lacroupade
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Just been reminded why I hate Nissan dealers....went to the main Renault dealer this morning for a sensor....nice and polite no problem, job done.
Nipped over the road to the (large) main Nissan dealer for a thermostat for the T2.
An arsey parts manager says "Registration or VIN NO?".
"Got neither" says I, "been on a private plate the last nine years and the cars in Wales".
"Can't do anything then" says the parts asshole.
"But surely" says I, "that engine has been virtually untouched for most of its model life - it will be a standard part won't it?"
"Right" he huffs and strops off...
Two minutes later he's back with a list of about 14 part numbers.
"Which one do you want me to order then?" he says sarcastically.
(bearing in mind the list contains at least 9-10 items that almost certainly refer to the non-Tdi engine and the 3.0 and 'cold climate' models).
"Whichever is the right one?" says I politely....:nenau
"Well which one is that?" he says, again sarcastically.
Well at this point I had spotted what was almost certainly the right stat, hidden in a list that might as well have been written in chinese, cos it was all parts shorthand.....but I was fecking apoplectic by now, so in front of a queue of seven people waiting at the service desk next door I slowly screwed his list up into a ball, dropped it on the desk and said "Tell you what, I'll leave it - and thank you for being SO helpful".
and walked out.:banghead:banghead:banghead
Since then I've written a mega-snotter to the dealer principal, explaining how this seven-car family (inc kids) won't, after all, be coming to his showroom to look at a new car as had been planned (which it nearly was!)...probably won't hear a thing, but what a way to run a business in the middle of a recession!!!!:doh
Nipped over the road to the (large) main Nissan dealer for a thermostat for the T2.
An arsey parts manager says "Registration or VIN NO?".
"Got neither" says I, "been on a private plate the last nine years and the cars in Wales".
"Can't do anything then" says the parts asshole.
"But surely" says I, "that engine has been virtually untouched for most of its model life - it will be a standard part won't it?"
"Right" he huffs and strops off...
Two minutes later he's back with a list of about 14 part numbers.
"Which one do you want me to order then?" he says sarcastically.
(bearing in mind the list contains at least 9-10 items that almost certainly refer to the non-Tdi engine and the 3.0 and 'cold climate' models)."Whichever is the right one?" says I politely....:nenau
"Well which one is that?" he says, again sarcastically.
Well at this point I had spotted what was almost certainly the right stat, hidden in a list that might as well have been written in chinese, cos it was all parts shorthand.....but I was fecking apoplectic by now, so in front of a queue of seven people waiting at the service desk next door I slowly screwed his list up into a ball, dropped it on the desk and said "Tell you what, I'll leave it - and thank you for being SO helpful".
and walked out.:banghead:banghead:banghead
Since then I've written a mega-snotter to the dealer principal, explaining how this seven-car family (inc kids) won't, after all, be coming to his showroom to look at a new car as had been planned (which it nearly was!)...probably won't hear a thing, but what a way to run a business in the middle of a recession!!!!:doh
