Visiting dealer forecourt when closed?
Discussion
Depends....
Friend of mine has a couple of Porsches and goes to the Porsche centre in Leeds fairly regularly. On a couple of occasions he's wandered into the Ferrari place next door and always received a warm welcome... "drop in anytime, doesn't matter if you're buying or not, it's as much about celebrating the marque as anything else", etc.
So we bobbed over one Sunday for a visit as I've not been yet. It was closed. We spent a few minutes having a look at the cars that were parked outside but were promptly warned via loudspeakers that the site was closed and we were being monitored by CCTV and to leave immediately!
So, Ferrari main dealers certainly don't seem to like it!
Friend of mine has a couple of Porsches and goes to the Porsche centre in Leeds fairly regularly. On a couple of occasions he's wandered into the Ferrari place next door and always received a warm welcome... "drop in anytime, doesn't matter if you're buying or not, it's as much about celebrating the marque as anything else", etc.
So we bobbed over one Sunday for a visit as I've not been yet. It was closed. We spent a few minutes having a look at the cars that were parked outside but were promptly warned via loudspeakers that the site was closed and we were being monitored by CCTV and to leave immediately!
So, Ferrari main dealers certainly don't seem to like it!
Deep Thought said:
blue_haddock said:
If its an open forecourt i see no issue wandering onto the pitch to look at cars.
If you need to climb fences/gates etc then probably no.
+1If you need to climb fences/gates etc then probably no.
Pica-Pica said:
Deep Thought said:
blue_haddock said:
If its an open forecourt i see no issue wandering onto the pitch to look at cars.
If you need to climb fences/gates etc then probably no.
+1If you need to climb fences/gates etc then probably no.
If its an open forecourt then i'm not seeing an issue.
To be honest if i'm just browsing i'd rather do that out of hours rather than get mugged by a salesperson during the day.
It's swings and roundabouts.
From their point of few people could be nicking bits off or keying the cars.
Unfortunately it's a sick world we live in.
I remember about ten years ago, I was passing car showroom in the centre of Oldham at 10pm one night, on my way home from the theatre, and I stepped over a rope to have a look at a Nissan 280Z.......suddenly all hell broke loose, there were flashing lights and a siren blaring
INTRUDER ALERT! INTRUDER ALERT!
I've never run as fast in my life
From their point of few people could be nicking bits off or keying the cars.
Unfortunately it's a sick world we live in.
I remember about ten years ago, I was passing car showroom in the centre of Oldham at 10pm one night, on my way home from the theatre, and I stepped over a rope to have a look at a Nissan 280Z.......suddenly all hell broke loose, there were flashing lights and a siren blaring
INTRUDER ALERT! INTRUDER ALERT!I've never run as fast in my life
Mad Maximus said:
Used to do this loads when I was younger but now don’t see the need as the internet has most of the info I need and when I’m ready to buy I’ll make an appointment.
Sometimes it’s nice just to have a look without any chance of being approached especially if you’re in the early stages of looking and as long as it’s not in some locked compound that means you’re scaling fences to have a look then I see no harm.Chose my last car this way (although I didn’t realise they were closed to be fair) but it gave me ample time to really and I mean really go over the car with a fine tooth comb - I mean, I was checking the date stamps on the tyres for goodness sake!
When I went back all I needed to do was check the interior and a test drive.
Quite a nice way to do it to be fair.
valiant said:
Sometimes it’s nice just to have a look without any chance of being approached especially if you’re in the early stages of looking and as long as it’s not in some locked compound that means you’re scaling fences to have a look then I see no harm.
Quite a nice way to do it to be fair.
I agree. I do the same, but only when it's light, so winter isn't really an option for this, unless the site is closed on a Sunday.Quite a nice way to do it to be fair.
MitchT said:
Depends....
So we bobbed over one Sunday for a visit as I've not been yet. It was closed. We spent a few minutes having a look at the cars that were parked outside but were promptly warned via loudspeakers that the site was closed and we were being monitored by CCTV and to leave immediately!
So, Ferrari main dealers certainly don't seem to like it!
Same experience at Rolls Royce / McLaren dealer at Handforth near Manchester - just wandered up their drive one evening with my young son the have a look and greeted by loud speaker messages telling us to leave immediately...felt like a criminal.So we bobbed over one Sunday for a visit as I've not been yet. It was closed. We spent a few minutes having a look at the cars that were parked outside but were promptly warned via loudspeakers that the site was closed and we were being monitored by CCTV and to leave immediately!
So, Ferrari main dealers certainly don't seem to like it!
If it's daylight and an open yard then it's the best time to have an uninterrupted look of the exterior/underneath of the car in detail.
I booked a 10am appointment near Norwich to look at a car. Got there and they were closed. It was a small 2 man band dealer and they decided to collect cars from auction thinking I wouldn't show or be late. That did me a favour because I'd turned up early and spent 30 minutes going over the car and found it in far ropier condition than the advert/description. Called him back and said no thanks.
I booked a 10am appointment near Norwich to look at a car. Got there and they were closed. It was a small 2 man band dealer and they decided to collect cars from auction thinking I wouldn't show or be late. That did me a favour because I'd turned up early and spent 30 minutes going over the car and found it in far ropier condition than the advert/description. Called him back and said no thanks.
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