Beware: the extended warranty is not Nissan!

[DavidInIndy]

Hello fellow Z owners!

I received a letter from my local Nissan dealer (who I’m on good terms with) a couple weeks back regarding my original warranty coming close to expiration and would I like to extend this base warranty. Well, I put it off for a while, but on the way home yesterday, I decided to call the number from this letter, BUT...it was not my dealer who I was talking to. Here’s what happened:

Me: Yeah, I’m calling in regard to this extended warranty letter I received for my car.

“Nissan” guy: OK, what’s your vehicle model and year?

Me: 2010, 370z.

“Nissan” guy: Ohhh….you know I have a co-worker here who was just talking about that car and how she wanted to get one. Literally, just before you called she was saying that.

So do you think you’ll be keeping this car for many years, say 4 to 5 years.

Me: Yeah, I hope so.

“Nissan” guy: Because our warranty period is…blah, blah, blah


** This is where we got into the details of the deal and he pitched a pretty outrageous cost. I didn’t say “no” right away but decided to have fun with this pretend Nissan person before I hung up. **


Me: Alright, email me details and I’ll think about it.

“Nissan” guy: OK, I’m doing that right now.

Me: And before I hang up, tell your girlfriend in the office this: “Baby-doll, this guy says the best thing about…”

“Nissan” guy: (Laughing and interrupting me.)

Me: Oh sorry, was that inappropriate?? OK say this to her: “Sugar tits, this guy on the phone says the best thing about this car are the cooling seats because it’s 1,000 degrees outside and his back and butt are cool.”

“Nissan” guy: (Having a hard time saying this to her because he’s laughing so hard.)


** So be warned that (1) either Nissan has out-sourced this extended warranty thing or (2) this firm has purchased customer data from Nissan so they could approach us. Probably more a combination of both, I’m thinking. Just FYI fellow Z drivers. **