PearlM3
03-10-2012, 05:51 PM
Hey all,
Had an interesting experience today at Motion Mazda. So my bro-in-law is looking into getting a used MX-5, just something to toy around with during the summer. He found one at Motion mazda in Orangeville that seemed pretty interesting, 2006 MX-5 GT. We decided that we would head up and take it for a spin and see whats what. This morning my brother in law called the dealership, spoke to the salesguy and let him know that we were driving from Pickering to take it for a drive.
This is the stupid part. When we got the the dealership, we checked out the car, it looked good, salesguy asks if we want to drive it, of course we do. He goes and gets the plate and when he gets back he tells us that he has to go with, now with it being a 2 seater that means I can't go with. The problem is, the reason that i went is that my bro-in-law does not drive stick well, he can get by, but it's hard to tell if there are problems with the car, or if it's his crappy driving. I was supposed to drive it to make sure everything was kosher. Obviously the salesguy said that I could drive it with him as well, this was stupid as we needed to check it out together.
Have any of you come across this before, my big issue is that it is only a 15 000 car, I mean my last car I bought was almost triple that, and my bro-in-law has had a multitude of cars ranging from a bmw 5 series to a hyundai azera. We are not new to test driving, and do not look like young punks looking for a joy ride. The thing that ticked me off the most is that when my bro-in-law called this morning to let them know we were coming up, they never bothered to tell us then. I mean I can understand on a 70 000 car, but really? on a $15 000 used miata.
END RANT!
Had an interesting experience today at Motion Mazda. So my bro-in-law is looking into getting a used MX-5, just something to toy around with during the summer. He found one at Motion mazda in Orangeville that seemed pretty interesting, 2006 MX-5 GT. We decided that we would head up and take it for a spin and see whats what. This morning my brother in law called the dealership, spoke to the salesguy and let him know that we were driving from Pickering to take it for a drive.
This is the stupid part. When we got the the dealership, we checked out the car, it looked good, salesguy asks if we want to drive it, of course we do. He goes and gets the plate and when he gets back he tells us that he has to go with, now with it being a 2 seater that means I can't go with. The problem is, the reason that i went is that my bro-in-law does not drive stick well, he can get by, but it's hard to tell if there are problems with the car, or if it's his crappy driving. I was supposed to drive it to make sure everything was kosher. Obviously the salesguy said that I could drive it with him as well, this was stupid as we needed to check it out together.
Have any of you come across this before, my big issue is that it is only a 15 000 car, I mean my last car I bought was almost triple that, and my bro-in-law has had a multitude of cars ranging from a bmw 5 series to a hyundai azera. We are not new to test driving, and do not look like young punks looking for a joy ride. The thing that ticked me off the most is that when my bro-in-law called this morning to let them know we were coming up, they never bothered to tell us then. I mean I can understand on a 70 000 car, but really? on a $15 000 used miata.
END RANT!