the run around

So I recently was looking at the new car, and lucky for me it happened to be a sunny day down here in Vancouver, (one of the rare ones) and I noticed that something wasn't right with the front of my car. The clear coat seems to be missing from a portion of the bumber. Here, let me show you what I mean. Of the two pictures, the lighting is the same and the sun angle was approximately the same as well. As you can see from the second picture vs the first, there seems to be a dull finish to the paint job. You can even feel it by rubbing your hand over it. Whereas the first is smooth the second is rough. Of course this concerns me. I bought a new car with a nice shiny paint job and I want a car with a nice shiny paint job. The autobroker I bought the car through said to call the dealership if I had any problems, to which I did. Of course I was expecting them to shuffle me back to the broker, so when I called Greg he gave me the number of the salesman who handled my deal. The thing is, although the deal was done through the broker, my sale was completed with the Mazda dealership. In fact, I bought the car from Mazda, not the broker. It would appear now that I am getting a little bit of a run around. I talked to a salesman, (not the one that I should be dealing with) and was told there was nothing they could do about it.

This isn't the first time that I have had problems with this auto dealership. When I initially starting my car shopping, they offered me what I thought was a fantastic deal... Until I found out that at the end of 60 months (the terms of the sale) I would owe another 7000 dollars to be paid out over the next 24 months in interest charges. See the cost of the car would be what I would have paid for while over 5 years interest would compound on the interest of the financing. Of course I wasn't told this by the salesman. He wanted me to sign the papers and I would have found out most likely in 60 months. Sheisters. If anyone finds themselves in the Port Moody area I suggest stopping by the West Coast Mazda dealership. The "sheister" vibe runs rampant through there. When I got a quote from them, I asked to have a print out of what I was paying for. In other words, the option prices of the car, taxes, delivery costs, and interest on the financing. They wouldn't give it to me. He jotted down a few numbers on paper for me though, and this I found quite curious. Only 30 bucks, but it made me think about what else I was getting screwed over. He wrote down 60 bucks for lock-nuts. Those special lugs that you need a tool to get off so no one with a regular tire-iron can steal your nice rims... Anyway, according to the Mazda.ca website, those lugs are only 30 dollars. Odd wouldn't you say?

So anyway, I am currently in a holding pattern, waiting to hear back from the salesman that I need to deal with, but I somehow get the feeling that I am going to have to put on the boxing gloves for a few rounds before this gets taken care of properly.

That's all for now folks,

cheers

ps Oh, as you can see, I bought a camera, so I'll snap off some pics every now and then to go along with this blog.