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| 944.1 | me too... | VOGON::ATWAL | Dreams, they complicate my life | Tue Jan 30 1990 11:04 | 7 |
| had the same problem with a renault dealer in Coventry...
would not let me drive a 5 gt turbo & claimed people DO buy them without
first driving them (both new & used!!!)
...Art.
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| 944.2 | Tell 'em! | CURRNT::SAXBY | Isn't it 5.30 yet? | Tue Jan 30 1990 11:12 | 19 |
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Rubbish!
It's amazing how many dealers will tell you that they can't get
a car for you to test drive and still expect you to buy one from
them! Tell them exactly what you think of them and make it quite
clear that there's no way you would consider buying a car from them
if they won't let you test drive one first and that you'll tell
all your friends, family and workmates the same.
If they're still not interested in your business give them 2 fingers
and try the next dealer!
One question. Are you BUYING a car or getting one from the lease
scheme? I can sympathise with garages who don't want to waste time
on people who won't even be buying a car from them, regardless of
how much they help. This obviously isn't the case in Art's case.
Mark
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| 944.3 | I wish they were joking... | CURRNT::JENKINS_R | Undone, Underdone or Overdone? | Tue Jan 30 1990 11:18 | 16 |
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See how important the customer is to Vauxhall? Not very it seems.
I got exactly the same treatment.
"You want to drive this 4*4 sir?"
"Yes, of course - you expect me to spend �17,000 without driving it?"
"I'm afraid we don't have one you can try sir, but you can try this 1.6L"
exit stage left.
(I'd also tried to test drive the Astra 16v + GSI).
Ford, it seems, will just about let you drive any of their cars
anywhere - even Cosworths. Most helpful.
Toyota - had been taking lessons from Vauxhall.
What about other makes?
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| 944.4 | If the salesmen were honest the customers might be! | JC::CORNE | Artificially Intelligent | Tue Jan 30 1990 11:19 | 11 |
| I gave up telling the truth (that I may be buying or leasing) and now
just lie with a smile. I don't like doing it, but if thats how they want to
play the game. Anyways, its � true ;-) Its even more work for them when they
show me the payment plan etc.
Only the Mazda dealer in Newbury was reasonable - he said he didn't care if it
was a lease car - he would probably be doing the service and would expect to
make as much profit from that over 2� years as on the sale! Now that is someone
looking to the future...
Jc
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| 944.5 | Hey Jon - Gotta new Motah? | YUPPY::PATEMAN | Get the British GP back to Aintree! | Tue Jan 30 1990 11:49 | 25 |
| I'd agree about Vauxhall. I was recently trawling the dealers for
both my new lease car and my wife's new lease car. One rule seemed
to apply fairly consistently - turn up in a suit and get loadsahelp,
turn up in jeans/t shirt and the brochures are over there mate!
I would summarise the dealers as follows on test drives:
ARG - no problem, even if its a lease car
Ford - as above
Vauxhall - pretty disinterested probably because they can't get
any SRi's anyway!
Audi - not bad but didn't ask for a test drive
Toyota - mixed, but one dealer gave me an hour in a Celica for Pam
Dormer's phone number!
Citroen - not interested
Alfa - bent over backwards and thats what I've got - a 75 TS
My wife's ordered an SRi but is hoping the new Rover 216GSi goes
on her list before the Cav arrives so she can swap.
You have to beat the pavements I guess, or find other Deccies with
the car you want.
Paul
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| 944.6 | | HAMPS::NICHOLLS | The Diet Starts tomorrow | Tue Jan 30 1990 11:59 | 14 |
| We resorted to white lies when I wanted to try out a Peugeot. (Say
your getting lease and they lose interest fast!) We went to the local
Peugeot dealer and they said the same as the last few.... they could
sell them so quickly/easily they didn't need any in stock to test
drive...people bought them anyway!
Conversely, Jacksons the local Ford dealer bent over backwards to
help. I even test drove the car I was interested in!
I ended up getting a Peugeot thanks to a Deccie who had one, and
let me loose behind the wheel!
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| 944.7 | | SWEEP::ALFORD | Fantasy is the reality of life... | Tue Jan 30 1990 12:28 | 8 |
|
I've been trying to get a test drive in a Nova TD for the last 4
months !
"We can let you test drive a Nova 1.0...", it's not going to be
anything like the Diesel is it ?????
Humph....
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| 944.8 | Follow me sir | NDLIS3::JRICHARDS | SOAPBOX, a REAL video nasty | Tue Jan 30 1990 12:40 | 11 |
| Saw in the German motoring press lately that a high percentage (80%?)
of BMW owners buy the cars without test driving them first...
Had the same problem with buying a new bike a few a few years ago.
One dealer allowed a test drive but only if I followed him, and
the test circuit was only a few miles. The next dealer gave me the
keys to a used example and said to come back when I was ready.
So I bought from the second dealer.
Jan
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| 944.9 | | PEKING::TAYLORG | Bodybuilders do it till it hurts | Tue Jan 30 1990 12:56 | 3 |
| JULLIANS (Sp?) are good (Jaguar, Land Rover & SAAB).
Grant
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| 944.10 | | VANISH::TALBOYS | Peter Talboys 774-6162 | Tue Jan 30 1990 13:08 | 9 |
| When we were looking for the RX7 convertible, we just phoned up the 3 nearest
Mazda dealers, asking each if they had a demonstrator in, 1 said no, but we can
probably get one out of the importers for you sir, the next said, the same but
you could try the 3rd dealer, "we think they've got one sir" and the third said
yes sir, come along anytime you like. This was all after just asking for a test
drive, no mention of buying/leasing or anything. Most impressed. If anyone's
interested they were the ones in Southampton, Portsmouth and Chichester. We
were actually only after a test drive with a view to leasing, but ending up
buying the demonstrator!
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| 944.11 | Take the hard line with the 'helpful staff'... | TLE::LEGERLOTZ | I came. I saw. I left. | Tue Jan 30 1990 15:03 | 14 |
| I certainly would not purchase a car from the dealer that you have mentioned, I
would even consider giving Vauxhall customer service a call, and telling them
about the 'helpfull service' that you recieved from the dealership - I'm sure
that they would be quite interested in the fact that potential customers can't
try their cars before making a decision on whether they wish to buy one.
I don't know if you are considering any other manufacturer's products, but if
you are (and THEY let you try it out) you may want to tell Vauxhall CS about
that too. I assure you that the next person who walks into the dealership and
requests a test drive will get one with a smile.
Good or bad, that's what we'd do in the states. Take it for what its worth.
-Al
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| 944.12 | Trouble is I can't remember who the bad dealer was! | CURRNT::SAXBY | Isn't it 5.30 yet? | Tue Jan 30 1990 15:13 | 14 |
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Talking to Vauxhall sounds a good idea to me too. When I've had
trouble with my local Renault dealer Renault CS have been VERY helpful.
To be fair to Vauxhall dealers, they aren't all bad. My father wanted
to replace his old style CD with a new style one and was greeted
with the 'Oh well, we don't need to provide test drives.People'll
buy them anyway' attitude from his local dealer, but found that
a dealer in a nearby town was prepared to get him a test car from
another dealer AND then (when he'd decided to buy) scoured the country
to get him the model and colour and option he wanted.
Mark
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| 944.13 | | SHAPES::KERRELLD | Dave Kerrell @UCG 781 x4101 | Tue Jan 30 1990 15:34 | 7 |
| I had no trouble getting a test drive in an SRi when I bought 11 months
ago, dealers offering a test drive were;
Bakers of Aldershot
Great Western Moters
Dave.
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| 944.14 | A friend of a friend... | UKCSSE::RDAVIES | Live long and prosper | Tue Jan 30 1990 16:11 | 4 |
| back to .0, Paul, your old mate Keith Edmunds has just taken on an 2.0
24v (I think) SRi. Give him a ring...
Richard
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| 944.15 | Misunderstanding | VANILA::LINCOLN | Reality is not what it seems | Wed Jan 31 1990 12:12 | 10 |
| There appears to be some misunderstanding here about
demonstrators.
I alway's thought they were kept to provide garage staff
with something to drive around in.
When the Esprit turbo came out a certain demonstrator
did 20,000 miles in 6 months - I knew the man who had it!.
-John
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| 944.16 | 16 valve me thinks... Or is someone going to jump | RUTILE::GUEST | | Wed Jan 31 1990 12:23 | 11 |
|
re .14
24v SRi....
Either Vauxhall have got a v6 in there or they have leapfrogged the
japanese and forgotten to announce the first 6 valve/cylinder engine...
:-)
Nigel
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| 944.17 | | PEKING::TAYLORG | Bodybuilders do it till it hurts | Wed Jan 31 1990 12:31 | 5 |
| re-1
I think .14 is confusing the 16v GSi2000 with the Calton GSi3000 24v.
Grant
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| 944.18 | what's it all coming too | UKCSSE::RDAVIES | Live long and prosper | Wed Jan 31 1990 13:17 | 10 |
| All right I admit it, I got carried away with all the numbers and
letters! :-)
In defence, he's got a 16v GSi2000 and my manager is about to get a
Calton GSi3000 24v, so it's hardly surprising I'm confused!.
Confused_of_decpark_whose_RD_has_just_become_a_TGD_and_who_wanted_a_DTR
and_now_has_to_get_used_to_wanting_a_TZD_aarrgghh!!!!!!!!!!
Richard :-)
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| 944.19 | Test Drive a Ford | SOLENT::RKE | Meeeooooowwwwww..........GT pussycat | Wed Jan 31 1990 13:52 | 8 |
| According to Fleet VTX, Ford have introduced a scheme where, you can
get a day long test drive in any Ford. Ford will give you a voucher,
which you redeem at your local Ford Car Hire Garage, or Swan or somebody
else, for a day long test drive.
The number to ring is 0245 493046.
Richard.
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| 944.20 | Test drive? Certainly! Come back later and be disappointed! | CREPES::GOODWIN | Ribbit. | Wed Jan 31 1990 14:17 | 6 |
| I wanted to test drive a Fiat Uno, fine the guy said, ah but there's
nobody here right now, would you like to come back around 3pm? So, I
come back later... sorry, there's still no-one who can... oh well,
never mind!
Pete.
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| 944.21 | Easy | VOGON::MORGAN | This Trivial Veneer | Wed Jan 31 1990 14:27 | 16 |
| Re . 19
I just called...
They are you a lot of details around name,address, age, are you a
member of Talkback and what car you currently drive.
Apparently they send you a voucher for a generic model type i.e. Sierra
and a list of places where the voucher can be redeemed. The girl said
it would be about 3 weeks in arriving. It's then a case of phoning
around until you find a place that has the car you want to test drive,
arrange date and time etc. and away you go.
Rich
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| 944.22 | | JC::CORNE | Artificially Intelligent | Wed Jan 31 1990 14:45 | 18 |
| re the talkback scheme...
I thought it sounded too good to be true. At last a car company trying to please
the customer...
I duly got a voucher for a Granada Scorpio - talkback chose this, not me, to
replace an Audi 100 - seems a fair swap in list price terms.
Could I find one of their garages who would loan me one for the day?
Like H** I could. I complained to talkback who said I could borrow one from
a dealer in London (I live west of Newbury) but I didn't fancy driving 150
miles round trip in my car and 150 in the Granada just to get a days
test - seemed too much effort;-)
I filled the questionair in with 0/10 on all counts and never heard any more.
Jc
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| 944.23 | Better luck next year | VOGON::BALL | Smiley face free zone :-) | Wed Jan 31 1990 14:46 | 9 |
| Re .-1
I rang them up too and got all the questions. The last one was age: I said 22
and they said you've got to be 23 for this for insurance purposes...
Ho hum.
I'll have to get another make then. It's Ford's loss!
Jon
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| 944.24 | Hire companies included? | HEWIE::RUSSELL | This is the dawning of the age of... | Wed Jan 31 1990 17:01 | 8 |
| S'funny, this about the Ford scheme, as (one of my) boss(es)
got a voucher from Ford, and he used it at Swan National to rent a
Granada for the day...
I thought that was the same scheme, maybe not!
Peter.
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| 944.25 | | JC::CORNE | Artificially Intelligent | Thu Feb 01 1990 11:56 | 4 |
| It was the same scheme - just wern't prepairded to give out the scorpio
that I had the voucher for...
Jc
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| 944.26 | In-house test drive? | LOGRUS::KELSEY | Walking the Pattern... | Thu Feb 01 1990 13:27 | 7 |
| Judging from the replies, my experience is not uncommon ;-(
Now...as a way out of my predicament, does anyone out there on the lease scheme
(or not... I don't really mind) have either of the aforementioned models and is
willing to let me have a test drive please? (Cavalier SRI & GL 2.0i)
Paul
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| 944.27 | Moved by Mod..y | VOGON::MORGAN | This Trivial Veneer | Fri Feb 02 1990 10:42 | 19 |
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Has anyone tried out this new offer from Ford yet?
I read about it in Fleetnews - seems you ring a central number (I
forgotten it for now...it's on VTX though), and explain that you want a
test drive a particular type of Ford car, they then send you a voucher
and you take that to any Ford dealer with a CAR HIRE section, and they
arrange a car for a DAY for you. Swan National car hire is an
alternative to the Ford dealership in your area if they don't have a
Car Hire section.
Any views??
Mark.
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| 944.28 | Ooooooooooooooooooopppppppssssss! | WARNUT::YATES | Turbcharged for perfection... | Fri Feb 02 1990 16:59 | 6 |
| Re. -1
Forget that last one - I didn't realise that the issue had already been
discussed.
Mark.
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| 944.29 | | LARVAE::BRIGGS | They use computers don't they? | Fri Feb 09 1990 10:39 | 15 |
|
I am serious enough about a Montego to replace current car to put a
quote in. But can I get a test drive? Penta's attitude really irritates
me. Do they really want, even deserve, the business?
But I had the same problem 2� years ago. Penta dug up a demo car
very reluctantly whilst Ford could only offer a Sierra 2.0GL Estate when
I was interested in a Sapphire 2.0GLSi Saloon. BMWs on the other hand
(Vincents) gave me a quick test drive there and then and THEN lent us
the car for the whole of a Saturday so that we could all go out for a
good drive.
You can guess what I went for in the end.
Richard
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| 944.30 | Go somewhere else! | CURRNT::SAXBY | Digital? Yeah I worked there ONCE! | Fri Feb 09 1990 10:39 | 4 |
|
I'd heard that Penta were about to be disenfranchised? Is this true?
Mark
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| 944.31 | | VANISH::TALBOYS | Peter Talboys 774-6162 | Fri Feb 09 1990 11:43 | 3 |
| re .-1 Wouldn't be too surprised, it happened to them with the TVR franchise,
and in conversation with the hordes of ex-Penta people at Nias of Newbury,
they've been expecting it for a while ...
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| 944.32 | Some good ones | STRIKR::LINDLEY | Strewth mate..... | Mon Feb 12 1990 13:26 | 13 |
| I've been doing a bit of shopping around lately since the 205 is coming
up for renewal, I found the following garages helpful when getting test
drives...
Reading Garage, Reading Peugeot
????????, Slough Volkswagen
Monroe, Andover Vauxhall
Ormsby Cars, Reading Citroen
I've made my mind up what to get....
John
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| 944.33 | | CURRNT::SAXBY | Digital? Yeah I worked there ONCE! | Mon Feb 12 1990 13:28 | 8 |
|
You can't have!
You haven't been to the Renault dealers! :^)
Mark
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| 944.34 | Reading Garage, Reading was very helpful to me | SWEEP::GALVIN | Steven GALVIN @BST, DTN: 768-5291 :-) | Mon Feb 12 1990 15:52 | 0 |
| 944.35 | | LARVAE::BRIGGS | They use computers don't they? | Tue Feb 13 1990 13:31 | 7 |
| Re PENTA and its franchise. Now that its mentioned I remember the
salesman muttering something about how they 'own' all their demo cars. The
implication being that they have to buy their demonstrators rather than
get a standard manufacturers 'promotion pack'. Having said this, I've
no idea about garage finances so maybe this is just a red herring.
Richard
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| 944.36 | Moved By Mod... | VOGON::MORGAN | What part of NO don't you understand ? | Thu Apr 12 1990 22:29 | 27 |
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If anyone with a lease car is interested, Ford have started a program
called 'Ford Test Drive 24', where drivers who are to be replacing
their cars in the near future can have a free 24 hour test drive.
I think it started as part of Talkback, which is how I got to hear
about it.
Yesterday I received my information pack, complete with a voucher
to take along to the rental place of my choice. The voucher was
for a Fiesta, but I took advantage of the fact that you can send
the voucher back and change it for a different one, so I have requested
one for an Escort/Orion. The conditions are that you get the car
fully insured for a day, only you can drive it, and you only pay
for petrol used. Very reasonable. Oh, and drivers can't have
endorsements, and must be over 23 unless the car is a Scorpio in
which case the age limit is 28.
These vouchers are sent out automatically to Talkback members, but
if anyone else is interested they can apparently phone up and ask
about it on 0800 581779 or 0245 493046.
Ian.
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| 944.37 | Moved by Mod | VOGON::MORGAN | What part of NO don't you understand ? | Tue Apr 17 1990 10:59 | 17 |
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Is your existing car a Ford?
I have been receiving Talkback since day 1 and have never received any
such vouchers. I've just replaced a BMW with a Montego and I didn't get
any offers of free test drives, brochures etc etc that I expected to
get trying to convince me to go Ford. After all they had all the
details from my Talkback application (type of car, replacement date etc
etc). I just thought they were blowing an opportunity to influence me.
Richard
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| 944.38 | suspect data? | UKCSSE::RDAVIES | Live long and prosper | Tue Apr 17 1990 13:16 | 9 |
| Well I received one about six months back, followed by a Ford Cars
catalogue. I've since received a mail that say's "according to the
information you first gave us you should have recently changed your
car..."
I know I would have told them it's due for change August 90 not
89. So obviously they try, but their database is suspect.
richard
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| 944.39 | | SUBURB::PARKER | | Tue Apr 17 1990 14:46 | 12 |
| No, Ford's database is not at all suspect. It is an unmitigated
shambles. Due to me sending change of address notifications, they
now have me on their books at least twice. They got the impression
that my car expired a year later than it did, and are now totally
confused. I think part of this is that their minds can't get around
the idea of two-and-a-half-year replacement cycles.
That said, at least they are trying. I don't see anything approaching
Ford's initiative from anyone else.
Steve
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| 944.40 | | SIEVAX::CORNE | Position Independent | Wed Apr 18 1990 14:57 | 6 |
| Well, on one level, Ford are trying. The ideas are good and my database
entry always seems good. On the downside, they sent me vouchers for a loan of a
Scorpio for 24 hours and then couldn't deliver (unless I went to london to
collect and return it). Some offer!
Jc
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| 944.41 | I survived an address change | AYOV27::ISMITH | Mr The Fish? | Thu Apr 19 1990 10:57 | 8 |
| My car isn't a Ford, it's a VW Polo. Based on that they sent me
a voucher for a test drive in a Fiesta, together with the latest
Ford Cars brochure. I am going to get another VW after this one,
or maybe even buy it if the lease company offer me a good deal,
but I still wouldn't mind a day out in an Orion. 8^) 8^) 8^)
Ian.
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| 944.42 | Good try! | UBOHUB::AUSTIN_I | | Fri May 04 1990 15:43 | 17 |
|
I have recently started looking for a replacment decmobile and saw
in VTX that to test a Citroen or Volvo all I had to do was to phone
the person whoes name and number is therein listed. I phoned both.
Volvo fleet person not in and will phone back - I think they have
forgotten! Citroen person not in. He did phone back and we made
an arrangment for me to borrow a BX Turbo Diesel for a whole week.
The great day came. I had the car delivered to my home. When I got
home it was parked in the road outside my house. Funny, I thought,
there is no "TURBO" badge. Shure enough the car was an ordinary
diesel a BX 19DZT! When I spoke to Citroen about this they were
as surprised as I was. The car had just come back from another
potential customer who asked for a Turbo. Presumably he/she didn't
notice the difference!
Citroen are now looking for a TURBO for me to try.
Ian.
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| 944.43 | After you with the Turbo | UKCSSE::RDAVIES | Live long and prosper | Tue May 08 1990 15:09 | 4 |
| Don't suppose you can ask them to extend the period so I can have it a
couple of days?.
Richard
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| 944.44 | | CRATE::RUSSELL | I should have got a Duracell!! | Wed May 09 1990 19:17 | 14 |
| re the last couple;
don't bother with the test drive- just order one!!!
After all my to-ing and fro-ing, I'm gonna order a TZD Turbo with ABS
and Air-conditioning, in black.
The quotes have just come back; with ABS it's 4631/1209, and the a/c
is 4857/1436.
I've decided to pay the extra in case the heatwave returns!!
Peter.
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| 944.45 | ? | WOTVAX::EBYGUM::WATTERSONP | By eck it's parky | Tue Nov 24 1992 16:12 | 30 |
|
My lease car runs out in a few weeks, and I want to replace it with a
Rover 218 turbo diesel. Following the guidelines in VTX, I phoned the
Rover information centre and they arranged for me to test drive one at
my local dealer - 'brilliant', I thought.
Anyway, I turned up at my local dealer for the test drive, only to be
informed that they didn't have a turbo diesel, and would I be
interested in test driving a diesel. As I've already got a Rover, I
declined their kind offer. The Rover dealer was very good and informed
me he'd get hold of one and contact me. Sure enough, a couple of days
later he called, but only to inform me that the nearest turbo diesel
was in Newcastle - 200+ miles away from where I live, and unfortunatly,
because it was a company car and he wasn't guaranteed a sale, if I
wanted to test drive it, I'd have to make my own way to Newcastle.
I went back to the Rover information desk and whilst they could see my
point of view, there was nothing they could do to help. I called car
fleet, they too could see my point of view, but all they could suggest
was I walked round my local digital car park and see if I could see the
particular model, make a note of the number and contact them, they
could then tell me who had the car, and I could contact them for a test
drive.
HELP !!!!!
Does anyone know anyone in the North-west of England with a Rover
218SLD Turbo diesel that I could test drive ?????
Paul
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| 944.46 | Test-drive woes ... | QUICHE::PITT | "Ours not to reason. Why?" | Mon Mar 27 1995 13:42 | 11 |
| I can't believe it! I have just phoned Davy's, the Vauxhall garage in
Basingstoke, to get a test drive of a Cavalier 2.0i GLS, prior to a probable
order for one as my next company car. The fleet sales guy there, Paul, tells me
that "I haven't got a 2 litre demonstrator at present. Have you tried Kennings
in Reading?".
I expected the situation to be bad, since the car will not be delivered by
Davy's, but this is incredible! Is this the service I have to expect from my
local Vauxhall garage when the car needs servicing as well?
T
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| 944.47 | Ditto | WARNUT::PAVERD | | Mon Mar 27 1995 14:42 | 3 |
| Just had the same problem with Grimshaws in Manchester. Contacted them regarding
Omega 2.5TD - " Oh we don't have that model as a demonstrator, can you arrange
something with Vauxhall?"
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| 944.48 | Lease scheme test drives | COMICS::SHELLEY | | Mon Mar 27 1995 14:49 | 8 |
| re .0
Check VTX. All test drives for Vauxhalls should go through your
nearest fleet authorised dealer. Yours would be Wadham Kenning.
They can also arrange extended test drives for you with car fleet's
approval.
Royston
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| 944.49 | | BAHTAT::HILTON | Beer...now there's a temporary solution | Mon Mar 27 1995 15:47 | 6 |
| I contacted Grimshaws FLEET people as identified in VTX, they then fax
Vauxhall central demo control who get back to you in a couple of weeks.
I got 2 different cars Fri-Mon over 2 consecutive w/ends.
Greg
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| 944.50 | | WARNUT::PAVERD | | Mon Mar 27 1995 16:58 | 1 |
| Thats what I did. That was the authorised dealer in question
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| 944.51 | I think this is the number | BAHTAT::HILTON | Beer...now there's a temporary solution | Mon Mar 27 1995 17:00 | 1 |
| Vauxhall Central Demonstration are 0905 726767
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| 944.52 | | COMICS::SHELLEY | | Mon Mar 27 1995 17:16 | 5 |
| So can we organise this ourselves by phoning Vauxhall Central
Demonstration directly or do we need to go through one of the garages listed
in VTX first ?
Royston
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| 944.53 | | COMICS::PARRY | Trevor Parry | Mon Mar 27 1995 18:02 | 9 |
| I went through Wadham Kenning but they said they didn't stock any
Cavalier automatics as demonstrators and I had to wait a month before
Vauxhall failed to reply (I suspect that Wadham may have forgotten to
send the info as when I chased it up Vauxhall called back the next day
with a date).
So I vote for going through Vauxhall directly.
tmp
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| 944.54 | | COMICS::PARRY | Trevor Parry | Mon Mar 27 1995 18:04 | 6 |
| and one more thing....:-)
Last time I received one of those booklets that lists garages, Davy
weren't an approved garage ! Maybe they've improved since then.
tmp
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| 944.55 | | WARNUT::GOODMAND | CSO Software Support | Wed Mar 29 1995 13:48 | 7 |
| Re .7
Global replace Wadham by Grimshaws for my exact same story. Vauxhall
eventually gave me a date for a loan car but by then I had given up,
chosen a Frontera Diesel, and had it delivered !!
David
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| 944.56 | | COMICS::PARRY | Trevor Parry | Wed Mar 29 1995 15:19 | 6 |
| I just asked Wadham for "any cavalier saloon" and got the response "we
don't stock any of those as demonstrators, we'll have to send the
request to Vauxhall". Oh well, I guess I'll get to keep my Astra GSi
for another 6 weeks. :-)
tmp
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