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So there I was, wanting to remove the dealer Nametag from the back of my Z- in my excitement at getting her finally a few months back, I never even

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Old 08-07-2011, 08:49 AM   #1 (permalink)
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So there I was, wanting to remove the dealer Nametag from the back of my Z- in my excitement at getting her finally a few months back, I never even thought about the nametag issue till recently. It was sitting a little crooked, not to mention a too lengthy set of lettering on the rear deck, so with a little help from my more experienced Z friends, we started peeling the letters off one by one. It was relatively easy to do, with very few issues, till I removed one of the letters and my heart sank... there it was, a gouge in the paint - but what caused it? We were not using any tools, nor the letters were proving to be difficult - just peeled right off! Then we had an epiphany! The car was found and transported from another dealership - which meant it had the other dealer's nametag on it. The successive dealer removed the old dealer tag, and in doing so must have gouged the paint in the car. So, what did they do afterwards? They just stuck THEIR nametag right atop the gouge - there, that fixed it! He'll never know! How many "regular" folk actually take the dealer tag off? Just us gearheads I imagine. Well, I made a call to my salesman pronto last night, gave him an earful, and he promised to look at it Monday afternoon and see how it needs to be remedied. He is a good guy I have to say, and I can bet he did not know it was gouged (he was being helped by a junior salesman at the time who was taking care of the detailing while we were finishing up the paperwork). You know, my issue is not the gouge itself so much, but in the deception that I was subjected to... if they had come to me and said, hey, we are very sorry-while we were doing this we scratched/gouged the paint - but we'll take care of it - we'll fix it immediately for you - it'll be like new we promise, ok, so I would have been mad a little - but a lot more understanding than I am right now. I just don't like underhanded lying deceiving people... There will be hell to pay come Monday evening at the dealership...
Here is a pic of Before and After... Beware the Dealer nametag guys!
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