at buying one. Ended up getting the GSR cuz we all know manuals are better :P But ill agree, dealerships are full of ****. I'm currently banned from the one i bought my car from and apparently my manufactors warrenty is voided by them as well (even though they dont have the right to) but doesnt matter. I just orderd about $7000 in aftermarket parts including a new fuel system and bigger turbo...lol.

Why did they ban you and void your warranty?

Alchemy · 01-01-2012, 09:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Snakes709

the reason why they only allow test drives on approved loans is they dont want kids coming off the streets to test drive a car when they have no intentions in buying one. If you arent planning on buying the car, keep your *** out of it. I had no problems test driving a Evo MR when i was looking at buying one. Ended up getting the GSR cuz we all know manuals are better :P But ill agree, dealerships are full of ****. I'm currently banned from the one i bought my car from and apparently my manufactors warrenty is voided by them as well (even though they dont have the right to) but doesnt matter. I just orderd about $7000 in aftermarket parts including a new fuel system and bigger turbo...lol.

But its a boy racer and aimed at the younger crowd

The only people lining up to get an Evo are under 25.

to Mitsu.

Snakes709 · 01-01-2012, 09:53 AM

I'll try to keep this short as possible so its not so much of a thread jack.

After i finished test driving the evo and decided i wanted to trade my srt-10 ram in for it, i talked to the sales guy about why i wanted to trade the truck in. Told him a few reasons, one of them (but not the main reason) that the transmission was starting to slip in 2nd gear and i know it wont hold the shot of nitrous i had ready to spray. I got quoted just over $1300 to fix it by the dealership i bought the truck from $550 in parts (master rebuild kit) and the rest in labour.

So i told the sales guy i wanted 3m tape on the whole front end (bumper, hood, fenders and mirrors) Deal went to finance...told the finance manager the same thing. While discussing that with her the sales manager took the truck for a test drive and i asked him if he felt the slippage...he said no, feels fine. Only reason i feel it is cuz i drove the truck every day, it wasnt bad but i knew it was there.

Anyways the day came to pick the car up. First thing i noticed when i picked it up only the hood was done for the 3m tape. Look at the bill of sale and sure enough i was being charged $600-7000 for the full thing. Since it was late i waited to the next day to deal with it. Went back and told them whats wrong. I had the finance manager, sales manager and GM all saying the same thing "you are only entitled to the hood, nothing else, but to make you happy we will give you undercoating and paint protection for free" ($2000 value) i told them since i dont want undercoating since the city doesnt use salt in the winter so it wont be to bad under the car and i purchased a protection package against door dings and **** like that so i didnt want the other ****. After abour an hour of fighting with the GM and him finally giving up and saying "well we arent doing what you want, it costs us to much money" i got pissed off and said "i dont care what it costs you, you are charging me the full thing and only did 1 part of it" He stormed off and i said to the finance manager ill be back later with my lawyer....5mins later he came back and said they would do it.

3 days later i picked the car back up, checked it over and right away noticed major defects. front bumper wasnt cleaned prior to the tape being applied so bugs were under it, parts were bubbling and uneven cuts all over the place. Also he used a razor knife and ended up cutting the paint on the bumper. Here are some pics...

So since i had an appointment across the street to get my windows tinted i decided to leave and come back later. While at the tint shop the guys there showed me the different material they use (alot better then the dealerships), also they go a few more inches higher on the hood and charge less then what the dealership charges.

So i went back to the dealership, told them the issues and asked them if they would pay for the tint shop to redo the work and have the paint fixed. They denied it, said they would redo it under warrenty. I said to the manager "you guys are never touching my car again, you try and steal money from me, once i catch you and threaten you with a
lawyer and do the work half assed and damaged my bumper" Also at this time they asked me if i knew about the damage to the transmission. I said yes and ask why. They said they sold the truck to another dealership and they got a bill for $8000 to fix it. Claimed they had the work order in hand. I asked to see it, was quickly denied.

So i left and went to the dealership they sold the truck to. Talked to the service manager and techs that worked on the truck. Only work that was done was a safety inspection. They even showed me the work order...nothing done to the transmission and nothing sent to the mitsubishi dealership.

So I made a claim with AMVIC (alberta motor vehical industry council). But they said if i went to them first when they first tried to steal the money from me, they could have did something, but since they did the work, they couldnt. And they cant do anything to the dealership because of poor craftsmenship.

So i went back to the dealership and said ill take them to small claims court. Thats when everything went even more screwed up. The GM said he is going to sue me because apparently i didnt tell them about the damage to the transmission and its costing them $6000. I said "ok for one, i talked to the dealership and they deny working on the transmission and ever sending you anything. Second, i told you guys about the slippage and 3rd, you guys told me the other week it was $8000....now its $6000?" So he started back paddling saying theres damage to the rear diff.

So every time i brought up them stealing money from me from the start he claimed "its how dealerships make money" then would go back to "me lieing about the damage to the truck" I asked where the truck was (i already knew it was sold at a auction 2 days before i went to the other dealership) he claimed it was back there. So i left and said to him "im surprised you are a gm, with the way things are ran here, im surprised no one has knocked you out before"

Went down to the other dealership, they said "we just got a call from the mitsubishi dealership's gm, saying you threatend him and you are banned from their dealership any other dealership associated with the deal"

So i left it at that since i was leaving for afghanistan in a few days. I'll be returning in a few months and ill be taking the mitsubishi dealership to small claims court so i can get my bumper fixed and get the 3m redone by the tint shop.

Sorry for the long story but theres no way to make it shorter and i already left alot of bs out of it..lol.

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Originally Posted by Alchemy

But its a boy racer and aimed at the younger crowd

The only people lining up to get an Evo are under 25.

to Mitsu.

Not in our city. Theres about a dozen evo owners in our group in my city, one is under 25 (think he is like 23-24), im 25 and the rest are between 25-30.

JrumMusic · 01-01-2012, 11:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Snakes709

I'll try to keep this short as possible so its not so much of a thread jack.

After i finished test driving the evo and decided i wanted to trade my srt-10 ram in for it, i talked to the sales guy about why i wanted to trade the truck in. Told him a few reasons, one of them (but not the main reason) that the transmission was starting to slip in 2nd gear and i know it wont hold the shot of nitrous i had ready to spray. I got quoted just over $1300 to fix it by the dealership i bought the truck from $550 in parts (master rebuild kit) and the rest in labour.

So i told the sales guy i wanted 3m tape on the whole front end (bumper, hood, fenders and mirrors) Deal went to finance...told the finance manager the same thing. While discussing that with her the sales manager took the truck for a test drive and i asked him if he felt the slippage...he said no, feels fine. Only reason i feel it is cuz i drove the truck every day, it wasnt bad but i knew it was there.

Anyways the day came to pick the car up. First thing i noticed when i picked it up only the hood was done for the 3m tape. Look at the bill of sale and sure enough i was being charged $600-7000 for the full thing. Since it was late i waited to the next day to deal with it. Went back and told them whats wrong. I had the finance manager, sales manager and GM all saying the same thing "you are only entitled to the hood, nothing else, but to make you happy we will give you undercoating and paint protection for free" ($2000 value) i told them since i dont want undercoating since the city doesnt use salt in the winter so it wont be to bad under the car and i purchased a protection package against door dings and **** like that so i didnt want the other ****. After abour an hour of fighting with the GM and him finally giving up and saying "well we arent doing what you want, it costs us to much money" i got pissed off and said "i dont care what it costs you, you are charging me the full thing and only did 1 part of it" He stormed off and i said to the finance manager ill be back later with my lawyer....5mins later he came back and said they would do it.

3 days later i picked the car back up, checked it over and right away noticed major defects. front bumper wasnt cleaned prior to the tape being applied so bugs were under it, parts were bubbling and uneven cuts all over the place. Also he used a razor knife and ended up cutting the paint on the bumper. Here are some pics...

So since i had an appointment across the street to get my windows tinted i decided to leave and come back later. While at the tint shop the guys there showed me the different material they use (alot better then the dealerships), also they go a few more inches higher on the hood and charge less then what the dealership charges.

So i went back to the dealership, told them the issues and asked them if they would pay for the tint shop to redo the work and have the paint fixed. They denied it, said they would redo it under warrenty. I said to the manager "you guys are never touching my car again, you try and steal money from me, once i catch you and threaten you with a
lawyer and do the work half assed and damaged my bumper" Also at this time they asked me if i knew about the damage to the transmission. I said yes and ask why. They said they sold the truck to another dealership and they got a bill for $8000 to fix it. Claimed they had the work order in hand. I asked to see it, was quickly denied.

So i left and went to the dealership they sold the truck to. Talked to the service manager and techs that worked on the truck. Only work that was done was a safety inspection. They even showed me the work order...nothing done to the transmission and nothing sent to the mitsubishi dealership.

So I made a claim with AMVIC (alberta motor vehical industry council). But they said if i went to them first when they first tried to steal the money from me, they could have did something, but since they did the work, they couldnt. And they cant do anything to the dealership because of poor craftsmenship.

So i went back to the dealership and said ill take them to small claims court. Thats when everything went even more screwed up. The GM said he is going to sue me because apparently i didnt tell them about the damage to the transmission and its costing them $6000. I said "ok for one, i talked to the dealership and they deny working on the transmission and ever sending you anything. Second, i told you guys about the slippage and 3rd, you guys told me the other week it was $8000....now its $6000?" So he started back paddling saying theres damage to the rear diff.

So every time i brought up them stealing money from me from the start he claimed "its how dealerships make money" then would go back to "me lieing about the damage to the truck" I asked where the truck was (i already knew it was sold at a auction 2 days before i went to the other dealership) he claimed it was back there. So i left and said to him "im surprised you are a gm, with the way things are ran here, im surprised no one has knocked you out before"

Went down to the other dealership, they said "we just got a call from the mitsubishi dealership's gm, saying you threatend him and you are banned from their dealership any other dealership associated with the deal"

So i left it at that since i was leaving for afghanistan in a few days. I'll be returning in a few months and ill be taking the mitsubishi dealership to small claims court so i can get my bumper fixed and get the 3m redone by the tint shop.

Sorry for the long story but theres no way to make it shorter and i already left alot of bs out of it..lol.

Not in our city. Theres about a dozen evo owners in our group in my city, one is under 25 (think he is like 23-24), im 25 and the rest are between 25-30.

wow dude, thats a fkn horror story. What a bunch of pricks.

Thats so wrong to treat your customers like that. No one should be haggled and not only that but your in the armed forces. SMH. #Salute man!

roplusbee · 01-01-2012, 11:14 AM

Gotta love the dealerships these days. Personally, I stay away unless I have dealt with them before or I know someone there..............

Snakes709 · 01-01-2012, 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by JrumMusic

wow dude, thats a fkn horror story. What a bunch of pricks.

Thats so wrong to treat your customers like that. No one should be haggled and not only that but your in the armed forces. SMH. #Salute man!

thats what pissed me off even more. They have a big "support the troops" banner in the office. I even said to the gm "turn around and look what is on the way, you post up you support the troops, im about the go to afghanistan and you are stealing money from me"

dispite the dealership ******* me over, i still love the car..lol.

The dealership where the car came from wasnt any better. I explained to them that i was buying the car but they wouldnt let me test drive it. Wouldnt even let me look under the hood. They claimed it had a boost controller and they turned the turbo up to 45psi (yea right!) i had to ask another guy that didnt realise what was going on for the keys to look at it. Also they had rota rims on it for show but when they gave me the car they took the rims off cuz i didnt buy the car from them.

12-31-2011, 07:56 PM	#93 (permalink)
edub370 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2011 Location: KCMO Posts: 3,458 Drives: 09 370z S/T 6MT Rep Power: 20	I had the EXACT same experience with a mitsubishi dealership when I tried to test drive an evo about a year ago. Found it funny that I needed to qualify for a loan before I could drive it, yet the local porsche dealership let me hop right in a new cayman and take off. Mitsubishi FOREVER lost a customer after pulling that crap. Why would someone want to take a credit hit by getting their credit run on a car they aren't even sure they will want?? __________________ 09 370Z ST 6MT//Injen CAI//Greddy CBE//TP//TSW's//Swifts//Stillen lip//Whiteline sways 326whp/268tq Last edited by edub370; 12-31-2011 at 07:59 PM.

01-01-2012, 08:46 AM	#99 (permalink)
Snakes709 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Edmonton Posts: 1,205 Drives: 2011 Evo-X GSR Rep Power: 17	the reason why they only allow test drives on approved loans is they dont want kids coming off the streets to test drive a car when they have no intentions in buying one. If you arent planning on buying the car, keep your * out of it. I had no problems test driving a Evo MR when i was looking at buying one. Ended up getting the GSR cuz we all know manuals are better :P But ill agree, dealerships are full of . I'm currently banned from the one i bought my car from and apparently my manufactors warrenty is voided by them as well (even though they dont have the right to) but doesnt matter. I just orderd about $7000 in aftermarket parts including a new fuel system and bigger turbo...lol. __________________ 2011 Evo-GSR** AMS 2.4 stroker/ bore, FP Black build in progress. Sponsor: DSG Performance Last edited by Snakes709; 01-01-2012 at 08:49 AM.

01-01-2012, 11:14 AM	#104 (permalink)
roplusbee A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Killeen, TX Posts: 2,360 Drives: 2007 350Z NISMO Rep Power: 22	Gotta love the dealerships these days. Personally, I stay away unless I have dealt with them before or I know someone there.............. __________________ 2007 350Z NISMO #0618: Zerolift \| UPREV \| F.I. \| Greddy \| Competition Clutch \| Injector Dynamics \| Aeromotive \| Pioneer \| JL

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sfearl1 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: St. Louis Posts: 2,300 Drives: 2013 FBO E85 GTR Rep Power: 17	I know man, feels good to buy your own stuff. It was funny, the sales guy was probably around my age. I bet he was jealous he couldn't buy one himself.