Well, some of you may remember my dad 'bought' a 2005 Toyota Echo. The dealership threw a trick by calling us up later and saying we have to pay $1300 extra for an auto or bring one up from eastern Canada for a nominal fee of $600. My dad had already put his down payment on his $15,100 out the door 5 speed base Echo. So this was already ringing warning bells for us.
My dad opted for the automatic. I said later said no, this was unacceptable. So I called the saleslady and explained to her we don't want the automatic. She said OK and will bring up a car from Eastern Canada for $600.
This was 6 days ago. We get a call, my dads new car is ready. He didn't care about the $600, so I didn't force him to care. We go and they say the detailing unfortunately won't be done today but we can do all the paperwork for a pickup early tommorrow. OK, no problem. We write up the contract and such. $15,100...no mention of a $600 importing fee. Right on, I think.
Wrong. Mostly. We go out to look at our new car...it has an automatic. Its covered in retarded decals. Oh, what a bonus...
So I ask well...this is NOT what we were sold and already have the bill of sale for and financed and down payment etc etc etc. So after the finance guy (not being a salesman, not his fault) runs around panicking we wait an hour for them to basically tell us we're sh!t up a tree as it was the sales managers mistake. I ask if this means we have the automatic transmission for free if we choose to opt for it, and they say they aren't sure and to call back later tonight.
Dad calls back, they are still not sure. Call back tommorrow they say.
(Even after I walked from the saleslady she insisted there are no more 2005 Echoes with 5 speeds in Canada. So I guess they must be telling the truth. We don't really want to wait a month for a 2006 and pay 6.2% interest...which they were more than willing to do for us)
I don't know what to do...we have a bill of sale saying we own this car...we could pwn them in court, no?
And yes...I know we should have walked long ago but my dad LOVES the Echo and was pumped to get it and found other options...lacking.
UPDATE...
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we basically told the toyota dealership that we were pretty much disgusted with this so we got our $1000 back, went to the honda dealership and had the most painless experience i thought even possible. we were in and out including sitting in our new car in less than 45min with $1000 off MSRP!
My dad opted for the automatic. I said later said no, this was unacceptable. So I called the saleslady and explained to her we don't want the automatic. She said OK and will bring up a car from Eastern Canada for $600.
This was 6 days ago. We get a call, my dads new car is ready. He didn't care about the $600, so I didn't force him to care. We go and they say the detailing unfortunately won't be done today but we can do all the paperwork for a pickup early tommorrow. OK, no problem. We write up the contract and such. $15,100...no mention of a $600 importing fee. Right on, I think.
Wrong. Mostly. We go out to look at our new car...it has an automatic. Its covered in retarded decals. Oh, what a bonus...
So I ask well...this is NOT what we were sold and already have the bill of sale for and financed and down payment etc etc etc. So after the finance guy (not being a salesman, not his fault) runs around panicking we wait an hour for them to basically tell us we're sh!t up a tree as it was the sales managers mistake. I ask if this means we have the automatic transmission for free if we choose to opt for it, and they say they aren't sure and to call back later tonight.
Dad calls back, they are still not sure. Call back tommorrow they say.
(Even after I walked from the saleslady she insisted there are no more 2005 Echoes with 5 speeds in Canada. So I guess they must be telling the truth. We don't really want to wait a month for a 2006 and pay 6.2% interest...which they were more than willing to do for us)
I don't know what to do...we have a bill of sale saying we own this car...we could pwn them in court, no?
And yes...I know we should have walked long ago but my dad LOVES the Echo and was pumped to get it and found other options...lacking.
UPDATE...
bottom of this thread
we basically told the toyota dealership that we were pretty much disgusted with this so we got our $1000 back, went to the honda dealership and had the most painless experience i thought even possible. we were in and out including sitting in our new car in less than 45min with $1000 off MSRP!