Getting the dealership run-around on test driving

edub370

bought mine when i was 22. test drove 3 before i bought mine. dealership is full of sh!t and doesn't want your business. go back with this page handy and show them

if they would like i can provide a list of 2 nissan dealerships that instantly let me drive one.

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kenchan

my experience was very good. walked into the dealership, looked over at the sales counter gave a big 'hello!', sat in a Z on the floor, joked around with the sales guy for a few mins how crappy the cluster looked, and moments later was on a test drive car #1.

then did another test drive on car #2 (my car) the same day, paid, and drove her home.

drove up to in a honda fit even. lol

cossie1600

I think car shopping is like gambling. You sometimes get some good ones and you sometimes bad ones. I am not sure if you ever win if you play the game all the time in the long run. When the 370 first came out, the dealership lowballed and insulted me on a yellow one I liked. I waited a year before I started shopping for a 370 again. Once again, a different dealership treated me like I was wasting their time even though I was ready to buy. I ended up buying that very same car from another Nissan dealership 30 miles away (they did a swap).

There is a Nissan dealership 4 miles away from my house. While their sales staff had always treated me right, but we never could close a deal because they would always offer me $2500 less on my trade in than the any other dealerships. I always tell them they have to fire their used car manager if they want me to buy a car from them. With the invention of the internet, I just bypass the whole mess and do all my homework up online.

SS66

I think the salesman in some ways are just being a car sales person. A bad one but generally speaking they are somewhat from the same ilk. Yes their are good one's but at the end of the day they are car sales people. I just have one other thought on your experience.

You should have not mentioned you were currently unemployed. Thats really none of a the sales persons business at the intial start. Unfortuantely I think that played into that salemans mindset that you were unable to buy the car that day. If buying I don't think you would have been able to finance on your terms. Sure some dealerships will finance with some risk at their rate or terms to you and your current exsisting situation. That rate usually is more of a benifit to them than you. In closing if you had not mentioned that part you would have been going for a test drive.

Gauge

I had a similair situation in which I couldn't get finaincing to anyone to talk to me. I was a student with plent of money but that didn't matter.

I got out of school and started my job(had it locked in when I was looking for a car). Now people are falling head over heels to sell me a car and give me credit cards. If you want credit you have to play by their terms. I support their harsh attitudes only because they need to be harsh to prevent the kinda crap that was happening with giving out too many loans to people who couldn't afford them. It's also helpful to understand, a loan is almost no different then a loan from a friend. They are doing YOU a favor, not the other way around. So don't be mad when they say no

In all honesty, if you aren't willing to wait until you start your job to get the car that kinda throws up a red flag. Like "why does he want it so bad RIGHT NOW..." Just tossing in my 2 cents.

drdre8424

they pulled my Z out of the showroom floor so i could drive it, i felt kinda special for a minute. it was also late on a saturday night and they wanted to sell something, i guess it worked.

kenchan

at the end of the day the sales person is a person. treat them well and they return something back. if they dont treat you well, nothing's stopping one from walking out and shopping around elsewhere.

intrigue

The sales person doesn't need to be kissing your *** but they absolutely should treat you with respect. Their job, how they put bread on the table, is selling you a car. No one has sold me anything by acting like a jerk to me.

I went to two Nissan dealerships. The first experience was not good. The salesman obviously was pre-occupied, we ran out of gas on the test drive at which point he got out of the car and waited around back for another salesman with a gas can to drive over from the dealership (it would have been better for him to use that time to show me the interior features and apologize for not fueling the vehicle).

He then refused to budge on the price. I said "Thanks, call me"

The next day, I walked into a different dealership. The salesman came right over to me and I expressed that I wanted a Z. He said that he'd work with me and do whatever he could to get me into a Z that day.

The salesman took me for a test drive before talking about ANYTHING else. We drove around for a few minutes. When we got back in, I gave him a number. He said it might not be workable - went to his boss, came back and said "ok, let's sign some papers". Very pleasant, he introduced me to everyone, got me a snack while we waited, and bought me a few key fobs.

Will I go back to that dealership? Yep. Will I tell my family to go there? Yep. Will I ever go back to the first one? Hell no.

Make them earn your business. If they don't want it, throw birds at them and walk out.

CC_370z

They should be begging you to take the car for a test drive. You need to find another dealership.

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370zproject

i test drove the Z at 20 XD

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