LTLFTcomposite
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I spoke to the sales guy who "sold" me my Leaf. He said they sold their demo, don't have any Leafs on the lot, and have no plans to get another demo at this time. Sounds to me like once the requirement from the home office was satisfied for how long they had to hold onto that demo it was a goner. Is this what all the dealers are doing, except maybe in some progressive areas like CA?
He did say if someone wants a Leaf he will guide them through the web site process and won't mark the car up over MSRP (sounds like there might be some wiggle room too), but that isn't much commitment to moving the product IMO. You can't go to a dealer, sit in the car, take a test drive, or talk to anyone for whom selling a Leaf will help them keep their job another month.
So if some guy is watching TV and sees a Leaf ad, and says to himself "I can't take these gas prices any more, this looks the way to go" and heads over to his Nissan dealer, what are the sales people going to say to him? Three guesses, and the first two don't count. You got it, "Oh you don't want that, it <list drawbacks here>, but look, we've got 300 Altimas here that get great mileage, what color do you want, can I get you cup of coffee, what do you want your payment to be, blah blah blah..."
He did say if someone wants a Leaf he will guide them through the web site process and won't mark the car up over MSRP (sounds like there might be some wiggle room too), but that isn't much commitment to moving the product IMO. You can't go to a dealer, sit in the car, take a test drive, or talk to anyone for whom selling a Leaf will help them keep their job another month.
So if some guy is watching TV and sees a Leaf ad, and says to himself "I can't take these gas prices any more, this looks the way to go" and heads over to his Nissan dealer, what are the sales people going to say to him? Three guesses, and the first two don't count. You got it, "Oh you don't want that, it <list drawbacks here>, but look, we've got 300 Altimas here that get great mileage, what color do you want, can I get you cup of coffee, what do you want your payment to be, blah blah blah..."