Is it normal for a new TT to have been used?
We've decided to purchase a TT and have a good idea of what we want. We we're interested in a model in particular and went to see it earlier today. However, we were unable to see it because it was b...
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Years ago, one of my clients in another life was a Large Chevrolet Dealer. Chevrolet was offering a limited edition Corvette, there were only like 2000 of them being made, no dealer was getting more than one or two. This dealer had sold his to some attorney for an outrageous amount of money, like $25K over sticker price. The attorney had written up a contract that called for all sorts of things like he was to be present when the car was removed from the carrier. He was to drive it to the detail area and observe the cleaning and dealer prep. No one was to drive the vehicle other them him, even to move it from one area of prep to another and on and on.
Well, I happened to be with the dealer when the transport truck rolled in and the dealer took one look at the car and shouted "OH SHUCKS" (or something like that). He saw a big red sticker stuck to the windshield and knew what that meant. The sticker said "This vehicle has been chosen for factory evaluation, the miles on the odometer will not apply to the factory warranty". The car had over 500 miles on it, which, given the appearance of the tires, were put on 1 mile at a time buy every worker in the factory who stomped the accelerator to see how fast they could go from zero to 100.
Later, I asked the dealer what happened, and learned very quickly that was a subject to never be brought up again.
Personally, unless some concessions are made (or were reflected in the original deal) I wouldn't pay new price. Someone using it over the weekend is clearly different than taking a motorhome for a test drive or someone taking the trailer to their house so the wife and kids can see it before signing on the dotted line. I think a line was crossed that would require financial considerations.
Well, I happened to be with the dealer when the transport truck rolled in and the dealer took one look at the car and shouted "OH SHUCKS" (or something like that). He saw a big red sticker stuck to the windshield and knew what that meant. The sticker said "This vehicle has been chosen for factory evaluation, the miles on the odometer will not apply to the factory warranty". The car had over 500 miles on it, which, given the appearance of the tires, were put on 1 mile at a time buy every worker in the factory who stomped the accelerator to see how fast they could go from zero to 100.
Later, I asked the dealer what happened, and learned very quickly that was a subject to never be brought up again.
Personally, unless some concessions are made (or were reflected in the original deal) I wouldn't pay new price. Someone using it over the weekend is clearly different than taking a motorhome for a test drive or someone taking the trailer to their house so the wife and kids can see it before signing on the dotted line. I think a line was crossed that would require financial considerations.
