Today me and dad went to steven's creek honda to test drive an accord and civic.

We were greeted by this chinese salesman. We asked to test drive the accord

manuel but he said they didnt have one on the lot. THen we walked to the civics, i

asked if i can test drive this 07 ex civic. THe sales man asked if we were going to

buy it today and my dad said no because were not ready. So he said we cant test

drive it because its not even the car you want and your not buying it today. Then

he gave some bs about people wanting low mileage cars. WTF, 1-2 miles is not

gonna hurt it. Man, im so pissed because of this idiot, we drove 45(90 round trip)

miles to talk with this guy because he had a deal on some cars from a newspaper

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cliffs: drove 45 miles to see accord and civic and the salesman didnt let us drive either because it wasnt the exact model we wanted and we werent buying it today.

is there a site i can give ratings to dealers? stay away from stevens creek, their rude and lousy

 

1. Don't bother trying to get the car in the newspaper. Next time, before you drive 45 miles, know that the car in the ad is already sold by the time you read the newspaper (even if you get there before the dealership opens)

2. Ya he was a jerk, but you weren't going to buy the civic -- you were looking for an accord; so in a way he made a decision not to waste his time on you. Next time, ask to drive an automatic (so you get an idea of what an accord is like), and then you can ask to drive the civic (to get an idea of what a honda manual is like).

3. You live in san fran and the closest honda dealership was 45 miles away? If not, I suggest you first test drive the cars at the closest dealerships, then worry about trying to find a deal.

 

My 97 Maxima was in the paper. I saw it in the paper on Sunday, drove over there that day to check it out and liked what I saw. I went back on Monday and asked the first salesman I saw if he wanted to sell a car. New Max for $18k .

Still have it too, its been great.

But I agree that the other guy figured that you were a 19 year old kid and didn't want to waste his time.

 

my dad bought his 03 sienna from a newspaper add also, he got it for 19k otd

also my dad was with me.

we were looking at the civic and accord. this dealer had the deal on the accord, so we went there. After we left, we went to acura of serramonte and the guy was offering us to drive it, but that guy at steven's didnt even want to deal with it.

 

you dealt with one salesman. hardly enough to make the conclusion that the entire dealership is rude and lousy.

 

whyd u have to point out he was chinese????




just playing man. yea he was prob in a bad mood and wasnt selling any cars for the week. try a different salesmen next time.

 

never trust the salesmen.

I arrived with a sign and drive lease newspaper deal for a loaded XC90 and the sales guy laughed at it.

I laughed when I drove off the car with the same deal after discussing with the sales manager.

 

All salesmen are pawns. If they won't work with you talk to the manager, or go to another dealer.

 

Damn, that sucks. But there will always be a better salesman. Today, I went to test drive a WRX Impreza Wagon. The salesman didn't hesitate, made a copy of the license and off we went. He told me to gun it a few times. Pretty cool salesman, especially since I was alone without my parents.

 

while you are doing that...they run your crdit by using your license. lmao!

 

No they can't. It is against the law. They can get sued if they tried to do this.

 

They need your SS# to run your credit

 

Subaru salesmen usually are pretty chill, being that most of them own one themselves. I went to test drive the Legacy GT Spec-B before I got my TSX, and he let me bash on the car. Great guy, great socializer to make you feel better in the car, and possibly the greatest salesmen I ran into so far.

 

From my vast car dealer experiences.... yes it is.

 

I've test driven cars from 6-8 different dealerships in the past year or so, and according to my credit report, not one has looked up my credit. lmao!

 

No one can run your credit without permission from you. Company's can look at certain public available information, but can not get a credit score or see your full report.

 

there are plenty of manual accords and automatic civics out there........

 

What's the point of test driving a civic when you really want an accord?
I would have told the salesman there was no way they didn't have a SINGLE accord in a HONDA parking lot to test drive............

 

I have personally had this done to me. They ran my credit while I was test driving the car. When I got back they had me sign a consent sheet and immediately presented me with information about my credit rating.

Maybe it was because I was young (mid 20s at the time), but some of the dealerships will definitely do it.

 

He's an ass. Must make some killer numbers if he's that helpful.

 

try again.

 

You have to have your social to run a credit check. There is no getting around that. So unless you willingly gave them it before your test drive I doubt they ran it. If they did I'd love to know how!

 

But your forgetting one very important piece, they need your SS# to run it! Why would you give out your SS# before you were absolutley ready to make a deal?

 

oh really?? hmmm..

 

my business school professor told me that they can run it off the license.. I guess he was wrong??!

 

I see.. on me..

 

Apparently that's not true (or at least it wasn't 10+ years ago). I never gave them my social sec #, just my driver license which they stated they needed to let me test drive the car.

They had my credit info using only the info on my DL.

 

OP: Please report this dealership to American Honda. What kind of an assbag did you deal with. I've test driven multiple cars at multiple dealerships and have never encountered such a salesman. Maybe I've just been lucky or haven't test driven enough cars.

 

Wait, they checked my credit? What the hell does that mean?

 

Be careful with those hispanic transmissions. They tend to crap out everyday around 2:00 pm.

 

You will run into nice salespersons and not so nice salespersons. Not that this has anything to do with their cars, but the BMW salespersons are usually the biggest dicks.

I stopped by a Ford dealership to look at the GT Mustang, told the salesman I didn't want to buy. He said he was bored and wanted to go for a test drive. I didn't have a problem with that.

Other times I haven't been able to get into the car - though I think that was more to the guy being busy as shit than anything else. Anyway, don't get all pissed off over one experience.

And why did you drive 45 miles? If you answered that I missed the post.

 

they had a huge discount on accords...it was starting at 16,xxx and it was 07 also. And you know you can still negotiate. PLus when we called that fool said there were 5 speeds around but that idiot wouldnt let us test drive one because we were not buying it that day...

 

I went to test drive a WRX when I was looking for a new car. I got the same shit. "We dont let people test drive our cars, people want cars with low mileage." I was really gonna buy one, till that chick told me that... I got out of the car I was sitting in, shut the door and walked off the lot. Ignoring her as I left.

 

The first thing you should have done after that guy pulled that shit, is ask to talk to a sales manager, tell them you just drove the long distance and now even if you were to buy the car tomorrow, you wouldn't buy from them because of the ignorance of that salesman. Gaurenteed, the manager would go out of his way to make it up for you on the spot knowing they could lose a POTENTIAL sale.

the salesman was probably just being a dick because you already said you weren't buying today and he didn't want to waste his time on that. which is stupid if you ask me. a potential sale is a potential sale.