Might not be as easy as it sounds. I bought my truck from the dealership, when i picked it up they didnt have time to detail it so they made me a appointment a week later. Truck went to the detailing department. When i got it back there were extra km on the odo, 1/8 of a tank of gas missing and my fuel economy was at 38.8L/100km. When i dropped it off it was at 22.5L/100. I questioned them, they said they didnt do anything except drive it across the street to drop it off when done. I checked everything and the wells were clean, cleaner then before, so they scrubbed them after they were ******* around with my truck. Could have done the same to the OP's car.

Just let it go. I've beat the piss out of my car for 15,500 miles and she's going great. 300 is nothing, regardless of how they drove it.

Its only a car dude. On a legal stand point if you put 1 mile on the car then there is no reason thinking about the situation. Enjoy your new ride. How many people do you actually know that do a break in procedure. From my personal experience its hard to hurt a japanese made automobile (17 years). The car is fine man. No worry's dude, put a smile on your face. ;)

I think this response resonates best with me. I don't like making trouble for anyone -particularly around Holiday time- so I had to choose between bitching loud and being philosophical about it.

Ultimately the GM called to apologize. He said the confused foreigner who'd been given my car to register and deliver had driven the car to a DMV in my state, found he had papers missing, drove back to dealership in Brockton MA, then back to DMV in Norwich CT, and from there to my house just 30 minutes away -that last leg took 1.5 hours.
And so arrived just before nightfall and needed to hit me for $20 to get back to the dealership 90 miles away.

Adding this up we still found nearly 90 miles unaccounted for since I'd bought the car 3 days before.

The GM was "embarassed" and offered me an extended warranty as an apology. I'm really not looking for several pieces of silver, but I drive my Z's just 3-4K miles a year and turn then in after 3 years... I've never had much use for the even the standard warranty's protection.

I said "Look man, at least you see that this was so wrong and you're apologizing, but as for recompense, I've got to leave it up to you."

Today I got a follow up call from Nissan USA - standard practice - asking if "everything went smoothly with my new 370Z purchase?"

The lady seemed nice so I told her the whole story (and there were several more false steps than I've bothered to recount).

I actually believed I could hear her head spinning.

It did me a world of good to vent my anger. It'd be nice if there were some recompense to come out of it, but it is wonderfully revitalizing to have had the sympathetic ear of someone who *just perhaps* will kick this story upstairs- where it belongs, IMO.

Thanks for all the interest fellas!

I would have let them drive my car around for a couple hundred miles if it meant getting an extended warranty :icon17:

I like that idea :tup:...that being said mine had 7-8 miles on it when I took hold of it and test drove it. Walked out the door with 13 or 14 miles on it after the test drive and gas fill :tiphat:

I would be out for blood. Someone daily drove your ride for the heck of it.

But...the extended warranty is a nice gift. That would probably make me forget about it.

That didn't come to much did it?? I say 3 meeelllion dollars!

the car I want to buy has 17.1 miles on it.

I'm going to make a note to myself, do NOT accept delivery if it's above 20.

I'd say they matter, those could have been 291 miles with a sh*t load of WOT pulls and redline. You didn't knowingly purchase a brand new vehicle with 291 miles on it. I'd break out my owners manual and show them where it states 1,200 miles below 4000rpm. How can you be sure they didn't do this?

Not knowing, in itself, should be good for an 84 month security plus gold maintenance and service plan.

Other than than, what argument are you going to make? They're certainly not going to give you cash or a different car.

I am pretty sure the dealer would be voiding your warranty if they found out you beat up the car before the break in period ended. There is a reason you are supposed to take it easy on the car for the first few hundred miles. I know the car wasn't delivered to you in that condition, but you have no idea what the dealer did to that car. I have read and heard of way too many horror stories where dealers and mechanics were caught by the cops speeding, get in an accident, or break something else in a vehicle dropped off for maintenance. You know they beat the **** out of that car. Hell, when I test drove TLs I would only take out a model I wouldn't buy, and I tested the acceleration with only 15 miles on the car (kind of feel bad). The manager played the embarrassed card to avoid having to take the car back (if that was possible).

I had the option to buy my TL from a dealer one hour away for the same price as one 3 hours away (both ridiculous deals), but when I called right before leaving I had them check the mileage (220+), and proceeded to make the 3 hour trip to pick up the one with only (24) miles.

Do you have photos of the car showing 9 miles on it before you took delivery?