My Dealer Used My Car for 290 miles!
 

I bought a 370Z Coupe 2010 three days ago at an out of state dealer. The car had been sitting on their lot for 2 months and had 9 miles on the odometer when they were laying the "Sold" stickers on her. Today it was driven to delivery here - 91 miles from the dealer - who then promptly departed in my trade-in (a 350Z).

I just noticed that there are now 388 miles on the odometer!

I know I gotta talk to my sales guy tomorrow, but I keep wondering what could POSSIBLY justify their having done so without asking me - or even telling me?

shouldnt have accepted delivery

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Oh, that is classic! You sir, are a genius!:tiphat:

To OP, go down there and raise hell. You'll probably be able to get a free 2nd oil change, a t shirt, or a travel mug.:tup:

Werd, one of the best of all time!

You...and your Z...got taken for a ride. Check fender-wells for rubber, etc.

Agrree convert.. check the wells for rubber

maybe alot of test drives

I say they did him the favor of breaking it in.

mine had roughly 69 miles on it i think? lol and i bitched at this...

They probably gave it to one of their sales people for the weekend. So basically it was probably raced for 290 miles. I would not have accepted delivery of the car.

Well, it's good and broken in, now. No need for this "under XXXX rpm" crap for you!

Ck youtube....?

My had 98 miles on it at delivery. My came from a dealership in Huston to Austin by truck then to San Antonio by driving. The austin to San Antonio trip is around 70 miles so that leaves 30 miles of loading and unloading from lot to truck to ship to truck to rail to truck to lot to truck to lot.

Just think about how many miles these thing can get just getting them to the dealer.

You are in a good position to make a fight with the dealer. But in the end, don't worry too much. I bought my car with 300 miles on it because I didn't want to wait 3 months. It's been a fantastic, problem-free car. I had a laugh when I first programmed my phone into the car and it went to slot #2. Slot #1 was "Joe's phone", the general manager of the dealership.

If that helps you sleep at night...

Awesome! Definitely a classic!


My car had 9 miles on it when I bought it and I was worried about where the 9 miles came from. You should definitely go have a talk with the dealer.

If your car has under 9 miles it didn't get driven anywhere! We send them out the door with up to 50 miles from the factory. This would account for some extended testing or tire balance issues,etc... I would be pissed though if someone put 200 on my vehicle though! I think .25 a mile would be a good refund!

If I give you a buck, can I put four harsh, brutal miles on your Z?
No way! Ask for a five year maintenance contract or extended warranty. If you start with $72.75 (.25 X 291) you will not have much room to negotiate.:santasleigh2:

Who cares? It's only 300 miles in the 100K you will put on the car.

In the grand scheme of things, those extra miles aren't really going to matter much but still complain and see what they can offer you as compensation.

It sucks though... it's like buying a used mattress, yea it's clean now but you don't really know what kind of nasty things were done on there... it's more of a psychological thing than anything else. You want to be the first person to have fun with the car, to plant your flag and it sucks finding out someone else got there before you did. I am still talking about cars... I think...

i think my car had like 5-6 miles when i test drove it and bought it.

I'm not so worried about the 30 miles but the whole 98 miles that averaged out to 16 MPG. I could get MPGs that low for that long if I tried.

Sure you could. I get 6mpg on the track.

Maybe I shouldn't worry about gas that much then cause my 21.6 mpg is just fine.

I get about 18mpg with my mix of city and highway driving. So 16mpg isn't that terrible. If you're only doing stop-go traffic, 16 is where it'll settle out I'd bet.

Um.......get over it and move on?

If you don't like the thread not one said you had to post a reply. Take your own advice and move on.

I don't have to express sympathy. I don't have to agree with anyone either. So now what?
Nothing. So please refrain from telling me that if I don't like a thread then don't post.

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He doesn't have to refrain from anything, just like you don't

Sorry if we are all making you feel bad but I have to agree with most. I would not have accepted the car. More then likely nothing is going to happen to the car but you also have to remember this is not a Sentra or a Versa. More then likely when a dealer person gets into a Z there gonna beat the balls off of it (I would)

I would not have accepted it. One of the criteria that I used when shopping for my Z was that it must have less than about 12 miles on it. The other was that the front bumper not have been drilled for the license plate. I rejected several cars that otherwise had all the options I wanted because of those things.
I didn't want a car that some 20 something yahoo took for a test/joy ride.

I did the same with my Z. I told my Sales guy that if the car had holes in the bumper I will not be accepting it. So when my Z came in the first thing my Sales guy did was remove the mounts from the trunk and take them inside. Cause as I'm sure we all know just because you tell someone to do something does not mean they will do it.

you can complain about it to the dealer. so they know that you know.
but i really doubt much will come from it. let it go and enjoy your new toy....

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Personally, I'd thank them for helping you with the run-in, forget about it and get on enjoying your car. I think most of us are way too hung up on this "new car with 0 miles" concept. A few hundred miles is nothing. Engine break in and life was a big deal 30 years ago, but not anymore, engines are way over-engineered and come from the factory ready for max output and 200k mile lifespan easy. The dealer should have informed you of the mileage status exactly, which was wrong, but they probably just didn't bother to notice. It really will make no difference.

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What does it matter.. you'll probably trade it in for a Cayman S or a 5.0 in less then a year anyway :stirthepot:

If its an issue, you shouldn't of accepted the car, otherwise drive the piss out it and enjoy

By the time I got my 2009; which was built in January, it was January 18 2010
and my car that originated from maryland and then to Chicago the other 6 months before I found her on Ebay motors. I had 350 miles upon dilevery.