funny things dealers have told you - Page 2

redicansFijiSi · 01-30-2008, 09:59 AM

i don't know if any of you have experience with the silverado SS but it has a 6.0 with about 345 hp i think. i was looking at one and the guy helping me proceeded to tell me that his silverado had 285 and this one was about the same. and when we opened the doors he screamed "leather wow" like he had never seen it before. i love it when the don't know what they are talking about.

lionelp · 01-30-2008, 10:03 AM

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Originally Posted by rbsjnh

I love how they push the warranty, my last 2 cars they were pushing for the million mile warranty, bs...both times I had to just be flat out...this car will be modded before the week is through, are you gonna cover that? "well no" they reply, than stfu and get me my paperwork

LMFAO!!! Way to tell em! HAHA

ibanez37 · 01-30-2008, 10:41 AM

I happened to see a new EVO X at a local Mitsu dealer last week, so my friend and I turned around to check it out. The sales guy seemed knowledgeable, but a few things were out of whack..

A Ferrari 360 and a Lambo Gallardo drive by and we kind of gaze at them being the typical young exotic lovers we are, and the salesman proceeds to tell us that "the EVO would smoke those cars off the line. They are just all topend power, but this EVO has power down low." I think he forgot that those cars would own the EVO, especially the AWD Gallardo (which I'm thinking he didn't know was AWD).

He was telling us about the AWD system and how it can be biased 100% to the front or back... I'm pretty sure this isn't true but if it is, than I am a moron and that is hella cool.

I asked about the Ralliart and he told us that it would be a nice car for the price.. and if we wanted more power, to just throw a turbo on it. Not sure if he knows the new Ralliart is a detuned EVO...with a turbo lol.

I won't even start with random Honda sales guys when we went to check out the V6 Accord coupe and saw a Mugen in the back of the showroom.. This guy went on and on about it. We started responding and when we said "K20", his look changed and said "he has been out of the scene for a while" and wasn't sure what the K20 was.

SilentBob420BMFJ · 01-30-2008, 11:26 AM

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***solidust*** · 01-30-2008, 11:28 AM

b4 i got the si:
nissan dealer: this car has 200 hp and is soo fast!
me: what about the civic si? is it faster or what?
nd: naw man we have 200 hp
me: but honda si has vtec
nd: dont worry about it..its nothing..just get this car

SilentBob420BMFJ · 01-30-2008, 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by strutking

i thought the topic was funny things the dealer told you

wow i feel stupid.. its just one of those things.. one of those things like your wondering why your car wont start, and you have been trying for 10 minutes, and you forgot that you removed the battery from it the other day.. i was wondering, why is he making some foolish statement like that out of nowhere? i guess i was expecting the "one time, a dealer told me.." at the beginning.. wow i feel stupid

***thatsnotstock*** · 01-30-2008, 11:35 AM

Me: intentionally baiting the dealer to see if he was talking out his ass: "So, the SI needs premium, right?"

Him: "nah, the SI doesn't need premium. We run regular 87 on all of our cars here

Me: KTHXBI

MRK20 · 01-30-2008, 11:38 AM

A salesman told my friend (who owned an RSX Type-S) that RSX's can hit 60mph in first gear...

rbsjnh · 01-30-2008, 12:12 PM

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Originally Posted by MRK20

A salesman told my friend (who owned an RSX Type-S) that RSX's can hit 60mph in first gear...

it can....once!

MRK20 · 01-30-2008, 12:21 PM

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Originally Posted by rbsjnh

it can....once!

Haha...

mitsukaiSI · 01-30-2008, 12:22 PM

when i was shopping for my si the first dealer i went to didnt know shit about hondas. . . i mean no one did. . . the sales people couldnt even tell me what vtec was . . . i asked questions i already knew the answers to to see how honest they where. . . after a few they took me to the shop foreman to ask my questions and EVEN he couldnt tell me about IVTEC and VTC so i was like wtf im outie

nayilsi · 01-30-2008, 12:28 PM

We Have The Mujjjen

mitsukaiSI · 01-30-2008, 12:41 PM

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Originally Posted by nayilsi

We Have The Mujjjen

HAHAHAHHA holy shit +1 for dealer dumbness

tite681 · 01-30-2008, 02:14 PM

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Originally Posted by thatsnotstock

Me: intentionally baiting the dealer to see if he was talking out his ass: "So, the SI needs premium, right?"

Him: "nah, the SI doesn't need premium. We run regular 87 on all of our cars here

I heard the same thing. In fact, he went on to say that a mechanic in the dealership says that the car will last longer running on 87. I think he meant well. He's just one of those true believers that cars don't need premium.

My dumb ass didn't read the manual or the gas door for a good 1500 miles and ran 87.

Arganon · 01-30-2008, 05:38 PM

When I first bought the Si, I was in the car and asked the salesman if the Si had a built in cd-changer. He responded "No, why would you need 6 cd's when a cd can already hold like 300 songs?" Lol, not really car related but funny nonetheless. Another time with the same salesman on my Si, he attempted to open the Si driver side door but it was locked. (We all know that little knockback you get when you think the door is open but its actually locked) This guy stumbled like 4 feet back, and when he opened the door to get in, he slammed his head on the upper door frame!

ricetastic · 01-30-2008, 05:40 PM

I have gotten a mix of retarded and intelligent remarks from various dealers. Most of the stupid remarks were from used car dealers, and most of the ass salesmen were used car salesmen. Take for example, my buddy, who was shopping for a used economy car and stumbled across the Corolla S which is basically your standard corolla with a body kit. He told me the difference between the S and the LE was it had a racing engine from a lotus elise (it is a derivative of that engine...note: a derivative) and it has the same quarter mile as a 911 Carrera S (he told me around 13.2 seconds). When I was looking to purchase the Si, the salesman said there is no performance difference between the Mugen and the standard Si and it would not be worth my while putting in 8 grand for enhancements I can purchase for much cheaper on my own. It all depends on how old you are, and what kind of car you pull up in. My response to dumb ass dealers is to never come back.

rbsjnh · 01-30-2008, 05:43 PM

fyi lotus elise uses a celica gts motor...now i dont know what the corolla s uses but its not that crazy...

Tronixx · 01-30-2008, 07:17 PM

too many to list, the Honda salesman in Jax, FL are all the same, simple and very easy to see through their BS...

"There's not that many '08 Si's being made"

"Got a guy driving down from Georgia tonight to look at the car, if you want it you're going to have to make a move on it today before he gets here."

"That $1200 dealer market value fee is something we can't remove and all Hondas have this fee" (I quickly corrected the idiot by pointing out that the Si and new Accord Coupe were the only cars in their lot with this fee on the sticker)

"It's supposed to pull like that to the right" (noticed a slight alignment issue during the test drive)

"The $500 optional security system is an actual car alarm"

MRK20 · 01-30-2008, 07:24 PM

"The Si's right here have a $4500 mark-up...but since I like you (we knew eachother for 5 minutes TOPS), I'll cut it in half!"

whiteboy365 · 01-30-2008, 07:36 PM

I have 18 grand in my pocket (thats how much I paid including taxes) walked up to a salesman and pointed to the SI sitting in front and pointed and said I want that car right there I dont want to test drive it just give me the paper work and I will buy it... His response Uh ok let me go get another sales man or woman to help you with your buy. And I just sat there thinking either he is an idiot or he got scared that he didnt have to pull a pitch...

01-30-2008, 11:26 AM	#24 (permalink)
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01-30-2008, 09:59 AM	#21 (permalink)
redicansFijiSi Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Arkansas Posts: 255 Seth iTrader: 0 / 0%	i don't know if any of you have experience with the silverado SS but it has a 6.0 with about 345 hp i think. i was looking at one and the guy helping me proceeded to tell me that his silverado had 285 and this one was about the same. and when we opened the doors he screamed "leather wow" like he had never seen it before. i love it when the don't know what they are talking about.

01-30-2008, 10:41 AM	#23 (permalink)
ibanez37 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Chandler, AZ Age: 23 Posts: 1,850 Blake iTrader: 1 / 100%	I happened to see a new EVO X at a local Mitsu dealer last week, so my friend and I turned around to check it out. The sales guy seemed knowledgeable, but a few things were out of whack.. A Ferrari 360 and a Lambo Gallardo drive by and we kind of gaze at them being the typical young exotic lovers we are, and the salesman proceeds to tell us that "the EVO would smoke those cars off the line. They are just all topend power, but this EVO has power down low." I think he forgot that those cars would own the EVO, especially the AWD Gallardo (which I'm thinking he didn't know was AWD). He was telling us about the AWD system and how it can be biased 100% to the front or back... I'm pretty sure this isn't true but if it is, than I am a moron and that is hella cool. I asked about the Ralliart and he told us that it would be a nice car for the price.. and if we wanted more power, to just throw a turbo on it. Not sure if he knows the new Ralliart is a detuned EVO...with a turbo lol. I won't even start with random Honda sales guys when we went to check out the V6 Accord coupe and saw a Mugen in the back of the showroom.. This guy went on and on about it. We started responding and when we said "K20", his look changed and said "he has been out of the scene for a while" and wasn't sure what the K20 was.

01-30-2008, 11:35 AM	#27 (permalink)
*thatsnotstock* Too Sleepy. Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 987 iTrader: 0 / 0%	Me: intentionally baiting the dealer to see if he was talking out his ass: "So, the SI needs premium, right?" Him: "nah, the SI doesn't need premium. We run regular 87 on all of our cars here Me: KTHXBI

01-30-2008, 11:38 AM	#28 (permalink)
MRK20 Senior Member Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Age: 20 Posts: 2,384 iTrader: 0 / 0%	A salesman told my friend (who owned an RSX Type-S) that RSX's can hit 60mph in first gear...

01-30-2008, 12:22 PM	#31 (permalink)
mitsukaiSI Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 1,096 Mike iTrader: 0 / 0%	when i was shopping for my si the first dealer i went to didnt know shit about hondas. . . i mean no one did. . . the sales people couldnt even tell me what vtec was . . . i asked questions i already knew the answers to to see how honest they where. . . after a few they took me to the shop foreman to ask my questions and EVEN he couldnt tell me about IVTEC and VTC so i was like wtf im outie

01-30-2008, 12:28 PM	#32 (permalink)
nayilsi Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: College Station to New Jersey and PA Posts: 4,621 iTrader: 0 / 0%	We Have The Mujjjen

01-30-2008, 05:38 PM	#35 (permalink)
Arganon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Regina, SK Age: 17 Posts: 331 Gordon iTrader: 3 / 100%	When I first bought the Si, I was in the car and asked the salesman if the Si had a built in cd-changer. He responded "No, why would you need 6 cd's when a cd can already hold like 300 songs?" Lol, not really car related but funny nonetheless. Another time with the same salesman on my Si, he attempted to open the Si driver side door but it was locked. (We all know that little knockback you get when you think the door is open but its actually locked) This guy stumbled like 4 feet back, and when he opened the door to get in, he slammed his head on the upper door frame!

01-30-2008, 05:40 PM	#36 (permalink)
ricetastic Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Kentucky Posts: 552 Faisal iTrader: 0 / 0%	I have gotten a mix of retarded and intelligent remarks from various dealers. Most of the stupid remarks were from used car dealers, and most of the ass salesmen were used car salesmen. Take for example, my buddy, who was shopping for a used economy car and stumbled across the Corolla S which is basically your standard corolla with a body kit. He told me the difference between the S and the LE was it had a racing engine from a lotus elise (it is a derivative of that engine...note: a derivative) and it has the same quarter mile as a 911 Carrera S (he told me around 13.2 seconds). When I was looking to purchase the Si, the salesman said there is no performance difference between the Mugen and the standard Si and it would not be worth my while putting in 8 grand for enhancements I can purchase for much cheaper on my own. It all depends on how old you are, and what kind of car you pull up in. My response to dumb ass dealers is to never come back.

01-30-2008, 05:43 PM	#37 (permalink)
rbsjnh Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: in yo mama Posts: 1,548 WARNING: Honda Zealot iTrader: 0 / 0%	fyi lotus elise uses a celica gts motor...now i dont know what the corolla s uses but its not that crazy...

01-30-2008, 07:17 PM	#38 (permalink)
Tronixx Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 143 iTrader: 0 / 0%	too many to list, the Honda salesman in Jax, FL are all the same, simple and very easy to see through their BS... "There's not that many '08 Si's being made" "Got a guy driving down from Georgia tonight to look at the car, if you want it you're going to have to make a move on it today before he gets here." "That $1200 dealer market value fee is something we can't remove and all Hondas have this fee" (I quickly corrected the idiot by pointing out that the Si and new Accord Coupe were the only cars in their lot with this fee on the sticker) "It's supposed to pull like that to the right" (noticed a slight alignment issue during the test drive) "The $500 optional security system is an actual car alarm"

01-30-2008, 07:24 PM	#39 (permalink)
MRK20 Senior Member Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Age: 20 Posts: 2,384 iTrader: 0 / 0%	"The Si's right here have a $4500 mark-up...but since I like you (we knew eachother for 5 minutes TOPS), I'll cut it in half!"

01-30-2008, 07:36 PM	#40 (permalink)
whiteboy365 Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: D-Jerz Posts: 88 iTrader: 0 / 0%	I have 18 grand in my pocket (thats how much I paid including taxes) walked up to a salesman and pointed to the SI sitting in front and pointed and said I want that car right there I dont want to test drive it just give me the paper work and I will buy it... His response Uh ok let me go get another sales man or woman to help you with your buy. And I just sat there thinking either he is an idiot or he got scared that he didnt have to pull a pitch...