Motorhouse Shipley

sp3ctre

sp3ctre

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Will let you guys make up your own minds on whether this is normal or not.

I phoned Motorhouse Shipley this afternoon as I was interested in an Audi S5 cab they have up at £33k. When I called and asked if it'd be possible to take it for a test drive he asked if I had a part-ex. I said yes and he said "when we agree a price on it then you can take a test drive". I must say I was shocked. They want me to make the deal on a 33k car without even driving it?!

Is this normal behaviour for a dealership?
 
Motorhouse are owed by Evans Halshaw. Seriously if you are looking to spend that kinda money on a car, id be tempted to go with the franchised dealer, atleast it will have had the proper checks and genuine parts used and depending on age, a good warranty.
 
Not normal, but have heard of this before from these type of sales dealerships. Bad if you ask me :thumbsdown:
 
vectramat said:
Motorhouse are owed by Evans Halshaw. Seriously if you are looking to spend that kinda money on a car, id be tempted to go with the franchised dealer, atleast it will have had the proper checks and genuine parts used and depending on age, a good warranty.
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A franchised dealer does all the proper checks? A 'good' warranty?
You need to search the forum archives a bit. Some may do but not all. It makes no odds whether they are a dealer or not, there are good and bad places on both sides of the fence.
Sounds like this dealership doesnt know how to do business. :thumbsdown:
 
Never heard of that before. So far, demonstrators have been delivered to my house to try out.

Except Porsche that is who could not even be arsed to organise a test drive.
 
vectramat said:
Motorhouse are owed by Evans Halshaw. Seriously if you are looking to spend that kinda money on a car, id be tempted to go with the franchised dealer, atleast it will have had the proper checks and genuine parts used and depending on age, a good warranty.
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Difficult one really, the Harrogate Audi dealership are rubbish, never follow up or show any interest in dealing with me at all.
 
Z4CE never had a Z4 so I guess it is not unheard to have a forum without the car :D
 
I've had this before. Bizarrely on a £6k Suzuki Vitara.

Garage wouldnt let us test drive until we agreed a part ex price.
 
Motor house of Shipley isn't owned by Evans Halshaw. This is quite common on 'exotic' cars which motor house tend to sell. Probably standard policy for them dues to joyriders. Cramag in Guiseley do the same. Avoid them too. Overpriced wheeler dealers in IMHO.
 
I've used Cramag for 15 years. They service all our cars and even fixed a fault on the 5 series which 2 local main dealers had several attempts at. I wouldn't hesitate to buy a car from them.
 
I think it's becoming much more comon withthe stack 'em high and shift 'em quick attitude. Pointless to waste an hour of a salesmans time just to find you expect £5k less price to trade than they offer.

That said I'd not negotiate until I'd test driven a car and mentally purchased it and had my list of faults to fix ready, so would just walk away.
 
Ive had similar, from a few diffrent places
Phone up ask about the car, then almost immediately ask what are you px'ing then offer a ridiculous low amount on the phone

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