denied cupra test drive

[Triple D]

@ Ben ctr, i was the complete opposite, shortly before i wrote my ibiza off me and my gf both went to the local mazda dealership as i was interested in buying the MPS3 and she was interested in the RX8. We were basically told, that we will need to have our finances checked before they would let us out in either of the cars,bearing in mind that my gf is a privats school teacher earning upwards of 30k a year, and i earn around the 20k bracket. Me or the gf were far from impressed with these :w4nk: and when we went to another dealer, they told us to ring back in the week, and we could have an extended test drive in bothe cars (1.5hrs each) so we called back, and they said they would call us back to arrange it, and guess what, they ****ing never. so F*CK mazda :birdy:

However, we went to the local seat dealer, and they said come along anythime, and we will let you have a test drive in the new cupra any time............ still havent been over though

 

[acidstrato]

odd

I (22) was at the local recently (Thompson & Thompson) and one of the blokes actually asked me if I fancied arranging a test go. said I was contempt with what I have and wouldn't buy another Seat

 

[Michael B]

When I went to take an FR out for a drive the rep was pretty accommodating, no complaints there! However - he had to sit in the back for 'insurance purposes'

Would have been good to give it a good thrashing though couldn't really do it with him there..

 

[Rob66]

Gaz

Sorry to hear that mate I have to say that one of the main reasons that i bought my SEAT was the excellent service that i got from the dealership. (Robinsons in Lowestoft). Ok i am just 40 but they let me have take out my current car unaccompanied before i bought it. And when i took it back for its first service the manager came out said hi Rob fancy taking out the new FR and threw me the keys - so i did

Called me last week and offered me a day long test drive in the Cupra, ended up taking it out for 4 hours and loved it. Even though the garage is 105 miles from me was worth the trip - and i'll probably be getting one if i can just decide which colour

Try another dealer that offers good customer service, makes a huge difference!

Rob

 

[Xe]

Interesting thread.... however my situation was total opposite. I never even test drove the Seat Leon. But somehow I knew it was the car for me. Plus I needed a car as soon as possible. I got my car in 2 weeks from first phone call to Seat dealer. This was also at the time when there was a big shortage in the UK at the time.

Not bad for my first car tbh

 

[BanziBarn]

When I bought my Saxo VTS many years ago they phoned in the insurance company while I was there to make sure I could be insured!

Got my FR from Sidlow in Reigate - they were very easy in terms of getting a drive and for the second test drive they let me have the car all afternoon. I'm 31 but look quite young I guess so I was pleased with the way the treated me.

 

[Nath.]

my local seat dealer have a new leon cupra
I went in there to ask about alloy refurbishment as I know they have a man come in once a week

I did have a look at it and they said did I fancy a go out in it as they know me down there and I said no thanks as the temptation would be too much, that and I needed to take SWMBO to the hospital for some physio therapy


AHH the joys of being 36 and able to afford and ensure one if I wanted to

edit

the problem would be getting my middle aged spread into the very nice looking front seats

 

[Fastbaz]

cant say the same about carstins subaru garage near me... wanted to try out a wrx so pulled up in my fr asked a few questions had got my 2 teenage sons with me the salesman said doy you want a test drive.. i said yep showed him my licence and off he went .. came back a couple of minutes later with keys got a 12 month old wrx off the front and said here you go gave him my leon key we 3 got in and off we went for about 1 hour blast.. got back said to him nice car he offered me a silly figure on my leon against it and we parted company with him promising to come back to me if he found something a little lowere priced.... still waiting..

 

[uzzy]

It entirley depends upon what you look like when you turn up, and what you turn up in. I must say I had a really bad experiance at Ford (Bristol Street in Newcastle-U-L) once when I was looking at buying a new Puma a few years ago, I was asked to leave. I'm in IT and probably earned more than the sales manager but I look really young for my age. You would think this wouldn't still happen, but I went to Renault in stoke to look for a new Clio for the wife a few weeks ago, the guy on the door saw me drive up in my FR, he was more than polite, the sales manager didn't and blanked us completley.
Just take you business elsewhere and let everyone you know know how s*ite these particular dealers are.

 

[seat_lion]

well i had no problems at all

im 20 and got a very good test drive in the new cupra basically asked the guy if i could take it up one of my fav roads for a wee spin he said yeah no bother then i asked if i could test it properly and he said sure fire away but if it gets to out of hand ill ask u to slow down but everything was fine

didnt have one problem at all in any of it

 

[simmytt]

Good thread very intresting, in the last few years i have been lucky enough to have my fair share of new cars. I run my own glazing buisness and i am totaly hands on always in my scruffy work clothes covered in shite, late thirtys,the wrong side of 16 stone, shaven head and take my word for it(or so i am told)i look as rough as they come. 1st car audi tt treated like a peice of dogdirt no respect no test drive, but the look on their face was pure shock when i ordered one there and then, it still makes me laugh now(listers audi).Next rs focus, ford dealer not to bad but after service was trash(brooklyn ford). Next evo 7 dealers was ok,but service dept was 1st class the best i have ever known (xtreme dudley).Droitwich seat, Woody, what a first class bloke every time i walk in takes time out for a chat, always and i mean always returns calls, i went in friday to order some parts for my fr as its due in soon, i had just finished a job and was well dirty, still shook my hand, then without me even asking gave me the keys to the cupra(bare in mind i have a fr on order so not even thinking of a cupra) all i can say is they are the best dealers i have ever delt with a1 in every dept (so far )

 

[Triple D]

Thats the same with me and a guy who works at Listers seat, guy called Paddy, nice chap, always pleasent to me or my gf when we go in and will always take time out to help us or talk to us if needbe.

 

[jon1]

iv never had a problem test driving cars other than an r32( maybe i was pushing it) im 22 but have been out in 350z and BMW330M sport,new TT 3.2, type r, clio 197 never had any problems. Never even asked for my licence! I will try my local seat garage for a test drive of the Cupra, bare i mind i have an 07 plate FR they can obviously see i wouldnt want to buy one but they have been very good in the past especially the service department (Alexander Bridge Cars, Sunderland)

 

[gazjones]

i wnet in in smart jeans normal top and jaket so not young looking. went in today to ask about prices and what i would get for mine was stood around for 5 mins and noone was in there! forget going there, nowhere as good as it was as ilkeston coop

 

[Ben CTR]

i wnet in in smart jeans normal top and jaket so not young looking. went in today to ask about prices and what i would get for mine was stood around for 5 mins and noone was in there! forget going there, nowhere as good as it was as ilkeston coop

Don't know if you read my post on page 1 mate. But I had a similar problem with them too.. I'd tell them to ram it and use Scunthorpe, loads better service I find...

 

[Bogwoppit]

Westgate Seat at Grimsby might also be worth a look.

 

[cupra2007]

when you are young you don't have the money to buy a car or are not allowed to drive one!when you are old you can afford a car but not many other thinks!you'll have many test drives in your life long after many of us here won't even be able to f... let alone drive!! cheers!!

 

[Fl@pper]

one day i'm gonna walk in the local aston martin dealers in jeans/Tshirt pick a car and ask for an opinion on the best 3 colours

the first guy that answers in a proper manner will get an order for all 3 on the spot

now where's that damn lottery ticket gone ?

 

[KAZSTE]

i wnet in in smart jeans normal top and jaket so not young looking. went in today to ask about prices and what i would get for mine was stood around for 5 mins and noone was in there! forget going there, nowhere as good as it was as ilkeston coop

where was you trying?
if your ilkeston try gk seat in derby (pride park) only have good things to say about them, ask for keith, have bought 2 cupra's from them and will definitely buy more.

 

[Georgie]

no jokes please re the crashing.

but i have fiund that if i sow up at a place to look ata car by my self i dont get taken seriously. it royally pissses me off as normally have to take male froend with me.

its bad enough with normal cars.. i rang up some caterham owners and as soon as i said it was for me they laughed.. i was not impressed.