General Ask a Nissan Salesman Thread

[McLovin157]

Hello everyone, my name is Shawn Stegall and I work as a salesman at a Nissan dealership in Oklahoma City OK. I wanted to start this thread as a way for people to be able to reach out and ask questions for someone who works on the dealer side of things. Please don't hesitate to ask any question or make any comments you may have!

A little about me, I first fell in love with the Z car platform around the age of 7 with NFSU2 and Grand Turismo. The 350Z has just always had a special place in my heart sense then. Which is probably a big reason why I own a 2008 350z Nismo #0875. I was a mechanic for 7 years before an auto accident made me rethink my career choice. I wanted to stay in the auto industry but hard labor was pretty much a pipe dream so I moved to sales. May 26th will be my second year in sales and I have to say I have seen, heard, and learned A LOT about how things actually work inside a dealership.

I'm affiliated with dozens of Z car clubs, groups, and forums. I try to make it to as many national meets (Zcon and Znations to list some examples) as work will allow and I have met some incredible people doing so. Knowing guys who work for aftermarket companies like Z1 and AMSPerformance as well.

I do what I can to help out the enthusiast community in any way I can giving advise anywhere possible. This passion project of getting as many new Z cars on the road as possible I've undertaken solo. I'm not "sponsored" by the dealership in this, they don't pay me to go to meets and I use my personal time to answer any questions or take any calls. Which my wife is getting tired of the Z but she knows how much of a big deal this is to me. So doing what I can in the position I'm in I figured opening up about the dealer side of things was the best thing. As well as helping out in any area I can like introducing people to other enthusiasts, build ideas, helping buy or sell Zs, good local Z shops, etc.

 

[orclean1]

MCLOVIN157 , welcome and we look forward to any and all information from you first hand

 

[West Aussie]

Hello everyone, my name is Shawn Stegall and I work as a salesman at a Nissan dealership in Oklahoma City OK. I wanted to start this thread as a way for people to be able to reach out and ask questions for someone who works on the dealer side of things. Please don't hesitate to ask any question or make any comments you may have!

A little about me, I first fell in love with the Z car platform around the age of 7 with NFSU2 and Grand Turismo. The 350Z has just always had a special place in my heart sense then. Which is probably a big reason why I own a 2008 350z Nismo #0875. I was a mechanic for 7 years before an auto accident made me rethink my career choice. I wanted to stay in the auto industry but hard labor was pretty much a pipe dream so I moved to sales. May 26th will be my second year in sales and I have to say I have seen, heard, and learned A LOT about how things actually work inside a dealership.

I'm affiliated with dozens of Z car clubs, groups, and forums. I try to make it to as many national meets (Zcon and Znations to list some examples) as work will allow and I have met some incredible people doing so. Knowing guys who work for aftermarket companies like Z1 and AMSPerformance as well.

I do what I can to help out the enthusiast community in any way I can giving advise anywhere possible. This passion project of getting as many new Z cars on the road as possible I've undertaken solo. I'm not "sponsored" by the dealership in this, they don't pay me to go to meets and I use my personal time to answer any questions or take any calls. Which my wife is getting tired of the Z but she knows how much of a big deal this is to me. So doing what I can in the position I'm in I figured opening up about the dealer side of things was the best thing. As well as helping out in any area I can like introducing people to other enthusiasts, build ideas, helping buy or sell Zs, good local Z shops, etc.

Hey Shawn Welcome…sorry to throw you a curly straight up but….

I’ve seen you in Facebook, you had me convinced you were a nice guy until you said that you will be charging over sticker price and that dealers have no choice but to do so.

No other country feels the need to charge exorbitant rates, car shortages are a world wide problem, not just to the US …so I see no real reason to be doing this except greed.

if you can explain why you think it’s ok for dealers to take advantage of peoples desperation…please go ahead, I will probably still disagree, but I think it’s worth an open debate with those in the industry

 

[Donalex]

I'm sure it's not him, personally, but the store's management.

On the side, I was a Nissan salesperson when the Z32 came out. I was my store's expert and could give a test drive to curl your toes. It was an exciting time.

Doubly cool, we were within driving distance to Sebring and got free tickets to see Brabham and Robinson kick ass on the track.

 

[LeatherWings]

No other country feels the need to charge exorbitant rates, car shortages are a world wide problem, not just to the US …so I see no real reason to be doing this except greed.

if you can explain why you think it’s ok for dealers to take advantage of peoples desperation…please go ahead...

I expect the answer to sound something like this:

 

[Stella]

Yeah there's no way anything productive can happen in this thread. He's not going to leak any info with his real name on here, and if he's already admitting to charging over sticker, he's not going to get any sales from here.

The people who are going to pay $20k over for your first allocations arnt the ones spending time on the forums, pouring over every drop of info we get, participating in civil discourse. Most of us here are enthusiasts who see the car for what it is.

If you were just an enthusiast who wanted to be apart of the community, you wouldn't have sold us on your rich history with z's to try and be our friendly nissan insider, but we all know how sales people are. Good luck selling nitrogen.

 

[DevonK]

Asking a sales guy about the whyfors of government regs and auto industry policy and practice is a bit like asking an army private to provide the specifics and rationale for a battle plan in a major theatre of war, totally misplaced.

 

[LeatherWings]

Asking a sales guy about the whyfors of government regs and auto industry policy and practice is a bit like asking an army private to provide the specifics and rationale for a battle plan in a major theatre of war, totally misplaced.

Well, he is the sales guy, isn't he? He's the one whose job it is to convince us why we should pay the price they're asking.

 

[DevonK]

Well, he is the sales guy, isn't he? He's the one whose job it is to convince us why we should pay the price they're asking.

Yeah, by talking up the car, and pointing out all the dealers are ADMing, not giving a policy seminar lol.

 

[LeatherWings]

Yeah, by talking up the car, and pointing out all the dealers are ADMing, not giving a policy seminar lol.

Hence...

 

[DevonK]

Interesting to see how invested Americans are in their elected representatives lol.

 

[LeatherWings]

Interesting to see how invested Americans are in their elected representatives lol.

 

[White_turbo]

The response is about what I expected before I even read this. ?

I am cross shopping the MKV Supra and the Z, what would you say to help me with this decision?

 

[jdm-rhd]

The response is about what I expected before I even read this. ?

I am cross shopping the MKV Supra and the Z, what would you say to help me with this decision?

the zupr4 is a bmw...the Z is a nissan

 

[jdm-rhd]

welcome to the forum @McLovin157

you have entered the car version of the lions den. we have been waiting for the Z for what seems like forever. we are desperate and hungry for any and all information to devour...