Hands Up all the Aussies

[West Aussie]

Yeah mate, that's about the gist of it and to an extent, I do sympathise with the dealers, but ive been in business myself and I certainly didn't take paying customers for granted. This is a transaction first and foremost and it shouldn't take the lot of us dropping a line in and having a fish to get a fucking update that is a further delay of 2 months if not longer.

This is the exact shit people are fed up with. As soon as there's some new update in relation to the damn vehicle, email that shit out. I'm not in any rush for the vehicle per-se, but that 5k I put down entitles me to a fucking handful of emails throughout the course of this transaction is what I'm thinking.

Who knows why the other lad has his proto on the water and mine still being made though. This ordering system is whack.

Feel for you coupe lot. Its looking like that much longer if a wait...at least we'll have a MY23 build date though, i guess

Anyhow, I need a drink before I fly out tomorrow.

Maybe your dealer is mistaken, and it IS on the boat already
As you say it dosent make much sense that one has confirmation of the VIN and it’s on its way, and yours is yet to be built.
OR as we spoke about before, maybe because they squeezed a bit bigger allocation of the Proto out, your build is in fact the second not first build …I’m not trying to make excuses, you know me and how frustrated I am. I’m just trying to figure out what’s going on.
Nothing really makes any sense….this being one thing, but things like shipping half a dozen cars for the media and more than likely paying premium to do so due to the small amount, when they could wait 2 months and ship them all out and save money.
Also continued advertising everywhere..even on the back of a bus FFS when the cars are not here and they have orders for a year in advance is also a very questionable way to spend money for a financially struggling company if you ask me.
Said it before, I’ll say it again…I reckon they need a mum in head office to kick some butts and make rational financial decisions

I see in Nissans Facebook page that it’s not unique to the Z, with people who have had orders for the Qashqai and a number of other models placing orders a year ago and also becoming increasing frustrated.

Really all we want is some communication….thing is, unless you want a Mazda, Hyundai, or Impreza the wait fr everything else is going to be at least 9 months..lso at this stage we are stuck between a rock and a hard place

 

[West Aussie]

Ha, @jezzza is fired up! It's been a slow boil, but here we are. You know shit ain't right when jezza is getting short! Nissan, get this man his car ASAP!

I have a sneaky suspicion that @MattJ2020 is a dealer…and not a nice helpful one like @morgand , but one here to try and keep us calm.
It’s not working ??

 

[MattJ2020]

I'm not a dealer! haha.

I'm a photographer

 

[Ballast Scorcher]

Maybe your dealer is mistaken, and it IS on the boat already

Said it before, I’ll say it again…I reckon they need a mum in head office to kick some butts and make rational financial decisions

Ha, he'd best not be mistake given he's the sales manager!

But that "get a mum in head office" is the best line ever! Put that on a bumper sticker ?

 

[West Aussie]

I'm not a dealer! haha.

I'm a photographer

Then why do you always stick up fir them….it’s not the lack of car, but the lack of communication that is upsetting everyone.
@jezzza and I have both had orders in since April last year, and had it not been for us badgering our dealers we would have had 0:communications.
That’s going on a almost year and a half now, with 5k that could be earning interest in my back account, or on shares, yes I do understand at present it’s minimal…but it’s the principle

When they confirmed orders all dealers had to check our details and make sure they were correct for Nissan Aus, a monthly mail out to keep everyone in the loop would take them 5 minutes and would keep customers happier than not hearing anything but push backs and bad news.

I have hope that my car will be here before Christmas, but they haven’t handled this well at all, and I do feel for the dealers, who either know as much as we do…less…or are not permitted to tell us anything

When I first put my money down for this car I was beyond excited, now I’m getting to the point where it’s just background noise, because it’s just been one disappointment after another

 

[West Aussie]

Ha, he'd best not be mistake given he's the sales manager!

But that "get a mum in head office" is the best line ever! Put that on a bumper sticker ?

I’m just trying to be positive …it’s really hard though isn’t it?

As to a mum…it’s for sure what they need, some basic savings lessons, time management and if all else fails some smacked bottoms to get things done ?

 

[MattJ2020]

Then why do you always stick up fir them….it’s not the lack of car, but the lack of communication that is upsetting everyone.

The one time I write my opinion about the wait and delay I'm sticking up for them? Or that I'm a dealer?

I'd rather much be a car journalist!

 

[West Aussie]

The one time I write my opinion about the wait and delay I'm sticking up for them? Or that I'm a dealer?

I'd rather much be a car journalist!

Apologies if I insulted you…I thought you said a similar thing in the past. But happy to apologise and move on

 

[MattJ2020]

Not offended or insulted, we're all good.

I can understand peoples frustrations but that's the way it's going. The only people to blame are the Japanese at the factory or high-up personnel at Nissan in Japan.

Now... lets get back to the Z

 

[West Aussie]

Speaking of delays..has anyone tried to get their hands on a passport in Aus?
Mine and my husbands came in 7 weeks…10 weeks on still waiting for my sons?

 

[Ballast Scorcher]

Speaking of delays..has anyone tried to get their hands on a passport in Aus?
Mine and my husbands came in 7 weeks…10 weeks on still waiting for my sons?

Passports?

Bold of you to assume there'd be a plane for you lot to actually board ??

 

[MattJ2020]

We've got plenty out West!

 

[West Aussie]

Passports?

Bold of you to assume there'd be a plane for you lot to actually board ??

Not going anywhere till Xmas, but after seeing the bad wait times on the news thought we would get in ASAP.
Apparently some have been waiting for 16 weeks.
Ridiculous …they are trying to gently persuade people into paying the extra $274 per passport to be fast tracked
Absolute rip off considering you can’t use the last six months of it, and nearly everyone’s were wasted during covid.

Hopefully flights etc will be a little more reliable by then ….seems covid really did stuff up everything

 

[MattJ2020]

Should have renewed your passport during Covid?

Oh... I'm being cheeky now!

 

[Ballast Scorcher]

Should have renewed your passport during Covid?

Oh... I'm being cheeky now!

Hang on, didnt i see a post about you defending Qantas, perhaps you work for them! ???

Ha, sorry WA, I couldn't resist!