How many of you would accept a new vehicle like this? - Page 2

Taco · #31 03-04-2013, 07:11 AM

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Originally Posted by dantonsen

I have some very old vehicles with no chips after 40 years on the road,

Huh? You vacuum the road before you drive?

And I always figured Alberta roads and rock chips went hand in hand.

Vingiu · #32 03-04-2013, 08:30 AM

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Originally Posted by dantonsen

I have some very old vehicles with no chips after 40 years on the road, so I would wonder if a new vehicle had chips in it too

How'd you manage that? Alberta winters don't exactly treat vehicles well...

Classic_Cool · #33 03-04-2013, 08:37 AM

How big a chip are we talking here? Because on my car (2006) if you penetrate the topcoat, there's still a rust resistant undercoat. The dealer could have just fixed it with one of those paint markers.

In this neck of the woods, seeing a car without a paint chip is like seeing God

Okotokian · #34 03-04-2013, 08:47 AM

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Originally Posted by sns2

The one I bought at a different dealership has never been driven except on the train and off. I made sure of that. And it's made in Canada.

So did you get it even cheaper at the second dealership? You should have, given you could get a new replacement for the original price at the first dealership in 14 days.

Okotokian · #35 03-04-2013, 08:52 AM

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Originally Posted by dantonsen

I have some very old vehicles with no chips after 40 years on the road,

Am I the first to callo BS on this? Cars driven for 40 years, hundreds of thousands of Alberta road miles on them, and absolutely no chips ever? yeahhhhhhhh righhhhhhhhhhhht.

Lefty-Canuck · #36 03-04-2013, 09:00 AM

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Originally Posted by sns2

Bought my wife a 2013 Honda CRV EX-L on Friday. Went to Go Honda yesterday afternoon to pick it up. My wife noticed a paint chip near the door handle. I started looking a little closer and found three more. Sales manager offered to "fix it". I said, no thanks get me a different one. They said I would have to wait up to 14 days for one to arrive. I said get me one from a different dealer. He said that would cost money and they were already too skinny on the deal.

I made him tear up the deal and went to a different dealership.

My wife thought I was being harsh.

How many of you would have accepted that?

I would have done the same...new is new, not new with touch ups. If that was the case I would have had them knock a few grand off....that paint could have bubbled with rust within the next year or two and then what? I wonder if the dealer would make it right 2 years from now.....probably would tell you that was wear and tear and not covered.

LC

600twin · #37 03-04-2013, 09:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Okotokian

Am I the first to callo BS on this? Cars driven for 40 years, hundreds of thousands of Alberta road miles on them, and absolutely no chips ever? yeahhhhhhhh righhhhhhhhhhhht.

That depends if it was painted with Dulux 2 or not, you could beat the fender off a car and that stuff wouldn't crack.

Okotokian · #38 03-04-2013, 09:30 AM

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Originally Posted by 600twin

That depends if it was painted with Dulux 2 or not, you could beat the fender off a car and that stuff wouldn't crack.

Did they have dulux 2 40 years ago?

rmatei · #39 03-04-2013, 09:49 AM

Its up to the dealership to present you a fully inspected and detailed new vehicle. Thats what the predelivery charges are for. Anything less is unacceptable. Demand what you pay for.

HyperMOA · #40 03-04-2013, 02:03 PM

I walked away from a very similar situation the worst part was the vehicle had an additional 150ish km on it from the day the sale was written up. They were test driving it after I had inked a deal. Never darkened their door ever again.

twofifty · #41 03-04-2013, 02:55 PM

A brand-new vehicle depreciates by $ten thou or more the moment we take possession. For that kind of hit, the damn thing had better be as near perfect as the marketing implies it is.

Sure, a few months down the road it will have a few chips (maybe even a ding or two) but till then I want to enjoy that new-truck feeling I paid dearly for.

Hairball · #42 03-04-2013, 05:33 PM

Personally I think you did the right thing. These dealerships forget that we are real people and work damn hard for our money. $40,000 isn't just a lump-sum of money thats just sitting around to spend on a car............

sns2 · #43 03-04-2013, 07:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Lefty-Canuck

I would have done the same...new is new, not new with touch ups. If that was the case I would have had them knock a few grand off....that paint could have bubbled with rust within the next year or two and then what? I wonder if the dealer would make it right 2 years from now.....probably would tell you that was wear and tear and not covered.

LC

That was exactly my point. I didn't feel like a new vehicle that had to be fixed.

Alberta Honda did right by me. Painless, low-key purchase.

hl649 · #44 03-04-2013, 07:07 PM

I would have told them to fix it, and then I would look at it. If it passed my inspection - no problem, if it failed - deal is off. It was a paint chip. Drive it down a 100 kms. of gravel and it will probably have just as many chips.

great white whaler · #45 03-04-2013, 10:43 PM

all car are done in water base paints now days ,,,garbage ,,rock chips real easy.

sns2 · #46 03-05-2013, 06:17 AM

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Originally Posted by hl649

I would have told them to fix it, and then I would look at it. If it passed my inspection - no problem, if it failed - deal is off. It was a paint chip. Drive it down a 100 kms. of gravel and it will probably have just as many chips.

In 10 years it won't see 100km of gravel.

Janaives · #47 03-05-2013, 09:44 AM

A new car should be new not have chips

TriggerHappyHippy · #48 03-09-2013, 03:53 PM

Go Auto is the devil!

TriggerHappyHippy · #49 03-09-2013, 03:56 PM

thats not completely true
as a journeyman auto body tech and painter, I can assure you some waterborne base coats are great.

hl649 · #50 03-09-2013, 04:10 PM

I have spent over $100k at Go Auto in the last 12 months and will be back again. I had exemplary service before and after I signed the papers. Both vehicles were priced below what I would have paid elsewhere.

Remember this; they are there to sell a vehicle and I am there to buy a vehicle. A lot of people forget this and let their emotions get in the way.

TriggerHappyHippy · #51 03-09-2013, 04:12 PM

Until there are none of the little guys left, then prices go up.

sns2 · #52 03-09-2013, 06:05 PM

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Originally Posted by hl649

I have spent over $100k at Go Auto in the last 12 months and will be back again. I had exemplary service before and after I signed the papers. Both vehicles were priced below what I would have paid elsewhere.

Remember this; they are there to sell a vehicle and I am there to buy a vehicle. A lot of people forget this and let their emotions get in the way.

So what is your point?