StrikeS30
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- Paisley, Ontario, Canada
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- 78 280Z, 76 280Z, 88 300zx
I had a good chat with my dealer yesterday about the whole process. He was telling me, the way these cars get listed on the Nissan Canada website is a bit... not right. He said they go up automatically as soon as they get scanned into the system at the depot off rail (depending on area). And from there it usually takes about a week or two, or more he's noticed before it can actually arrive to the lot. Just due to the fact of busy shipments, only able to fit 9 cars on a truck to each dealer, so on, so forth. He said regardless if the car is pre-sold, allocated to a customer, or an order. It's automatically listed at that point of entry. He was unable to peek at the car I have coming because their entire system has been down for two days.
He was being very straight forward with the entire process of how it works that he's noticed and knows internally. But, he said for the most part it's just a waiting game. He said they originally had an "ETA" from Nissan for the 608 allocation of February, but he said a few months back it got bumped up to December. He said it's kind of been all over the place. And you honestly will not know until that car gets scanned into the system at the rail depot, then they get notified that it should arrive shortly. He kind of laughed and said I'd probably know before he gets the notification. From there he said it could be a week or so, depending on how busy things are. With the ETA's hes like you can't count on those from Nissan
But, he's said he's run into issues with the pricing on the Canada website vs Reality, because what's listed there is just the base MRSP. The all weather floor mats, the door scuff, kick plates and stuff that Nissan has been tacking onto the cars at factory are unavoidable, and not included in that price that gets automatically generated, so it leads to a bit of a sticker shock to some customers when they try and compare what they saw online vs what the website shows and wonder why it's more expensive.
I have them pricing out ceramic coat (They have an incredible detailing staff, they do the whole thing, handwash, claybar, dry, paint correction for minor imperfections, alcohol wash), and tint. Also for jokes we got talking about the mods I have planned. He is so excited for the exhaust system, he said the Auto car sounds pretty decent, but the manual is so meh. I told him I have the full catted downpipes, but I said how it's going to be a real treat to install without a lift. He's going to talk to the sales/service manager and see if that's something they can install for me, he said just wants to find out the details about warranty vs downpipes, he said its not a big deal, but they could raise concern if the selling dealership installed aftermarket parts.. But he said he'd do some digging
He was being very straight forward with the entire process of how it works that he's noticed and knows internally. But, he said for the most part it's just a waiting game. He said they originally had an "ETA" from Nissan for the 608 allocation of February, but he said a few months back it got bumped up to December. He said it's kind of been all over the place. And you honestly will not know until that car gets scanned into the system at the rail depot, then they get notified that it should arrive shortly. He kind of laughed and said I'd probably know before he gets the notification. From there he said it could be a week or so, depending on how busy things are. With the ETA's hes like you can't count on those from Nissan
But, he's said he's run into issues with the pricing on the Canada website vs Reality, because what's listed there is just the base MRSP. The all weather floor mats, the door scuff, kick plates and stuff that Nissan has been tacking onto the cars at factory are unavoidable, and not included in that price that gets automatically generated, so it leads to a bit of a sticker shock to some customers when they try and compare what they saw online vs what the website shows and wonder why it's more expensive.
I have them pricing out ceramic coat (They have an incredible detailing staff, they do the whole thing, handwash, claybar, dry, paint correction for minor imperfections, alcohol wash), and tint. Also for jokes we got talking about the mods I have planned. He is so excited for the exhaust system, he said the Auto car sounds pretty decent, but the manual is so meh. I told him I have the full catted downpipes, but I said how it's going to be a real treat to install without a lift. He's going to talk to the sales/service manager and see if that's something they can install for me, he said just wants to find out the details about warranty vs downpipes, he said its not a big deal, but they could raise concern if the selling dealership installed aftermarket parts.. But he said he'd do some digging
