Not the most stupid and quite the contrary, two comments by the dealer:

"It's free, you can have it" --- after I asked for 5 oil drain plug gaskets at the parts counter. At Summit Racing, they cost $5.25 (clue - don't buy from them).

the other, "Nice Z" ---- I'm sure they say this to all owners.


Have a great weekend.

I got asked THREE TIMES if I wrapped or painted my car...
I told them it's stock... One of the sales guys who worked at Nissan for 3 years thought I was lying...

LOL. When they saw the blue Z, they knew they had to mess around with you. you're in their computer in the notes section. Every dealer punches your name in the system and they say, Oh, it's this guy.

That is possible. It wasn't Fontana though.


When I go to Fontana like 5 of the guys come out and "awwww, what happened?"... "Nothing, oil change," lol

Those guys love... I think... Love me there, and I try to be good to them, bring donuts and stuff.
I can literally tell who is new because the guys who have been there for 6+ months ask "What is it in for NOW?" vs "What are you bringing your car in for?"

lol, glad they are treating you good andrew...they now know me as the guy with the modified Note at Fontana

Exactly. My room mate works for Toyota and he'll rattle off all the BS stuff that comes in the Camry and Corolla, and the IS/GS350 but can't tell you anything about the Lexus LFA

Anyway, I came across this ad online. At first just wanted to check out what the car looks like, BUT...

I don't understand...what's your point here?:shakes head::shakes head:

Went to Regal Nissan the other day to grab some spare touch up paint. I pull in and a younger salesman came up and told me he just had to talk to me because of the car. Apparently most of the guys have never seen the SR Nismo. He asked about my exhaust and other mods.

I knew they had a brand new white 2014 Nismo on sale but he said it just sold that morning. I walk up to a group of salesmen just standing around. I asked if they had any Nismos for sale. They just kind of stared at me. "Yeah...there is one back there, silver." Oh is it a 2014?? "Yep". So dismissive. Turns out it was a silver 2013. A customer was checking it out and we started chatting. "The 2014 model is amazing". Yeah this isn't a 2014... "Well that's what the salesmen told me". No its a 2013 trust me. A 2014 has blah blah blah. "No I'm pretty sure this is a 2014 just a different edition". I quit and walked off.

People

I received a call from on of those 800 number yesterday, it was a female from Nissan, wanting to know why I had not had my Nismo serviced yet, it is 10 months old. I told her that it only had 1100 miles on it, not time for an oil change yet, and she suggested that I at least bring it to my local dealership and have them rotate the tires! I told her they could not be rotated, and I dont think she ever understood why even after I hung up on her !

The transmission is now integrated within the engine block, which is where the extra two cylinders come from :icon14:

"Slotted rotors will fix your warped rotor problem"-Service manager.

*500 miles later, slotted rotors warped to hell, pads look great, no heat-spots, Nissan NA involved*

"I never said that. I would never advise non-Nissan parts on a new Nissan vehicle!"--Same service manager.

That dealership would have a lot of sweet gas in their new cars the following morning if anyone would pull that with me.

*sweet gas* mhmm I agree! :iagree:

"You can adjust the stock nismo coilovers pretty easily"

What ???

"Yea the nismos come with coilovers"

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When I went car shopping with my sister they advertised as 'Certified Pre-Owned Pricing'. When it came time to talk numbers, something wasn't adding up. I asked, why are you up charging for CPO, I thought it was built into your sales price, since your ad read: 'Certified Pre-Owned Price'

Dealer: Oh all of our cars are Pre-Certified Pre-owned.

Me: So why did you advertise it as 'CPO price' then tack on an additional $1500 to that price to make it CPO? I could understand if you mistakenly posted for this car, but I'm looking at your site now on my phone, and it looks like you like to deceivingly advertise...

Dealer: let me talk to my sales manager...

I was in the other day as I'm currently in the market for my Z, I sat down with the salesman to talk about ordering. He immediately says I'll have to speak with my manager, talks with him for a minute then comes back. He flat out told me that he couldn't order a new car as the "2014's" (not a typo) don't come out till around August and that he couldn't give me anything on pricing. He instead offered to show the the basic MSRP price on Nissan's website and I said no I can just as easily do that from home, I'm not here to have you hold my hand through the website. So the then he proceeds to try to sell me the 13' sitting out front, the only Z on the lot. I laughed and said "so why do the 14's not come out until the 2015's would almost be arriving?" to which all he could say was I don't know, just the way it is. I had pretty much had enough of them trying to pull one over on me and walked out.

A few days later I went to another dealership that was more than happy to accommodate ordering a car without charging me the delivery fee if they didn't have what I wanted on the lot. (I realize they may try to snub me with that fee somewhere in the paperwork).

This is why I always get the customer that is inquiring about a Z in my dealership. Literally shaking my head at the things I have read on here... I would tell these sales people:gtfo2:

I was told, by the service manager, that I had high standards after I found a nick in each of my new front wheels when they did an alignment.

:icon14:

I would have told the service manager: "You're damn right. When do I come back for my new wheels?" :shakes head:

"The 370z and 350z are the same cars they just redid the exterior a little bit"

Me: " really? But I thought they called it 350 because it had 3.5 liter engine and 370 because it had 3.7 liters"

Another dealerships salesman said "it's front wheel drive"


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Service Agent: "TSBs are only good for 12 months from the original purchase date."

Me: "Really, so what happens when a TSB comes out on a 2 year old car?"

Service Agent: "Umm...let me check. Anyway, if it's over a year, we'll have to charge you an exploratory fee."

Me: "Yeah, right. Is this scripted somewhere, or did you just pull that out of your a**?"

My 2012 roadster, which I bought gently-used this January, had the issue of the windows not going down far enough to avoid catching on the top when you open the doors. The TSB calls for a window adjustment and top replacement if the top is damaged.

I went to another dealer, showed them the problem, and got a totally different attitude. I left the car with them, they adjusted the windows and called me to pick it up. My windows were adjusted properly and there was absolutely no mention of money.

You should get in touch with NNA to tell them about Dealer #1.

Was getting an oil change done last year before I put it away, they checked the tread and listed that I needed new tires soon. The lovely salesman quotes me 4 tires all the same size and dimensions.... really??

Went to the dealer tod.... oh wait. I don't go to dealerships anymore.

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dumbest thing you've ever heard at a dealership
 

saw this thread on a couple other forums and i got a kick out of it.

mine was at a used car dealer when i was about 19. lookin at an sti

Me: can we look at the STI out front?
dealer: that thing is twin turbo'd so we don't let anyone drive it
me: uhh actually i think that's just a single turbo (trying to be nice)
dealer: no i promise you its a twin turbo
me: i think you may be wrong on that one

(at this point the dealer raises his voice)

dealer: do you want me to pop the hood and prove it to you?!
*pops hood. proceeds to point to one side of intake mani, then the other*
dealer: see!? 1 and 2!
me: uhhh... ok i'm gonna leave now since you have no idea what's even on your lot

Pull up to stealership in my stock '97 240sx

Tech: "Nice Skyline"

Me: "um, this is a stock 240sx"

Tech: "No, it has a skyline front conversion"

maybe tech was not born yet in 97..

Another incident when my brother was looking to buy an S14 (he ended up getting a mint '98)

Brother On phone to dealer "just to make sure, it's advertised as a manual 5 speed is that correct?"

Dealer "Let me go look"

....5 minutes go by....

Dealer "Yep, 5 speed manual"

Brother drives 3 hours to go look at and hopefully puchase car

Dealer "here it is!"

Brother "That's a 4 speed automatic"

Drives 3 hours back home



His car now:

Haha. Hope so, this was is 2003/4.

"Lets sit down and work out a great deal for you."

Also, when buying my Z, my dad was with at one dealer. Sales guy calls me a few days later, "you need to come buy this now, your dad will agree it is a good deal." My father heard that and started laughing while I was on the phone.

Everything out of the salesmans mouth?

i use to hand my kid the phone (when he was a baby) all calls from car dealerships.

dada booboo da?

wat? ken? hello?

biii booo baaah..

hello?

Me agreeing To pay $2500 over MSRP for the new vet

we already have a thread about this here:

http://www.the370z.com/nissan-370z-g...an-dealer.html

yah, edub mentioned he got kicked out or something? :confused:

Dealer: Nice 350!

Me: yea thanks it's a 370

"The price you're getting is great, this is an amazing one time only deal the manager said. Its already below invoice, you know that is what WE pay...What should we lose money here??"