Weekly Wednesday 350Z/370Z Meets in Queens/Great Neck - Official Thread

[mr_sk]

Originally Posted by Arnold K.

That one isn't any better though, bro. May even be worse seeing as how many times it exchanged hands. Pretty weird history there.

But I'm glad you made it home fine. And I'm glad you didn't get stuck with a piece of sh*t jalopy. You wanna come out tomorrow to the meet?

The service history is fine IMO, I don't see anything that is a red flag. Sure it changed hands, but GTRs do. I mean I don't see any major service / maintenance issues here. Anyways, yeah I'll be there.

Also, **** wasn't cheap, it was a 2009 w/17k going for 66,500 from the dealer. So, you'd expect the car to be in great condition. Whatever, I learned my lesson. I really wanted to buy from the dealer because of the warranty issues and they are stating the car hasn't been modded, launched, etc, all under warranty. etc. blah blah.

AND the dealer/sales guy told me this CAR had NEVER BEEN LAUNCHED.

[AlphaSnacks]

Good. Bring that shizz tomorrow, son. Don't forget the tools

No homo. :|

[AlphaSnacks]

Dealers are all full of sh*t. I would never buy a car like GT-R used - it is an extremely easy car to abuse. Supras. TT 300ZXs. STIs. EVOs. Etc - people abuse the piss out of these cars, and the GT-R will fall into that category. It's relatively cheap to buy and very easy to lease.

But if driven right, they are supposed to be fairly reliable. Nick911SC's dad has a GT-R and he's never had a problem with it, and he drives it almost daily.

[mr_sk]

Here's the full story guys: Review: Dishonorable experience at Gwinnett Place Certified GTR Dealer, Duluth GA - NAGTROC - The Nissan GT-R Owners Club

[mjg]

I read your thread Ben. What a mess... That sucks, sorry to hear this.

Dealers are scam artists. 2/3 nissan dealerships I've purchase vehicles from were pathetic, and put me through an experience. If you disregard expenses of the car, and consider it's the same sales people who sell GTR's and used Muranos there are no excuses.

Forget warranties man, and maybe the answer is to buy a car from a private party, have the car inspected by a good mechanic you trust, and enter a situation you feel comfortable with, after you satisfied all your concerns. This place sounds like a bad business, and it's a good thing you trusted your gut and got the hell out of there.

There are more GTR's, and that money will go far in a lot of places, keep looking and find the right car man. GL

[AlphaSnacks]

Holy. Sh*t.

Read it all. I can't believe how terrible the whole situation was. Man, I'd post this on every forum. What a bunch of scum bag pieces of crap.

[AlphaSnacks]

Btw, sorry again you had to go through that. Come by tomorrow, coffee's on me dude.

I'll try and help you find a nice GT-R if you'd like.

[chuckd05]

Arnold , the carfax you originally posted with the miles not going up like they should could of easily been some one rolling back the miles.. car fax wouldn't pick that up as mile fraud unless he went backwards... he could of simply left the car out of the dealer and rolled it back to a little over the last time he was there..

also people who have gtr's may be anal about the car and have it looked at more than normal.. i mean yea it was checked extensively but maybe he wanted to make sure his car was good to go at all times... no reason that changing fluid is a bad thing, its an expensive transmission, maybe he wanted to change it... but the fact that the car was driven 1-2k a month to 1k a year is def a red flag for me.. and i would stay away from that car based on that fact...

as for the car fax on SK's , I see nothing wrong with it at all.. seems like Mercedes prob bought the car to sell, realized it wasn't worth it, wholesaled it , was bought in an auction by "Tims garage" and sold... than that owner sold it... the car is expensive to own, people buy it than realize it and get rid of it... his carfax looks fine to me... I wouldn't of wrote that car off based on that at all...

I am about to check sk's entire story now though, i feel bad before i looked at his thread

[mr_sk]

Hey guys, thanks for the support. I'm going to war.

[Thechidz]

Ben, again im sorry to hear about this. Seems like a common problem with dealers. I was also outright lied to about the price of my z by rockland nissan, but the car itself didnt have nearly the problems you experienced with th gtr (except for the bald tires mine had as well). What ny nissan dealership did you have problems with?

[mr_sk]

I had a bad experience with Advantage Nissan - the finance guy is actually gone (left or fired, they wouldn't say - but didn't sound surprised as my issue) and now and I'm going over next week I believe to possibly remedy an erroneous charge.

Ben, again im sorry to hear about this

Thanks man.

as for the car fax on SK's , I see nothing wrong with it at all.. seems like Mercedes prob bought the car to sell, realized it wasn't worth it, wholesaled it , was bought in an auction by "Tims garage" and sold... than that owner sold it... the car is expensive to own, people buy it than realize it and get rid of it... his carfax looks fine to me... I wouldn't of wrote that car off based on that at all...

I am about to check sk's entire story now though, i feel bad before i looked at his thread

My reasoning as well.

I read your thread Ben. What a mess... That sucks, sorry to hear this.

Dealers are scam artists. 2/3 nissan dealerships I've purchase vehicles from were pathetic, and put me through an experience. If you disregard expenses of the car, and consider it's the same sales people who sell GTR's and used Muranos there are no excuses.

Forget warranties man, and maybe the answer is to buy a car from a private party, have the car inspected by a good mechanic you trust, and enter a situation you feel comfortable with, after you satisfied all your concerns. This place sounds like a bad business, and it's a good thing you trusted your gut and got the hell out of there.

There are more GTR's, and that money will go far in a lot of places, keep looking and find the right car man. GL

Thanks man - I know, crazy in the end. Won't be going with a Nissan at all for the next car. Looking to get rid of the Z soon and probably go Evo or Sti or who knows...I just can't see giving Nissan a penny ... sorry guys.

Btw, sorry again you had to go through that. Come by tomorrow, coffee's on me dude.

I'll try and help you find a nice GT-R if you'd like.

Thanks man - you guys are straight classy. heh. Really, you guys are solid. Thanks for all the support.

[Jeffblue]

Originally Posted by mr_sk

Thanks man - I know, crazy in the end. Won't be going with a Nissan at all for the next car. Looking to get rid of the Z soon and probably go Evo or Sti or who knows...I just can't see giving Nissan a penny ... sorry guys.

bmw 335

[mr_sk]

Originally Posted by Jeffblue

bmw 335

They are nice - I do want something that already has factory turbo(s).

[Jeffblue]

Originally Posted by mr_sk

They are nice - I do want something that already has factory turbo(s).

i mean... you get just as much power with a 335 as a wrx or evo but its actually nice inside. also available with AWD, and when its tuned its faster than either of them.

[Cmike2780]

[QUOTE=mr_sk;1399214]I had a bad experience with Advantage Nissan - the finance guy is actually gone (left or fired, they wouldn't say - but didn't sound surprised as my issue) and now and I'm going over next week I believe to possibly remedy an erroneous charge.QUOTE]

I also know of a bad experience with Advantage Nissan. My sister was bought a pathfinder there in January. She had VPP pricing and with all the deals going on at the time, she thought she was going to have a pretty easy transaction. It ended up being one of the worst car buying experience I've ever seen. Setting the price and negotiating went smoothly since the VPP pricing was pretty much set. The problem started with the finance manager. She signed the paperwork on the last day of Nissan's end of the year sales event. All seemed fine. We leave with the new car and the finance manager said we would need to come back the next day to get a copy of the paperwork. Didn't seem out of the ordinary, so she said okay. Well, the next day, the finance manager said she was going to mail the paperwork instead, so my sister said "that's fine". A week goes by, still nothing. Called again and said to just come by the dealership. Of course, she (the finance manager) wasn't there that day and just left the paperwork. After reviewing what the finance manager had given, it looked like a lot of it was missing including the bill of sales. Just some kind of photocopied receipt. The final price of the car was also over $12,000 more than what was agreed upon, I kid you not. It turns out, the finance manager missed the deadline or screwed something up with the rebates. She also tacked on an extended warranty and service contract that was never agreed on. She also left out the balance of the trade-in. After speaking to manager after manager, managers promising to resolve matter and other BS, my sister spent almost six months before she got refunded the difference. They fired that manager because of this, but they wouldn't honor the original deal. It put her in a rough spot because she had already sent payments on the car every month. It was a lot worst than I make it sound. I will never buy another car from these guys. We also found out about a month later that they never registered the car with DMV, wft?