Ramsey, NJ 350z
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Anyone else have a pre-order from Ramsey Nissan on Route 17 in Bergen County NJ.....There are two cars showing up but both are touring models....they said they were getting 17 of them for the first delivery and I only see 2, why is that? are they full of it when they say 17....they said they were the biggest dealership in northern NJ and thats why they are getting so many....just curious
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I don't know if 17 is the real number, but they are probably getting quite a few. Cars only show up on the nissandriven.com site when they are released from the distribution lot and sent on trailers to the dealerships.
The 17 they are getting (if they in fact are getting that many) will show up in dribs and drabs over the next few months. All of them will probably be spoken for, but I'm sure someone will back out of a deal and they'll be happy to sell it to you for $10K over sticker...
And just for the record, they might be the biggest Nissan dealer in NJ, but they're NOT the sales leader for Z cars in NJ. That distinction belongs to the dealer from whom I bought my car...
The 17 they are getting (if they in fact are getting that many) will show up in dribs and drabs over the next few months. All of them will probably be spoken for, but I'm sure someone will back out of a deal and they'll be happy to sell it to you for $10K over sticker...
And just for the record, they might be the biggest Nissan dealer in NJ, but they're NOT the sales leader for Z cars in NJ. That distinction belongs to the dealer from whom I bought my car...
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I thought most dealerships were getting 9-11 cars? Smaller dealers would get 2-5 cars? And it depended on overall Nissan car volume? I just don't know. I just seem to remember my dealer, Acme Nissan in South Brunswick was getting 10 cars or so, and they're an average-sized dealer.
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They have two sitting in the showroom
I stopped by there this evening, to check them out. They have a black and chrome silver touring model sitting in the showroom. According to Nick the sales manger they do have a total of 17 cars coming through the pre-order process he showed me the official Nissan report showing all 17 cars and their respective VINs or lack there of. I am one of the unlucky few that doesn't have a VIN yet, even though I was the third pre-order at dealership, back in Jan and I'm scheduled for a Sept delivery.
The chrome silver belongs to the dealership, and they are giving the pre-order customers the privilege of sitting in and playing with the car. Least they can do, after waiting 8+ months for my car. Otherwise they are just sitting there locked up. The black one is being delivered tomorrow and he said they are not allowing anyone to sit in the car. (nice to hear)
After speaking to Nick (the sales manager) he revealed a couple interesting things:
First he said both cars where driven from DAS's lot in Newark to the dealership. Not delivered by car carrier. (high mileage for new car)
Second when I asked about a possible chip shortage that was getting resolved he confirmed there was a problem, and that it had something to do with the automatic power window moving up and down 5mm during opening and closing of the door for an airtight seal. He said that it was a safety issue. Because if you ever got into an accident and the car lost power you would be unable to open the door. He said the new chip resolved the problem. (I would take this with a grain of salt, but this is the most info I have heard about the so called chip problem)
Third he confirmed that the tire-pressure monitor was also taking some time to get taken care of at the prep lot. According to him and some other sources this is activated at the port.
Besides all this useful information, I finally got a chance to sit in what should be a spitting image of my car. Two words f&!king awesome. The interior is by no means cheap, just functional, and maybe a little Spartan (in a good way). Spartan like the third-gen RX-7 was. When you first sit in the car, the driver seat holds you and you feel this sense of being one with the car. They could have made it a one seater, because any passenger in the car will be completely ignored. Everything is focused around the driver. The interior materials are what you should expect for a next-gen car. In my opinion fit and finish is excellent, I have driven everything from a 1957 Jeep to an M3, the interior is not the best I have ever seen but it is definitely up there. What makes it so incredible is the fact that they used new materials that I have never seen before.
I'll stop now, you have all read tons of these reviews my best advice is getting to a dealer that has a Z and you will see what I mean.
Oh yea and for all you short guys out there, I'm 5'6" and after adjusting the seat for maybe 10 seconds visibility is perfect exactly what you should expect from a sports car. The view out the rear of the car is somewhat compromised not due to height but design of the car. Anybody who has a problem with it should learn to use the side mirrors anyway. Not every vehicle on the road has a rear-view mirror so think of it as good practice
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The chrome silver belongs to the dealership, and they are giving the pre-order customers the privilege of sitting in and playing with the car. Least they can do, after waiting 8+ months for my car. Otherwise they are just sitting there locked up. The black one is being delivered tomorrow and he said they are not allowing anyone to sit in the car. (nice to hear)
After speaking to Nick (the sales manager) he revealed a couple interesting things:
First he said both cars where driven from DAS's lot in Newark to the dealership. Not delivered by car carrier. (high mileage for new car)
Second when I asked about a possible chip shortage that was getting resolved he confirmed there was a problem, and that it had something to do with the automatic power window moving up and down 5mm during opening and closing of the door for an airtight seal. He said that it was a safety issue. Because if you ever got into an accident and the car lost power you would be unable to open the door. He said the new chip resolved the problem. (I would take this with a grain of salt, but this is the most info I have heard about the so called chip problem)
Third he confirmed that the tire-pressure monitor was also taking some time to get taken care of at the prep lot. According to him and some other sources this is activated at the port.
Besides all this useful information, I finally got a chance to sit in what should be a spitting image of my car. Two words f&!king awesome. The interior is by no means cheap, just functional, and maybe a little Spartan (in a good way). Spartan like the third-gen RX-7 was. When you first sit in the car, the driver seat holds you and you feel this sense of being one with the car. They could have made it a one seater, because any passenger in the car will be completely ignored. Everything is focused around the driver. The interior materials are what you should expect for a next-gen car. In my opinion fit and finish is excellent, I have driven everything from a 1957 Jeep to an M3, the interior is not the best I have ever seen but it is definitely up there. What makes it so incredible is the fact that they used new materials that I have never seen before.
I'll stop now, you have all read tons of these reviews my best advice is getting to a dealer that has a Z and you will see what I mean.
Oh yea and for all you short guys out there, I'm 5'6" and after adjusting the seat for maybe 10 seconds visibility is perfect exactly what you should expect from a sports car. The view out the rear of the car is somewhat compromised not due to height but design of the car. Anybody who has a problem with it should learn to use the side mirrors anyway. Not every vehicle on the road has a rear-view mirror so think of it as good practice
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