Did the cars have a listed price? If not, I can see the salesman point..you could test drive the cars, say they're nice, then find out the price a say they're too much for my budget...

 

I think he pre-qualified him.......IMO

Sales 101......Never,ever, do that......Dumb A$$

 

Truthfully I don't think I would have bought either of those specific cars anyway since they weren't my preferred color but I just wanted to see for myself the distinction between turbo and GT3 instead of just reading about it. I am sure the 2010 cars, different though they may be, would have a similar distinction as the 07's, like high revving vs high torque. I don't know how the guy would have judged me as a non qualified buyer since I rolled up in my 09' although in fairness he may not have necessarily seen that. I was in gym clothes though since my gym is right next door to the dealer. Ironically, from time to time I receive formal invitations in the mail from the new car dept to drive every new model that arrives from Lotus to Aston and everything in between. Not only do they let you drive the new cars but they have catered food and pamper you while you are there!

 

With all due respect to the original poster, though used, these are very expensive cars and as such I'm sure every hot footed would be GT series wanabe goes in and asks to test drive cars like these. While I can't comment on how this particular salesman addressed this issue in this instance I can easily understand his hesitance to offer up test drives to a complete stranger. Your having bought a car/cars from them before might have weight with the manager, assuming it was the same individual that was there when you bought the previous car/cars and that you interacted with him/her when buying the cars, but without some prior recognizable relationship with the dealer I'm not sure I'm all that surprised at the outcome. Maybe if you drove up in your new Bentley the outcome would have been different.

 

Perhaps, although the salesman very easily could have gathered basic information about me and my history of patronage to the dealer and I would have gladly told him. Instead, he chose to be condescending and as a result made no money that day. My bills will be paid regardless of whether I buy a car from him or not. He needs to sell cars to make a living.

 

Forgive me if I missed this, but did you ever get a reply from the management?

ChuckJ

 

Good advice, not to mention its easy for the salesman to see how much you want the particular car.

Dont pull down your pants as soon as you walk onto the lot, drive it, inspect it and then you talk numbers. The only downside is that in a good market there are lots of buyers who will buy sight unseen and you may lose a car that you really wanted and end up comparing everything down the road to the one that got away. Its happend to me.

Better safe than sorry though.

 

I bought my first Porsche last Sept..... I pulled into the dealership in a Honda Hybrid and expressed an interest in a new car... They threw every car in the dealership at me to drive.... I turned down a test drive in a used turbo just because I wasn't interested in a used car... (stupid move on my part) They didn't even go with me????

 

^ Sounds like my experience when I went back to my dealership. They know I want one... This is what I expect when I go there - 'give me the keys, and I'll get back to you later'.