Itosen
07-01-2014, 07:32 PM
Hey guys, new to the forums. Just posting my experience after buying a 2012 GX from 401 Dixie. The moment I started looking through the lot, one of the sales guys came out and you could tell this guy needed to make a sale. Luckily I had called in earlier to go over the GX with someone else, so I was able to brush him aside. The other associate, Jose, came out right on time and we started talking about the car. It was a manual Carbon Fibre edition from 2012 with 16k km and some change on it. Mechanic friend and I go over the car and realize this thing is pretty much mint. I've seen the hate for this dealership on these forums, but I was pretty confident that I could get the car for a pretty good price. I thought it was going to be ridiculous the moment the first salesperson came out, but Jose was pretty cool. We drove around for a bit and Jose cracked a couple of jokes and we talked cars. Overall, an okay experience, and I enjoyed the car. Then we talked prices. They wanted 13,995 before HST and all of their bullshit fees. We got them to knock off those bullshit fees after quite a bit haggling. I wanted to buy the car outright with cash, but they told me I could get a better price with a financing option. I'd made sure to get an option that allowed me to pay off the car when I wanted. So after we got that done, we talked with one of the financing guys about some paperwork and their warranty crap. His name was Imran. He was fairly polite, but I'm a younger guy, and I felt that he was talking down to me a few times. Didn't appreciate that. Long story short, I lowball his price for rustproofing and my dad says he wants to buy me the extended warranty bullshit for around 200$ combined before HST. It was a gift from my dad, and I tried to talk him out of it, but he wanted to do it. I end up paying about 16,000 for the car. I felt got a pretty good deal for a car with 16k km on it. However, if I ever have to speak with that dealership again, I refuse to speak with anyone but Jose. Someone mentioned in another thread about the associates walking around with their dick's in their hands. I have to say I saw a lot of that when I picked up the car and when I was buying it. Lastly, the day after dealing with Imran about the financing rate, he says he will do it with my home bank for 5.99%, whereas before the rate was 4.99%. I got him to get the 4.99 with my home bank after showing my displeasure. I wasn't too concerned as the car will be paid off promptly, but I thought it was a bit underhanded.
Cliff Notes:
-Bought a car from the devil's dealership
-Refused to acknowledge their bullshit fees
-Disrespectful
-Got the car for (what I think is) a fairly good deal
-Jose is a diamond in the rough. If you have dealings there, try and speak with him
Cliff Notes:
-Bought a car from the devil's dealership
-Refused to acknowledge their bullshit fees
-Disrespectful
-Got the car for (what I think is) a fairly good deal
-Jose is a diamond in the rough. If you have dealings there, try and speak with him