Saturday, September 8, 2007

New Auto (Part 2)

Ok, so I got a call from Doyle, who seems to be the one in charge of all final decision. Doyle asked if I would come in and look at the newly arrived NISMO, to see if it would be possible that I would want this truck instead of the one they found for me in Arizona. I decided that it couldn't hurt, but I was pretty sure that I wanted the truck in blue and not red, but I'll look.

I arrive and see the truck in the back with the protective material they have on vehicles when they transport them on the truck. I get someone to open the vehicle for me so I can get a better look. This vehicle has the following options:
NISMO/LE Rockford Fosgate Package
NISMO/LE Traction Package (4x4 Only)
Sunroof Package Accessories
Carpeted Floor Mats
iPod Interface

Out of all these options, I was wanting the sunroof and floor mats. What is not on this vehicle that I wanted was the bed extender. But, because of the audio and traction packages, this vehicle costs about $1000 more then the truck I ordered.

OK, now for the fucked up part. When negotiating my truck, I told them that I wanted the sunroof but without the cargo bars on top of the roof (the package includes both). They told me that when they get the vehicle, they will send it to another place to have the sunroof put in. No problem. I then asked if the factory installed sunroof was electric. They told me it was a manual pop-up style. So I told them I would be ok with that since that is what factory came with. The truck they just got in that I looked over had a sunroof, oh and guess what, it was electric!!! No appology was made to me for this mistake. I talked with Juan about this. I asked him, "If I order a 2007 Frontier with the sunroof option, is it electric?". He answered, "I'm not sure". I asked the same question again to him and he then answered, "It depends". I said it depends on nothing, it is a deterministic question which has a single answer. He then replied, "I'm not working that deal with you any more". What the fuck is going on here.

It turns out that the truck they found for me in Arizona got sold after they agreed to swap vehicles. The dealer in Arizona told Reliable Nissan they would trade vehicles and then turned around and sold it. So, I'm without the vehicle I was promissed. How do these businesses say one thing and do another. Is this how Nissan does business?

I already sold one of my cars, expecting to have a new vehicle soon. Thank God I held off selling my last vehicle.

Seems like I'm going lawyer shopping now. I hope this gets resolved. I was told that there were no blue NISMO frontiers anywhere. I then acquired about where they looked. They replied that there are only a few places they deal with (so not all locations in the US were searched). I believe that they are only checking stock with "near-by" locations to avoid expensive transport fees.

I hope they do everything possible to fix their mess.