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Originally posted by DarkRaptor42
Ok so get this. The nearest subaru dealership to me is 30+ miles away. I call this place to check and make sure that the have an STi. They have 3. So my family and I hope in the car and take off to sacramento. We get there and I tell the guy I want to test drive the car before I think about buying it. They tell me no and that its in limited quantity, people want it with 0 miles blah blah blah. I tell him that I have 15K to put down and that Im a serious buyer and just gonna have the folks co sign so I can get a good interest rate (being 19 with no credit hurts). The salesman tells me that I have to have pracitcally BOUGHT the car before I can even start it up. They also tell me some lame *** story about people flying up from LA to buy there STi s I look at him and say "wheres this line of people"? Then he tells me that they dont make the gold rims for it anymore because subaru ran out of gold paint! Then tells me that the STi sells for 48k on Ebay BS!!!. At this point I tell him that Im a car salesman myself and let people drive the crossfire on my lot which cost alot more than the Sti and is much more limited.
At this point i dont even want the STi anymore and tell the guy hes just lost a deal. I drive down to the Mitsubishi dealership hoping to give them my money. Nope same case. THEY DONT WANT TO LET ME TESTDRIVE THE CAR BEFORE I BUY IT!!!! what the heck people. So the point in my rant is this, now im either going to go buy an RX8 (those people keep calling me asking for testdrive) or Ask if anyone knows of a mitsubishi or subaru dealership in NorCal that will let me test drive the car I want before I do paperwork.
This is really lame. I would never ever treat my customers like I was treated at these dealerships.
anyone have any advice?
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when you call them about a test drive mention your a salesperson. call and say hi this is (your name here) from the (your dealership here) and im intrested in buying an Sti but wanna test drive it. (last dealership you tried) gave me problems and acted liek they didnt want to make me this sale so Im calling you. something like that.. or call and speak with the sales manager. (dont take offense to this) dont settle for talking to a salesperson.