tdukeman

agree I just bought the 350Z Touring Model last week. Two reasons why I bought it over the G35:
1. The people at Infiniti looked at me and assumed that I wasn't the right caliber I assume and were rather rude. I'm not a kid, nor am I guy going through a mid life crisis. Just a 28 year engineer would could care less about people with staunchy attitudes.

2. The Z seemed WAY sportier and it does have just a few more HP, which is what I was going for.

Sure I could have bought the G35 but I wasn't me..The wife bitches, but I just bought her a 2003 F150 with a lift kit and big *** tires, so she couldn't say a damn word.

Cheers

tdukeman

At first I was considering the seats in the back though small would have been great for the little one... but as I thought I seem to recall when I owned my Chrysler Sebring, she sat in the back and threw up every time....Needless to say....I'm not buying a mobile vomit bag. so though she can't see over the dash, I've not had the pleasure of watching her blow projectile vomit on my windshield.

Dissident

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I puked the last time I sat in the FRONT of a sebring. j/k

35oZephyR

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Hey Tdukeman...did you go to Discover Infiniti on Convoy??

My buddies and I went to test drive the G35c there before I got my Z and after some hesitation they let my buddy get behind the wheel. I was fed up with them treating us as transparent bystanders so I passed on test driving the G.

My buddy really liked the G but he said he wasn't "impressed" because the dealer was being a jerk. The dealer then had the nerve to ask what mods were in my friend's A4 that we rolled up in. My friend politely listed his mods and the dealer cuts him off with "That's not impressive either"

I thought it was funny but kinda rude on a salesman's part...oh well!

Altihaulic

dude some salesmen are just Arseholes.

tdukeman

we just bought a house in San Marcos, so I went to the dealership in Escondido right off the 15. Gee just becuase I'm not 45 and wear khackies I must not make enough money...Well f!@#$ them I probably make more than a large majority of those pompous asses. And it's all due to hard work. Mommy and Daddy always said if you want it, get it your own damn self

So I went to Nissan directly have that and purchased the 04 Touring Daytona Blue...my feelings towards this car are ALL positive. I loved my 02" IS300 it doesn't hold a candle to this.

qirex

yeah the guys at discove infiniti are kinda dicks.

However, when we went to get my wife's fx35/tech we had a female salesperson. She saw us pull up in my Z. SHe said "nice ca". She proceeded to letme drive the SNOT out of a M45.

She was actually pretty cool - but her manager was a *dick*. He wouldnt come down on the price $500. As you guys know the tech package on the fx is $10K but *All* we wanted was thenav - they dont let you break up the package.

ANyhow, we went to Hoehn in carlsbad/escondido and got the car there for $400 OVERinvoice. Great deal IMO.

Look up Dee Ancrum at Hoehn. He's on the FA boards. Great guy - and very knowledgeable about the cars and how savvy we internet car forum guys are. "I've got nothing to hide - you guys already know everything" he says.

tdukeman

You would think that they would be trying to be a little more accomodating. i don't care if they are salary or commision I can't imagine that it looks good for them, when they lose sales because they have their head shoved so far up their **** they can't breathe common sense.

tdukeman

P.S. this is the email I sent them

Dear Infiniti Sales People,
My wife and I went down to your showroom about a week and half ago. We were very put off by how your sales people acted, and thus lost a sale. I understand that Infiniti is a "high quality" car, but you shouldn't judge those by how they dress. I came in wearing a Denver Broncos ball cap, and a running suit. I guess because I'm 28 and not 45 that the sales person assumed that perhaps I couldn't afford a G35c. I stated that I was interested in looking at one, rather than giving me any information and trying to determine my wants and needs he coldly stated " there's one on the floor that's unlocked you can look at." What kind of crap is that?! You're there to sell and not judge. I've spoken to quite a number of people both friends and colleagues who have experienced the same staunchy deminor…..Hhhmmm maybe if the sales crew was a little bit more welcoming and a little less snobby they'd make more sales. I don't know whether sales is commisioned or salary, but if they are salary, perhaps putting them on commision would teach them to treat people with some good common respect.

Because of the way we were treated, we immediately went down the street to Mossy Nissan and a nice gentleman by the name of Lorenzo approached me and gave me the scoop on the 350Z. Not only did they provide me with all the information I needed they went out of their way to make a sale easy and painlesss. They never once gave me the run around, were deceptive, or misrepresenting, but rather very open, courteous, and completely professional. Well to make a long story short. I no longer have my Lexus, and now drive a 04 Daytona Blue Touring Model. Perhaps if you sent some of your staff down there for field trip to learn how to sell, your sales ratings might improve over what they currently are.

Better luck next time

35oZephyR

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Oh sh*t nice!!

That was written very well...a nice courteous kick to the nuts if you ask me!


Reading your letter reminded me of another Discovery Infiniti experience my parents had about a half decade or so ago when those "luxury retrofitted pathfinders" (I forget what they're called) came out. I think they're called Qx4??? We owned the M30 which was Infiniti's first coupe...so we weren't that new to Nissan's new branch.

Anyhow, my folks are laid back and very casual. They don't speak english too well ..actually they do...but I had to interpret some technical mumbo jumbo the dealers were trying to swing my folks way to impress them. Well the dealer that was taking us out in the SUV was treating my folks like crap. He marked it up like no other and tried to justify it with his theory of supply and demand..yadda yadda yadda...using my folks lack of english to his advantage.

Well...my folks had such a bad experience dealing that they haven't looked into any Japanese luxury vehicles since! They've purchased Germans and Domestics only in the past few years.

It's sad how one Discover Infiniti dealer warped their perspective on a whole automobile market! But my Z's helping them recover their interest in Japanese automobiles again...they're considering another Nissan now!

Great letter though! G'luck with your Z.

qirex

damn lots of us socal'ers in here espec san diego.
I have to say that to discovery's credit - I rolled in there with painter shorts and a tee-shirt. On top of that I'm black. Well I guess that since there's like 5 brothers in san diego - the saleslady thought I *must* have been a rap/football star haha.

Either way, I really dont give a hoot. When I go buy a new car - I get the invoice pice and show up n the second to last day of the month. I treat the salespeople like the crap that *some* of them are and we work from there.

Hell, when I bought the Z i walked in thee and said - "ho wants to sell me a Z today"?
Pretty funny watching these fools trip over each other. Not Dee though, he's a really good guy - when the GTR comes pout (if its an infiniti) I'm going to see him at hoehn.

BRZ33

Z owners who want a G35 coupe but cant afford one??? Thats BS, my Z was 34,000.00 and I bought my Z because I wanted it, not because it is cheaper than the G35 coupe. If anything the G35 coupe is only a couple of hundered more than the Z Touring model and Track and thats basically because the G35 coupe has back seats, back seats equal more leather, more leather equals more $. Why do G35 owners feel superior over Z owners?? Stupidness? Ignorant? I believe so.

WashUJon

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