kitesurfer

George moore Chevrolet in jacksonville fla finally had a vette last friday. I've stopped by too many times to even count and they've never had one. so last friday they had a black on black on black. I commented to the salesman that i wanted a red vert but this is the first 14 vette model i've seen at a dealership and i wanted a peak. He would not open the vehicle for me to sit in/look at. true, it was not the one I want but it's all they had. The also refused to unlock the 12 model 2 years ago, sitting inside their showroom. I don't have the $70k for the b/b/b, but i do have $53k cash i''ve been socking back just for a vette. i'm close to 100% sure i'll never stop in that dealership again.

Motohead279

If it is a customers car most dealerships will not let anyone else sit in it.

Corgidog1

Unfortunately not all salesmen are astute enough to explain that to the customer in a way that shows they are protecting another customer's car.

v8capt

Two weeks ago The salesman from George Moore Chev called me to say they just received a Crystal Red Convertible. Sounded like it was what I would have ordered, we drove 85 miles to see it and drove it home. The sales dept. was the best ever, can't say the same for the service dept. Daytona had a yellow Z51 about a month ago, but wouldn't let anyone sit in it because it was a sold car. I wouldn't want people sitting in my ordered car or driving it.
Capt Bob

Harry2

I totally agree!

nous defions

It was likely sold. He was doing what you'd want done if it had been your car that came in, and other people wanted to sit in it all day long. Sounds like a good dealer to me.

BWF07

I have to agree, if the car is already purchased most dealers will not let you or anyone sit in it. A local dealer in my area keep the pre-ordered cars covered in the back lot until just before the owner came in for pick up. have their per-orders were filled the did put the for sale C7 on the showroom floor and you could sit in them.

Now if the C7 was for sale this dealership needs some customer service training. I would not worry about that dealership. If you have cash money contact one of the forum dealers. You can most likely have the deal done in less then an hour.

Specracer

I understand not letting you sit in it but not even opening the door so you could look at the very cool interior? That I don't understand!

Vetteman Jack

I really don't see why they couldn't open the door so you could see inside, but I can understand if they didn't want anyone to sit in the car provided it was already sold. At a minimum the salesperson could have explained his refusal to open the door.

lt4obsesses

If they "finally got one in". My guess is that this dealer has very few allocations. Perhaps if were to order from them, in 6 months we would be reading another, "Dude, where's my car?" thread.

If local is important to you, I would be almost positive that there is a Chevy dealer nearby that does alot more Corvette sales, and has some on the floor open for your inspection. I know that here there is one dealer, near me, that has several on the floor, open to the public, and heck, they'll even start it up, right there in the showroom for ya. They even have verts, unsold on display. Check around, Jacksonville is big enough, I'm sure there is one such dealer near you.

Steve Garrett

I get it, if the car was spoken for. But they could have opened up the car to let you look at everything.

kitesurfer

i totally agree. the salesman said it was sold, yet the guy had not seen it and had not placed a deposit... just a guy on the phone...
If it was sold, then it should have been in the back lot away from the public. this dealer is near me. theer is one other in town that i also refuse to deal with so i will have to fly to buy.

KenHorse

punky

What a bunch of car dealer nonsense. Wait a year when they are begging you to look at them and they have 6 or 8 thousand dollar discounts. It always goes this way.

BigJoe

I had the complete opposite experience. I went to the dealer just to look at the green color that I'd not seen in person yet. They had one available (so this was not a sold car, big difference) but not only did the sales guy open the car to let me sit in it, he threw me the fob and said to take for a test drive. I about dropped my chin to the floor.
I guess he knew what he was doing as I wound up buying the car and driving it home. And it was the test drive that convinced me...

PhilsFRC

Depends on the dealer and the individual that you're dealing with. Month or so ago I called my contact, whom I've bought previous vehicles from at Bryan Chevrolet, about the C-7. Said they had none in stock, but would call me if one came in. Couple of weeks later he calls, and said (on a Wednesday) that they had one on the showroom that the purchaser would pick up on the weekend. Went there, and with the exeption of sitting in it, opened it completely up-was locked-and let me take a good look, touch, feel see. Those are the good guys. Other dealers are a$$holes.

Blackdevil77

Sounds a lot like Paul Conte Chevrolet. Except their C7's weren't sold, they just said no because they don't let people touch them until they buy them.

punky

Yeah, nice. Sounds like "We can read the bill after Congress passes it".

tomarsyd

Another Jacksonvillian here.
I've thought about going to see one a local dealer as well, but they never seem to have any, so I knew they'd be off limits even if they did have one. I almost expected to see the price gouging that we read about a lot on here as well.

This weekend is the Jax Auto Show, so I'm looking forward to seeing the one on display there, though I'm sure it'll be an "eyes only" display. I'm fine with that and understand it.

gthal

I bet it was a sold car. My car will be sitting on the dealer floor for about a month behind a rope. If I walked in and someone was sitting in the car I would be beyond pissed. The dealer would not let that happen. It is likely the same issue here. If so, however, the salesperson should have told you why and then it would have been no big deal. Their bad.