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Offline Tinytim

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Diesel Edition 30 WTF
« on: October 29, 2011, 01:20:09 pm »
Had a test drive in an Edition 30 and thee salesman is giving it his hardest sell. Comes out with
"you'll save loads of money with this car as it's very economical being a diesel"

I could not believe what bullsh1t I was hearing.
I went silent for a while then repeated "diesel?"
He replied "Yes Diesel"

I then had to tell him it was a petrol.
He acted all surprised and he was the one driving it!

Amazing. Not sure what's worse, if he was trying to fool me or whether he was genuinely clueless.
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Re: Diesel Edition 30 WTF
« Reply #1 on: October 29, 2011, 02:15:53 pm »
To a lot of people if you can hear the engine, its a diesel.  The TFSI clatter doesn't help..

Still, no excuse for a salesman.   :signLOL:
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Re: Diesel Edition 30 WTF
« Reply #2 on: October 29, 2011, 02:40:22 pm »
This lead to the question of what type of fuel he was filling it up with...  :scared:
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Re: Diesel Edition 30 WTF
« Reply #3 on: October 29, 2011, 02:51:26 pm »
Just goes to show a lot of the supposed experts who work in the motor trade are clueless!
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Re: Diesel Edition 30 WTF
« Reply #4 on: October 29, 2011, 03:44:00 pm »
He knew it was 230bhp, made a real point of telling me that, and that it wasn't the standard Gti it is a special edition model.
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Re: Diesel Edition 30 WTF
« Reply #5 on: October 29, 2011, 04:16:20 pm »
What a newbie.....
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Re: Diesel Edition 30 WTF
« Reply #6 on: October 29, 2011, 04:55:37 pm »
Would have been interesting if he'd gone to stick some fuel in for the test drive.
I am surprised he didnt. When he started the car the trip computer said 10 miles till empty, he said don't worry that will be fine. Got back and it was showing 5. Pretty risky.

Also wasn't aware there were paddles to change gear on the steering wheel.

End result is sale lost. Next time he should do his homework about the cars he's selling.
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Re: Diesel Edition 30 WTF
« Reply #7 on: October 29, 2011, 04:56:59 pm »
He only had to look at the clocks for gods sake :signLOL: I'm sure even he knew a diesel wont rev that high??

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Re: Diesel Edition 30 WTF
« Reply #8 on: October 29, 2011, 05:15:39 pm »
Quote from: mortygttdi on October 29, 2011, 04:56:59 pm
He only had to look at the clocks for gods sake :signLOL: I'm sure even he knew a diesel wont rev that high??

Darren

Agreed! I had the sales man tell me that you can map them to 300hp! That was VW!! He also, again, told me it wasnt a standard GTI...No sh*t, thats why i drove 50miles to look at it!!!
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Re: Diesel Edition 30 WTF
« Reply #9 on: October 29, 2011, 05:34:20 pm »
I had a salesman at a nearby VW tell me highline was available only on the Passat. Some of them don't know much about it.
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Re: Diesel Edition 30 WTF
« Reply #10 on: October 29, 2011, 05:37:18 pm »
The sales guys have a cloud for a brain  :signLOL:

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Re: Diesel Edition 30 WTF
« Reply #11 on: October 30, 2011, 09:11:13 am »
Whenever I go in my local to the parts desk some nobber on the service desk always pipes up that I can't get what I'm asking for. Last time was a keyfob badge "you can't buy them separate, have to get a whole new key". Love it when I go back 2 days later to collect my new badges!
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Re: Diesel Edition 30 WTF
« Reply #12 on: October 30, 2011, 10:57:15 am »
Quote from: simonp on October 30, 2011, 09:11:13 am
Whenever I go in my local to the parts desk some nobber on the service desk always pipes up that I can't get what I'm asking for. Last time was a keyfob badge "you can't buy them separate, have to get a whole new key". Love it when I go back 2 days later to collect my new badges!

The exact same thing happened to me!  :grin:
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Re: Diesel Edition 30 WTF
« Reply #13 on: October 30, 2011, 03:54:49 pm »
Same berk told me I couldn't fit an RCD510 into a mk5 as it was specifically for the mk6. :stupid:
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Re: Diesel Edition 30 WTF
« Reply #14 on: October 30, 2011, 05:21:23 pm »
Quote from: simonp on October 30, 2011, 03:54:49 pm
Same berk told me I couldn't fit an RCD510 into a mk5 as it was specifically for the mk6. :stupid:

I've had that when i asked about retrofit audio for my mk5, all they could offer me was the kenwood system for £999
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