Dealers mistreat trucks!

servantsalesmen · November 12, 2014

This afternoon I was driving through the local automall and a guy in front of me was in a brand new 2015 silverado. He was followed by a Chevy cruze, and both vehicles had no tags. They were taking the truck to a parking lot they use to hold excess invintory. As he comes off a stop sign, the dude floors it, spins the tires and whips the back end out.

As soon as I saw it, I called the dealer and told them what I saw and I'm sure that guy will get his butt chewed a little (rightly so).

I couldn't believe how he treated that thing. Somebody will buy that truck and will have no idea how it was treated! I wouldn't want a truck that was beat on by the dealer! Just thought I'd share my story with you guys and remind buyers; test drive it twice and give it a damn good look over before you sign the papers.

fondupot · November 12, 2014

Porters and delivery specialists are some of the most disrespectful people at the dealership. My younger cousin is a porter at a Honda dealership and he tells me some stories. But for a worker who gets paid minimum wage, what do you expect?

Imcrazy · November 12, 2014

Spinning the tires isn't going to hurt the truck but, its not the right thing to do. Like fondupot said, you get what you pay for, here drive this truck that costs more than you make in two years when you can get the same crappy wage elsewhere its not easy to not give a crap about your job.

servantsalesmen · November 13, 2014

Yeah unfortunately these guys will mistreat because they just don't care. I know spinning the tires won't hurt it cause I have done lots of burnouts in my HD lol but still, it's not the right way to treat the trucks.

Beer Belly · November 13, 2014

Well, this makes me think a little about my truck. When I saw it in the lot (new), the rear bumper on the left side was twisted slightly, and I pointed it out and they said they would replace it....when I picked up the truck, it was straightened, and I felt under that corner of the bumper and it felt they put a jack under that corner to straighten it.....fast forward 2 months....I get cut off by some idiot, and have to jump a 6 inch curb at about 25mph, went thru his insurance for an alignment, and found the rear alignment was out and my agent suggested I get the frame checked by a frame shop with a Lazer.....it showed the left rear frame rail was out by 10mm !....now was that from jumping the curb, or did something happen before I even bought the truck ?

fondupot · November 13, 2014

Well, this makes me think a little about my truck. When I saw it in the lot (new), the rear bumper on the left side was twisted slightly, and I pointed it out and they said they would replace it....when I picked up the truck, it was straightened, and I felt under that corner of the bumper and it felt they put a jack under that corner to straighten it.....fast forward 2 months....I get cut off by some idiot, and have to jump a 6 inch curb at about 25mph, went thru his insurance for an alignment, and found the rear alignment was out and my agent suggested I get the frame checked by a frame shop with a Lazer.....it showed the left rear frame rail was out by 10mm !....now was that from jumping the curb, or did something happen before I even bought the truck ?

Depends on how hard you jumped that curb.

Beer Belly · November 13, 2014

Depends on how hard you jumped that curb.

I saw it coming, and pretty much climbed it as opposed to jumping it from the side, if that makes any sense.....I turned into it, and it's not your typical square curbing....more angled. I was surprised the Left Rear of the Frame came up as being a little tweaked when it was the right side of the truck that took any of the hit

fondupot · November 13, 2014

I saw it coming, and pretty much climbed it as opposed to jumping it from the side, if that makes any sense.....I turned into it, and it's not your typical square curbing....more angled. I was surprised the Left Rear of the Frame came up as being a little tweaked when it was the right side of the truck that took any of the hit

I doubt it was the curb then.

Colossus · November 15, 2014

This afternoon I was driving through the local automall and a guy in front of me was in a brand new 2015 silverado. He was followed by a Chevy cruze, and both vehicles had no tags. They were taking the truck to a parking lot they use to hold excess invintory. As he comes off a stop sign, the dude floors it, spins the tires and whips the back end out.

As soon as I saw it, I called the dealer and told them what I saw and I'm sure that guy will get his butt chewed a little (rightly so).

I couldn't believe how he treated that thing. Somebody will buy that truck and will have no idea how it was treated! I wouldn't want a truck that was beat on by the dealer! Just thought I'd share my story with you guys and remind buyers; test drive it twice and give it a damn good look over before you sign the papers

Why are you worried over something that doesn't concern you or your truck? Who CARES!!! Tons more important things in the world to worry about.

KMGZ400 · November 15, 2014

Make sure when you buy the truck it has no miles on... Took me a while to find the truck I wanted because dealers were trying to sell me 'new' trucks with some as much as 450 miles on them.. I know it's not a lot but when you pay a certain amount for a vehicle the best feeling is driving of the lot with the ODO reading 2 like mine was

blackout07 · November 15, 2014

Make sure when you buy the truck it has no miles on... Took me a while to find the truck I wanted because dealers were trying to sell me 'new' trucks with some as much as 450 miles on them.. I know it's not a lot but when you pay a certain amount for a vehicle the best feeling is driving of the lot with the ODO reading 2 like mine was

Agreed. When we were shopping for Tahoes we initially had the dealer bring a silver one with 22s over from a dealer about 75 miles away. When it got there the porter said it was driving funny. Two days later the general manager called me and said it needed a new transmission. I was slightly irritated. So I went up there and bought a different optioned WDT one that came right off the truck. I spent more but am very glad I did. Now this could be one of three things.

1. Concerning that a brand new trans fragged out.

2. These drivers abuse the hell out these (more likely a combo of 1 and 2).

3. I Was the target of an elaborate and effective up sale tactic.

txab · November 15, 2014

Drive it like you stole it!

servantsalesmen · November 15, 2014

Why are you worried over something that doesn't concern you or your truck? Who CARES!!! Tons more important things in the world to worry about.

Sure there are tons more important things to worry about, I only posted this as a sort of warning to future buyers. Just a little reminder that not everyone will treat things as well as they should and that new truck buyers should inspect their trucks very well before buying.

It also burned my ass a little because I have been shafted by a local dealer several times now and seeing crap like that was irritating as I know what it's like to get screwed.

LaserBlueZ71 · November 17, 2014

Definitely not the way to treat a truck. Some guy is going to come along and spend his hard earned cash that he hasn't even made yet to buy that thing. Even if someone doesn't own that vehicle right now, they will soon.

I was shopping for a high end garden tractor back in 2012 at my local John Deere dealership. They have an indoor showroom across from the dealership where my machine was. It literally came off the truck and went into the showroom. The hour meter showed 0.1 on it. It still had all the plastic and tags. Well, me and the salesman finish talking, and start walking back across the parking lot to the main building to start the paperwork. I hear 2 guys laughing, we look over to the left to see 2 John Deere mechanics, in their John Deere green cover-alls, popping wheelies with a customers $8,000 riding mower, having a great old time, wrecking someones expensive equipment. They would stand on the hydro pedal and because the machine had the power, it would launch the front end a good 6 to 8 inches off the ground, then come smashing back down. I turned to the salesman and said "wow, is that what you guys do here to customer equipment?! Maybe I won't buy this machine after all" He back pedaled real fast! By the time the deal was done, he apologized quite a few times, and I am sure I got the machine I wanted for almost the dealership cost. When I left, the salesman was power walking over to the branch manager, I imagine those 2 mechanics got a new one chewed, or maybe even two.

A word of advice to these kinds of people. This is 2014, the age of technology is only getting stronger. If you think no one is watching, the truth is, someone almost always is.