Hands Up all the Aussies

[West Aussie]

Yeah, when I seen a few posts from people reaching out and getting no where, I figured I'd give it a bit longer, but I'm imagining my dealer is simply chomping at the bit waiting with bated breath for me to get on the blower! ?

pretty sure…aren’t you at Osborne Park like me…come on man, tag team…the more we hassle the more they will hassle AHG,
game face on from now on ??

 

[Ballast Scorcher]

pretty sure…aren’t you at Osborne Park like me…come on man, tag team…the more we hassle the more they will hassle AHG,
game face on from now on ??

Ha, nah, im at midland nissan, I just picked the closest dealer to the eastern edge of Perth since I'm out here in the damned desert!

My sales guy honestly seemed great, but yeah, im sick of being polite. Squeaky wheel gets the grease after all ?

 

[peter]

Personally I wouldn't go anywhere near this dealer. ?

Just found them randomly while online the other week, they are in Victoria, just wanted the screen shot to leverage my two dealers about accessories

 

[peter]

Just thinking about this further @peter
not sure that advertising “order now for July delivery” is really above board.
I mean I’m guessing that Nissan is gonna be stretched meeting all the orders they already have…only thing I can think of is is the dealer has ordered a spare …or if someone decides not to proceed ….but other than that I’m guessing anyone ordering now, won’t be getting one in July.
suppose I could be wrong

I did call these guys when I found the add and asked how could they be advertising delivery in July when people had pre-orders, the reply ws that they had three unfilled allocations.

 

[jezzza]

Just found them randomly while online the other week, they are in Victoria, just wanted the screen shot to leverage my two dealers about accessories

Unless they're throwing in some 3rd party crap, I have a sneaking suspicion that Nissan Australia are including some accessories with each car. I looked over the order details in their system today (on dealers screen) and there were no Z specific accessories listed whatsoever.

 

[peter]

You are correct, they said they did not know what the accessory kit would consist of as the cars and parts were not in the system yet

 

[jezzza]

You are correct, they said they did not know what the accessory kit would consist of as the cars and parts were not in the system yet

They're offering a free pack of 'something' that doesn't exist yet for a '400z' July allocation that they're not even guaranteed. ?‍

 

[West Aussie]

I did call these guys when I found the add and asked how could they be advertising delivery in July when people had pre-orders, the reply ws that they had three unfilled allocations.

Find that odd when allocations haven’t been given yet ( to my knowledge) unless they ordered 3 cars extra…again I would find that odd…. That would set alarm bells ringing
And as jezza said…free offer for accessories that are not in the system yet…still won’t stop me using it for leverage with my dealer though ?

@jezzza so did your dealer actually have their allocations in the system as well?
or just what you can order??

 

[jezzza]

@jezzza so did your dealer actually have their allocations in the system as well?
or just what you can order??

From my understand the are no guaranteed allocation numbers, they can only speculate like us. They place orders and they just turn up when they turn up.

If this is incorrect I'd love to know.

 

[West Aussie]

From my understand the are no guaranteed allocation numbers, they can only speculate like us. They place orders and they just turn up when they turn up.

If this is incorrect I'd love to know.

I have no clue…just thought they would have to have some sort of allocation in they system even if it’s ordered, because they would need the VIN??
But I have no real clue, this is just what’s in my head

 

[jezzza]

I’ve never ordered a car before, at what stage are you provided a VIN? I see the Americans talk about it but wasn’t sure it’s relevant to us.

 

[West Aussie]

I’ve never ordered a car before, at what stage are you provided a VIN? I see the Americans talk about it but wasn’t sure it’s relevant to us.

its a car identification number that is specific to each actual car made it’s usually on the contract, but I’ve never ordered a car ..it’s always been In the dealers inventory, so they already had it.
Once you have a VIN it pretty much means your car has been allocated to you, is made, and is on its way in terms of shipping.
No VINs means the dealer doesn’t actually have any physical car to sell.
id think as soon as cars are made Dealers would have VINs even before they are shipped

EDIT VIN=Vehicle identification number

 

[jezzza]

as soon as cars are made Dealers would have VINs even before they are shipped

Excellent thanks, was hoping that was the case.

I know all about VINs on existing cars, I own a Japanese import, when trying to insure it or buy parts I’m often told that it doesn’t exist.

 

[West Aussie]

Don’t know if you guys saw this…I ignored it at first because I watched their video version, but it has some very interesting points…mainly “imminent arrival” and “first shipments will include a mix of both proto and normal coupe” which is a relief as there were rumour of just the proto coming in first allocations
https://www.whichcar.com.au/news/2023-nissan-z-australian-pricing-revealed

 

[Sam_AusZ32]

Don’t know if you guys saw this…I ignored it at first because I watched their video version, but it has some very interesting points…mainly “imminent arrival” and “first shipments will include a mix of both proto and normal coupe” which is a relief as there were rumour of just the proto coming in first allocations
https://www.whichcar.com.au/news/2023-nissan-z-australian-pricing-revealed

Interesting read, I hope there's a shred of truth in it. Can you imagine, July?!