wanga
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4/20/11 was a great day for many... some called out of work to smoke some pot, others went to the NY Autoshow to see the new 9thGen Civic, and for others it was a normal day.
My wife and I have really been missing our 8th Gens (we traded our 8th's for a 2010 V6-MT Accord Coupe CBP). When we saw the 9th Gen concept we fell in love, it looks like a small accord, and we love how ours looks!
I went to Honda's site, filled out the quote form, and within hours I start getting emails and calls from dealerships, I ask each one, do you actually have the 9th Gen Si Coupe in stock? Can I test drive it?
Finally, Nicole from Garden State Honda (Clifton on 3E) calls, and she tells me they just got off the truck, theres a DBP in the showroom, they have an ASM and possibly a SOP. I was ecstatic, I called my wife, told her to detail the Accord, and that we'd be going for a test drive.
Garden State Honda called 3 more times to leave messages confirming our appointment, they said "Hello, my name is ---, and I'm calling to confirm your appointment to test drive a 2012 Honda Civic Si". This sounded great!
She picks me up from work, and we haul *** to the dealership, we park our car, and look around... There are no 9th Gen's outside, we come inside, I walk up to the reception desk and let them know I'm here to see Nicole, before I finish my sentence, Captain Patel runs to me smelling of curry, and asks me if I need any help, I politely say no, I'm waiting for someone. I'm politely ignored and he continues to tell me that he can help me with whatever I need and tries to drag me to sit down. I look around some more, I still don't see my Si, and now I'm getting a little angry, so I tell him that I'm not fond of his pushy-ness and that if I need his help, I will come see him.
Nicole came down, she was very nice, and introduced me to a nice old-school Italian gentleman who had a heavy European-Italian accent (not that typical American-Italian accent you see on TV). I told him I'm here for the 9th Gen, I told him Nicole and other people told me that they had it, He said that they don't but should have arrived that day, but the shipment was delayed.... He went to check their other dealership to see if they maybe had it, they of course did not.
I was now pissed that they had wasted my time and was ready to leave, I told the sales person that I was only there to test drive the car and since it's not there, I'm leaving. He was quick to pull my wife and I into his office to start giving us "the shpiel", It's such a rare car, it's such a hot commodity.. Long story short, he advised us to leave a deposit on the car and we'd be notified as soon as it came in.
He went to get his manager (Mr. Douchebag), who was another typical dealership tool. I went to get Nicole again, she came down, and I told her what was going on, I told her that this wasn't the first time this has happened (when we were looking for our Accord, they did the same thing, told us they had it, but didn't) She apologized for her mistake and said that when she checked her computer upstairs, that it said they had the car. I told her that this was very unprofessional, and this has happened twice now, and that overall, I wasn't very happy
By this point Mr. Deuchebag introduced himself and promised he'd do his best for me, and went into the same shpiel the salesperson went into, talking about the rarity of the car etc... etc... I told him that I don't care for his sales antics, I just want the car, they don't have it, and I'm going home. I said that I'll be happy to come back with the money again once they had the car. Mr. Douchebag was very quick to tell us that the car is hard to get, and goes very quickly and there's a waiting list, if we really wanted it, if we left a deposit on it, we'd be guaranteed to get it as soon as they got it.
I told him I'd leave a deposit, but it sure as **** better be refundable because I'm not buying a car I didn't test drive, especially when you're trying to suck me into leaving you a deposit, I explained to him our situation with the Accord, the v6 MT for 2010 really was rare and you had to order it, the car was great on paper, but not as fun to drive, so we didn't know any better, so we are not going to buy a car without test driving.
Mr. Douchebag stepped away to talk on his phone to find out when they'd have the car.
He came back and told us that definitely by June the car would be there.
He turned to the sales person, told him he doesn't know anything about the car, and to take over.
We filled out some paperwork, I gave him the money, and got the sales agreement back. I did mention that I would be willing to pay sticker, but no more than that. I don't feel like arguing over the price of the car, I rather they give me a good deal on the trade-in.
The sales order did say, money refundable pending test drive, it also said paying sticker price (24,---). Apparently they have a habit of charging up to 5k over sticker for Si's (they did it to my wife who bought her first Si there, and a bunch of other people). So they did kind of screw themselves on that.
So that's it for now... I'll update this thread with any more developments.
My wife and I have really been missing our 8th Gens (we traded our 8th's for a 2010 V6-MT Accord Coupe CBP). When we saw the 9th Gen concept we fell in love, it looks like a small accord, and we love how ours looks!
I went to Honda's site, filled out the quote form, and within hours I start getting emails and calls from dealerships, I ask each one, do you actually have the 9th Gen Si Coupe in stock? Can I test drive it?
Finally, Nicole from Garden State Honda (Clifton on 3E) calls, and she tells me they just got off the truck, theres a DBP in the showroom, they have an ASM and possibly a SOP. I was ecstatic, I called my wife, told her to detail the Accord, and that we'd be going for a test drive.
Garden State Honda called 3 more times to leave messages confirming our appointment, they said "Hello, my name is ---, and I'm calling to confirm your appointment to test drive a 2012 Honda Civic Si". This sounded great!
She picks me up from work, and we haul *** to the dealership, we park our car, and look around... There are no 9th Gen's outside, we come inside, I walk up to the reception desk and let them know I'm here to see Nicole, before I finish my sentence, Captain Patel runs to me smelling of curry, and asks me if I need any help, I politely say no, I'm waiting for someone. I'm politely ignored and he continues to tell me that he can help me with whatever I need and tries to drag me to sit down. I look around some more, I still don't see my Si, and now I'm getting a little angry, so I tell him that I'm not fond of his pushy-ness and that if I need his help, I will come see him.
Nicole came down, she was very nice, and introduced me to a nice old-school Italian gentleman who had a heavy European-Italian accent (not that typical American-Italian accent you see on TV). I told him I'm here for the 9th Gen, I told him Nicole and other people told me that they had it, He said that they don't but should have arrived that day, but the shipment was delayed.... He went to check their other dealership to see if they maybe had it, they of course did not.
I was now pissed that they had wasted my time and was ready to leave, I told the sales person that I was only there to test drive the car and since it's not there, I'm leaving. He was quick to pull my wife and I into his office to start giving us "the shpiel", It's such a rare car, it's such a hot commodity.. Long story short, he advised us to leave a deposit on the car and we'd be notified as soon as it came in.
He went to get his manager (Mr. Douchebag), who was another typical dealership tool. I went to get Nicole again, she came down, and I told her what was going on, I told her that this wasn't the first time this has happened (when we were looking for our Accord, they did the same thing, told us they had it, but didn't) She apologized for her mistake and said that when she checked her computer upstairs, that it said they had the car. I told her that this was very unprofessional, and this has happened twice now, and that overall, I wasn't very happy
By this point Mr. Deuchebag introduced himself and promised he'd do his best for me, and went into the same shpiel the salesperson went into, talking about the rarity of the car etc... etc... I told him that I don't care for his sales antics, I just want the car, they don't have it, and I'm going home. I said that I'll be happy to come back with the money again once they had the car. Mr. Douchebag was very quick to tell us that the car is hard to get, and goes very quickly and there's a waiting list, if we really wanted it, if we left a deposit on it, we'd be guaranteed to get it as soon as they got it.
I told him I'd leave a deposit, but it sure as **** better be refundable because I'm not buying a car I didn't test drive, especially when you're trying to suck me into leaving you a deposit, I explained to him our situation with the Accord, the v6 MT for 2010 really was rare and you had to order it, the car was great on paper, but not as fun to drive, so we didn't know any better, so we are not going to buy a car without test driving.
Mr. Douchebag stepped away to talk on his phone to find out when they'd have the car.
He came back and told us that definitely by June the car would be there.
He turned to the sales person, told him he doesn't know anything about the car, and to take over.
We filled out some paperwork, I gave him the money, and got the sales agreement back. I did mention that I would be willing to pay sticker, but no more than that. I don't feel like arguing over the price of the car, I rather they give me a good deal on the trade-in.
The sales order did say, money refundable pending test drive, it also said paying sticker price (24,---). Apparently they have a habit of charging up to 5k over sticker for Si's (they did it to my wife who bought her first Si there, and a bunch of other people). So they did kind of screw themselves on that.
So that's it for now... I'll update this thread with any more developments.
