dont it just p*ss you off when...
25 March 2005, 08:04 PM
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dont it just p*ss you off when...
You drive 70 miles to view a car at a dealers, to be told its not arriving until tommorow... erm how come the photo in the ad shows it on your forecourt!!
and i wouldnt have wasted my time driving over.. and no appology either ..
or another company who advertises cars with photos has no premises as such,,
just a fancy door in a residential street... where the f dod they keep the cars then??
it amazes me how these people manage to do business..
M
and i wouldnt have wasted my time driving over.. and no appology either ..
or another company who advertises cars with photos has no premises as such,,
just a fancy door in a residential street... where the f dod they keep the cars then??
it amazes me how these people manage to do business..
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25 March 2005, 08:28 PM
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Originally Posted by paulr
Very annoying yes,or when they say its metallic and it isnt.
Hence why it pays to ring first.
Hence why it pays to ring first.
would of done but according to there ad, the stock list had been updated for that day.. couldnt see any reason to question it..
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25 March 2005, 08:52 PM
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I always phone and make an appointment if there is specific car I'm interested in. It also means you're likely to be taken more seriously and not viewed as just a tyre-kicker. It's happened quite a few times that I've phoned about a car only to be told that a deposit has been taken that very day and it's no longer available, so always worth doing.
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25 March 2005, 08:54 PM
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Originally Posted by GCollier
I always phone and make an appointment if there is specific car I'm interested in. It also means you're likely to be taken more seriously and not viewed as just a tyre-kicker. It's happened quite a few times that I've phoned about a car only to be told that a deposit has been taken that very day and it's no longer available, so always worth doing.
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and that allows them to run the bu**er replace the knacked battery / dodgy starter etc... and hide numerous faults!!!
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26 March 2005, 08:38 AM
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lol.. we wenr to look at a car in nottingham yesterday, Im actually suprised we walk away from the garage alive, in fact I fully expected my mate to get mugged, mst dodgy geezers ever. car was advertised at £895... we looked round it, decided it was a bit too tatty for what he wanted. this skin head walks out and starts asking why we dont want it. were walking away and he starts £500... so I start laughing and tell my mate its got to be worth that, next thing I know this guy is shouting at me Im a f*#kin idiot and giving him attitude 
wtf is that all about... asked where we are from and starts on about how he comes to our town to beat up people... tried to take us round the back to show us what his real business is and why he cant be ar$ed with us pair looking at this poxy car, as the plonker he is my mate follows him round the back... no chance I thought.. stayed out front where I could be seen...lol was happy to get it the car and drive away in tact....
in actual fact round the back he had a hummer and a gorgeous beemer. some moneys worth and I would put money on them cars being nicked
wtf is that all about... asked where we are from and starts on about how he comes to our town to beat up people... tried to take us round the back to show us what his real business is and why he cant be ar$ed with us pair looking at this poxy car, as the plonker he is my mate follows him round the back... no chance I thought.. stayed out front where I could be seen...lol was happy to get it the car and drive away in tact....in actual fact round the back he had a hummer and a gorgeous beemer. some moneys worth and I would put money on them cars being nicked
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26 March 2005, 06:44 PM
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Remember looking for a Corrado several years ago. Travelled 80 miles to a garage after the salesmen assured me it was completely mint in every way in response to my questions. He waxed lyrical about the car but was 'honest enough' to point out it had an almost imperceptible blemish on the rear nearside wheel arch. 
When I finally arrived and looked at the car the blemish he had mentioned was the best bit of the car. Every alloy was badly kerbed, there were that many bumps in the metal work i was convinced it must have been parked in the middle of a golf driving range.
The inside was worse ! Looked like the inside of a skip and it just had to have been clocked...even the steering wheel wasn't on straight.
Some car dealers just seem to be like that I suppose
When I finally arrived and looked at the car the blemish he had mentioned was the best bit of the car. Every alloy was badly kerbed, there were that many bumps in the metal work i was convinced it must have been parked in the middle of a golf driving range.
The inside was worse ! Looked like the inside of a skip and it just had to have been clocked...even the steering wheel wasn't on straight.
Some car dealers just seem to be like that I suppose
26 March 2005, 07:14 PM
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LUCKY MAN 9 SHOOTING S IN NOTTINGHAM THIS YEAR
Originally Posted by davegtt
lol.. we wenr to look at a car in nottingham yesterday, Im actually suprised we walk away from the garage alive, in fact I fully expected my mate to get mugged, mst dodgy geezers ever. car was advertised at £895... we looked round it, decided it was a bit too tatty for what he wanted. this skin head walks out and starts asking why we dont want it. were walking away and he starts £500... so I start laughing and tell my mate its got to be worth that, next thing I know this guy is shouting at me Im a f*#kin idiot and giving him attitude wtf is that all about... asked where we are from and starts on about how he comes to our town to beat up people... tried to take us round the back to show us what his real business is and why he cant be ar$ed with us pair looking at this poxy car, as the plonker he is my mate follows him round the back... no chance I thought.. stayed out front where I could be seen...lol was happy to get it the car and drive away in tact....
in actual fact round the back he had a hummer and a gorgeous beemer. some moneys worth and I would put money on them cars being nicked
wtf is that all about... asked where we are from and starts on about how he comes to our town to beat up people... tried to take us round the back to show us what his real business is and why he cant be ar$ed with us pair looking at this poxy car, as the plonker he is my mate follows him round the back... no chance I thought.. stayed out front where I could be seen...lol was happy to get it the car and drive away in tact....in actual fact round the back he had a hummer and a gorgeous beemer. some moneys worth and I would put money on them cars being nicked
26 March 2005, 08:30 PM
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Further to J4CKO's comment.
To me the person selling it is just as important as the car itself.
The number of times that I have not bought what looked like a nice car in all aspects because the seller was giving it, "yeah,mate, innit, nice mota yeah, proper".
If I don't trust the seller I dont trust the car. Simple.
To me the person selling it is just as important as the car itself.
The number of times that I have not bought what looked like a nice car in all aspects because the seller was giving it, "yeah,mate, innit, nice mota yeah, proper".
If I don't trust the seller I dont trust the car. Simple.
26 March 2005, 09:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Tiggs
70 miles to see a car and you didnt call first???
there are a hundread reasons to call!!!
check its there, check not sold, check you can drive it if you like it...etc...etc
there are a hundread reasons to call!!!
check its there, check not sold, check you can drive it if you like it...etc...etc
as we were likly to be that way during the day we went over... why anounce that you are comming... it gives them time to get a poor starter running or freshen up a poor vehicle... arrive unnanounced, that way you see it warts an
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i forgot about you tiggs. you make mary poppins seem like a cheap tart.
it must be sad in your utopian world.
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27 March 2005, 12:13 AM
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how do u view a car exactly without seeing it unless its from a garage that has a wb site and address??? u have to ring and askwhere they are at least....
27 March 2005, 03:43 PM
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Originally Posted by davegtt
how do u view a car exactly without seeing it unless its from a garage that has a wb site and address??? u have to ring and askwhere they are at least....
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28 March 2005, 01:39 PM
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Well we phoned before we left,
car on forecourt....
mileage incorrect, vehicle spec incorrect...
was a bit of a dog really..... why do they do it???
so we detoured and looked at some alternates....
then swmbo tels me she dosnt was a small car she wants a bigger one.
then we see a 406 and she,s wanting to buy it on the spot...
managed to stop her, but now it starts all over again looking for bigger cars..
women, dont you just love em!!!
Mart
car on forecourt....
mileage incorrect, vehicle spec incorrect...
was a bit of a dog really..... why do they do it???
so we detoured and looked at some alternates....
then swmbo tels me she dosnt was a small car she wants a bigger one.
then we see a 406 and she,s wanting to buy it on the spot...
managed to stop her, but now it starts all over again looking for bigger cars..
women, dont you just love em!!!
Mart
28 March 2005, 01:45 PM
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Originally Posted by mart360
no not rally,,, according to the autotrader ad it was 36 miles from my location..
as we were likly to be that way during the day we went over... why anounce that you are comming... it gives them time to get a poor starter running or freshen up a poor vehicle... arrive unnanounced, that way you see it warts an
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i forgot about you tiggs. you make mary poppins seem like a cheap tart.
it must be sad in your utopian world.
Mart
as we were likly to be that way during the day we went over... why anounce that you are comming... it gives them time to get a poor starter running or freshen up a poor vehicle... arrive unnanounced, that way you see it warts an
all
i forgot about you tiggs. you make mary poppins seem like a cheap tart.
it must be sad in your utopian world.
Mart
luckily i've never had to buy a bag of nails like you describe.
i call to make sure its ready for me...you dont and waste your time....utopia is cool!
28 March 2005, 02:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Tiggs
luckily i've never had to buy a bag of nails like you describe.
i call to make sure its ready for me...you dont and waste your time....utopia is cool!
i call to make sure its ready for me...you dont and waste your time....utopia is cool!
yes tiggs some of us have to look at bags of nails, it called running a family to a budget..
it surprises me how you and pissy bother to post on here,
given that everyone is so inferior to you
as i stated to psl. i wont reply to any more of his posts
like wise to you
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