Test drive dealer liars

[StoutFiles]

i have done that for years if i really want something i need to know what i'm going to get myself into.

Well he straight up told the dealer he didn't want to buy the car. I think if you told the dealer beforehand there was no way you we're buying the car they wouldn't waste their time taking it out.

[THE EVIL TW1N]

Originally Posted by fdjizm

i wouldnt let someone joyride in a dealer car either unless they were serious.



lol

That video is pretty old. It was confirmed a long time ago that the video was fake. The guy bought that car and the salesman was his friend.

[THE EVIL TW1N]

Originally Posted by StoutFiles

Well he straight up told the dealer he didn't want to buy the car. I think if you told the dealer beforehand there was no way you we're buying the car they wouldn't waste their time taking it out.

"Buyers are liars."

[THE EVIL TW1N]

Originally Posted by aborrego

i have done that for years if i really want something i need to know what i'm going to get myself into.

It's one thing to be a stroker and another to be a real potential buyer. If you think the car might wow you enough to buy that day on a great deal, then you should test drive. If not, you shouldn't be test driving it.

[Joe Remi]

Originally Posted by THE EVIL TW1N

It's one thing to be a stroker and another to be a real potential buyer. If you think the car might wow you enough to buy that day on a great deal, then you should test drive. If not, you shouldn't be test driving it.

I disagree. My purchase decisions tend to be a slow burn. Lots of reading and thinking and looking. I hardly ever buy a car the day I drive it. I go back home, talk to the wife and sleep on it. I do agree you should be serious about possibly buying it soon, but not necessarily the same day.

[StoutFiles]

I disagree. My purchase decisions tend to be a slow burn. Lots of reading and thinking and looking. I hardly ever buy a car the day I drive it. I go back home, talk to the wife and sleep on it. I do agree you should be serious about possibly buying it soon, but not necessarily the same day.

Right, but I think in this particular story the buyer made it pretty clear he wasn't going to buy the car as he was buying a house instead. Not today, not tomorrow, not in a very long time.

This isn't a Aveo or Cobalt, it's a brand new Camaro. This car is hot, people will want to come to the dealership to see it, and the less miles on it the better. If I was a dealer I would have said no as well....most would. They're trying to run a business, not a joyride factory.

[2010SSRSM6]

It's one thing to have to get the car out of the showroom, but if its outside and "available" they should have let you drive it. At least you were able to get the feel of the V6.

[TxBandit911]

I have heard of dealers trying to keep cars for a while that have been ordered or already sold so they can "show it off". Screw that, if i sign the papers, I am leaving in the car, period. My '04 GTO was purchased when it was on the truck on the way to the dealer, I bought it before it ever got there. The call and tell me the car was in PDI and i could pick it up tomorow. I show up, every bastard in the building had been driving it around, it had 100 miles on it when I picked it up. I was so pissed, I almost didnt buy the car. I told them, up front, being this was the first GTO they got, I dont want anyone even sitting in it. Well, so much for that. I was told by a freind of mine that worked at the dealer the morons in the service department had been in the back lot doing burnouts in it the day before I picked it up. She told them that this car was already sold and the owner was most likely kick there asses if he found out who they are, needless to say, i never got names and shit. She got the manager and took the keys and hid them till i arrived to pick up the car. I got a discount and some free stuff. Paid less than $30k for the first GTO at that lot, sticker was like $33 or something. After that, I will never trust a dealer nor anyone working there ever again.

[Inspector 17]

Originally Posted by cam2fst4u

It always seems that you are talking to me when you say stuff like that...lol

I usually am! They really are nice. You should go talk to them.

[tones2SS]

I really don't blame the dealer for not letting you take the cars out.
Not trying to bust balls here, but you actually came out & told him you were in the process of buying a house. The sent a red flag to the salesman and dealership.
(You should have lied and said that you are comparing the SS to the SRT-8 Challenger.) lol!!!!

[OrangeCruSSh]

Originally Posted by cyberbro

Stripes?

Yeah it's Stripes.

[Ninjak]

Hmm have to agree here. I am one who like to test and prod and poke anything I am going to buy. But TBH, I do not even accept the T-Drive unless I am serious about buying. I do not want to to waste their time or mines.

Being that the car is super new..it will be that way for a while I guess. A few months from now, they will be begging people to test drive the car.

[camarossrs2150]

Originally Posted by camaropete

CamaroDan, I have to tell you that I am not sure why you are pissed. I think if I was the dealer I would have done the same thing to you. These are some of the first SS cars on dealer lots and you want to go for a drive in a car when you have no intentions of buying? Certainly, they shouldn't have told you they were allowing test drives on the phone or they should have clarified that test drives were for serious buyers only. And I don't see why they wouldn't let you drive the V6 car at least.

i agree all you want to do is tell your friends i drove a camaro .listen get the house next year and buy the camaro now .well you should have least told the dealer that

[GM-REX]

Originally Posted by camaropete

CamaroDan, I have to tell you that I am not sure why you are pissed. I think if I was the dealer I would have done the same thing to you. These are some of the first SS cars on dealer lots and you want to go for a drive in a car when you have no intentions of buying? Certainly, they shouldn't have told you they were allowing test drives on the phone or they should have clarified that test drives were for serious buyers only. And I don't see why they wouldn't let you drive the V6 car at least.

And there's a chance with that policy that they are chasing away potential customers. Someone may walk in ask to test drive and be surprised enough by the car that they come back within a week and buy it. I've seen this happen many times. And with the situation GM and these dealers are in they should be doing everything possible to peak interest and sell these cars. Internet hype is not the same as it in person and test driving it.