How mad would you be?
05-09-2006, 10:19 AM
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How mad would you be?
Well, I took a trip back to Ottawa to visit some friends for the weekend. On the way back I was cruising on the 401 and decided to pull into one of the pit stops to take a leak and grab a Tim Horton's coffee. As I pull into the parking lot I notice a nice clean white Cobalt SS 2.4. It was my first look in person at a SS 2.4 and it looked really good in white. Again, made me upset that the SS/SC was not available in white.
Anyways as I was coming out of Timmy's a young guy (16-18) and his girlfriend come up and ask me if the black Cobalt was mine. I say yes, and compliment him on his and say that white looks really good. Then he asks me where I got the spoiler and ground effects kit. Me being completely stock tell him that is the way it comes from the factory. He insists that I am wrong and seems to get a little upset that I won't tell him. I ask why he thinks that. He then tells me that his is a SS/SC as well and that the way his looks is the way it comes from the factory. I politely disagree and tell him he doesn't have the 2.0L w/SC and that he has the 2.4L w/o SC. At this point he gives me a 'look' like I don't know what I am talking about.
Again, not looking to argue I tell him he should bring his ride over to mine (other side of lot) and I can show him the difference. After he drives over I show him the exterior differences (white color being the most obvious since it is not available on SS/SC, ground effects, spoiler, 18's, SC badges); interior differences (leather seats, boost gauge, auto!) and finally pop hoods with him and show him the supercharger. At this point he yells "F@$k!!". He then tells me that the dealership he bought his from (2 weeks ago) told him that it was the top of the line Cobalt with the Supercharger. He said he paid 25k for his, I said same here. I tell him if he actually did purchase the SS/SC he should complain.
After calming down he says "Oh well, being a 2.4L compared to 2.0L I will still whoop your ass." Again, I politely disagree, compliment him on his ride, wish him the best, and say I gotta run and hop back on the highway. So about 5mins later I'm cruising around 115km/h when I see in my rearview the dude with SS 2.4 come riding up in the fast lane. He slows down beside me and rolls down the passenger window and asks me to run. With no traffic around (was about 8:30am) I agree. We slow down to around 90-95km/h, he jumps it before I do, but before long I had around 4-5 car lengths on him before shutting down around 175km/h. He catches back up to me and punches it beside me at 120km/h and gets a car on me before I floor it in 5th and catch up and pass him and shut down again. He stayed behind me the rest of the way until I took my exit.
So that being said, are people that stupid to not even look at the brochure or do any research of what you are supposed to get and what you actually drive off the lot with? And if this guy's story with the dealership is true how pissed would you be to have been scammed like that? Sorry for the long read.
P.S. I am not flaming the 2.4SS in anyway. I genuinely complimented him on his 2.4SS and do not want to start any flaming/wars between SS/SC owners and 2.4SS owners. We are all part of the Cobalt family! Cheers!
Anyways as I was coming out of Timmy's a young guy (16-18) and his girlfriend come up and ask me if the black Cobalt was mine. I say yes, and compliment him on his and say that white looks really good. Then he asks me where I got the spoiler and ground effects kit. Me being completely stock tell him that is the way it comes from the factory. He insists that I am wrong and seems to get a little upset that I won't tell him. I ask why he thinks that. He then tells me that his is a SS/SC as well and that the way his looks is the way it comes from the factory. I politely disagree and tell him he doesn't have the 2.0L w/SC and that he has the 2.4L w/o SC. At this point he gives me a 'look' like I don't know what I am talking about.
Again, not looking to argue I tell him he should bring his ride over to mine (other side of lot) and I can show him the difference. After he drives over I show him the exterior differences (white color being the most obvious since it is not available on SS/SC, ground effects, spoiler, 18's, SC badges); interior differences (leather seats, boost gauge, auto!) and finally pop hoods with him and show him the supercharger. At this point he yells "F@$k!!". He then tells me that the dealership he bought his from (2 weeks ago) told him that it was the top of the line Cobalt with the Supercharger. He said he paid 25k for his, I said same here. I tell him if he actually did purchase the SS/SC he should complain.
After calming down he says "Oh well, being a 2.4L compared to 2.0L I will still whoop your ass." Again, I politely disagree, compliment him on his ride, wish him the best, and say I gotta run and hop back on the highway. So about 5mins later I'm cruising around 115km/h when I see in my rearview the dude with SS 2.4 come riding up in the fast lane. He slows down beside me and rolls down the passenger window and asks me to run. With no traffic around (was about 8:30am) I agree. We slow down to around 90-95km/h, he jumps it before I do, but before long I had around 4-5 car lengths on him before shutting down around 175km/h. He catches back up to me and punches it beside me at 120km/h and gets a car on me before I floor it in 5th and catch up and pass him and shut down again. He stayed behind me the rest of the way until I took my exit.
So that being said, are people that stupid to not even look at the brochure or do any research of what you are supposed to get and what you actually drive off the lot with? And if this guy's story with the dealership is true how pissed would you be to have been scammed like that? Sorry for the long read.
P.S. I am not flaming the 2.4SS in anyway. I genuinely complimented him on his 2.4SS and do not want to start any flaming/wars between SS/SC owners and 2.4SS owners. We are all part of the Cobalt family! Cheers!
05-09-2006, 10:26 AM
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Pretty ridiculous on the dealer's part, but honestly...if the guy was THAT stupid to not know the difference; he should've bought a kia rio 
Either way the situation blows pretty hard though...when my ss/sc finally came in (after 7 months damnit
) i went to the dealer to pick it up...and outside there was a 2.4 sitting infront of the office. I was irrate til they wheeled my baby out from the back 
Either way the situation blows pretty hard though...when my ss/sc finally came in (after 7 months damnit) i went to the dealer to pick it up...and outside there was a 2.4 sitting infront of the office. I was irrate til they wheeled my baby out from the back
05-09-2006, 10:39 AM
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Originally Posted by SS_Canuck
Well, I took a trip back to Ottawa to visit some friends for the weekend. On the way back I was cruising on the 401 and decided to pull into one of the pit stops to take a leak and grab a Tim Horton's coffee. As I pull into the parking lot I notice a nice clean white Cobalt SS 2.4. It was my first look in person at a SS 2.4 and it looked really good in white. Again, made me upset that the SS/SC was not available in white.
Anyways as I was coming out of Timmy's a young guy (16-18) and his girlfriend come up and ask me if.....
Anyways as I was coming out of Timmy's a young guy (16-18) and his girlfriend come up and ask me if.....
05-09-2006, 10:42 AM
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Hehe , good for you for being the gentlemen of the 2!!! Ya sometimes you have to wonder why people just can't accept the fact they may be wrong sometimes.. And on the other point of dealerships!!! they have all one goal, to sell cars.. So ya do your homework and srew them over as much as possible,lol jk..
05-09-2006, 10:47 AM
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Originally Posted by distillion
come on, people cant be that dumb.
05-09-2006, 10:48 AM
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Originally Posted by distillion
come on, people cant be that dumb.
Originally Posted by Dragon007
Hehe , good for you for being the gentlemen of the 2!!! Ya sometimes you have to wonder why people just can't accept the fact they may be wrong sometimes.. And on the other point of dealerships!!! they have all one goal, to sell cars.. So ya do your homework and srew them over as much as possible,lol jk..
Originally Posted by BLKSS
Yeah seriously, im sure he was just joking. As if a dealer would **** you like that. I mean yeah, they jip you, but this is insane..
05-09-2006, 11:54 AM
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You handled the situation very well, especially for not making him look like too much of a tool in front of his woman (which he is). Completely his fault for not doing his homework on what he was buying.
But yeah, not sure how it is in the States but in Canada a fully loaded 2.4L SS with leather, sunroof etc is about the same price as a 2.0L SS/SC.
But yeah, not sure how it is in the States but in Canada a fully loaded 2.4L SS with leather, sunroof etc is about the same price as a 2.0L SS/SC.
05-09-2006, 11:57 AM
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I can see a young guy, going to the dealership cause he saw a ss in the lot. walked in said man i gotta have a cobalt ss. and got sold an ss thinking it was the ss/sc because he didnt know the difference. they just wanna sell cars.
or maybe he got caught in a lie with his girlfreind "yea baby I swear my ss is the real deal that must be a body kit".
or maybe he got caught in a lie with his girlfreind "yea baby I swear my ss is the real deal that must be a body kit".
05-09-2006, 12:30 PM
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Hard lesson learned that you should always do your research before buying. Hell if I hadn't the dealer tried to tell me that my '05 LS had 175hp...I stood there looking at him like he had **** on his face.
Good to see at least one of you knew how to handle the situation...I bet his dealership got an earful the next day though.
Good to see at least one of you knew how to handle the situation...I bet his dealership got an earful the next day though
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05-09-2006, 12:32 PM
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So a white SS in Ottawa huh? Il have to keep an eye out for this guy and possibly find out what dealership he went to. I would so stire up a storm on that dealership if I found out.
05-09-2006, 12:39 PM
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rofl....the moral of this story is don't go into a dealer knowing nothing about the car you want. My salesman told me all kinds of outlandish BS that made me wonder if he actually knew anything about the car. The thought of that guy drivin around tellin everyone he's got a S/C Cobalt makes me lmao...why can't I meet people like this.
And yea...I'm pretty sure you can option a SS-non-SC up to the price of a SC here in Canada.
And yea...I'm pretty sure you can option a SS-non-SC up to the price of a SC here in Canada.
05-09-2006, 12:39 PM
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It would be funny if he stormed into the dealer saying someone with a real SC told him his wasn't and yelled and all that. Then the dealer told him the other dude was lieing and not to worry and he buys that. HAHA
I'm sure he will go online though and check it out the flip
I'm sure he will go online though and check it out the flip
05-09-2006, 01:03 PM
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Originally Posted by BLKSS
So a white SS in Ottawa huh? Il have to keep an eye out for this guy and possibly find out what dealership he went to. I would so stire up a storm on that dealership if I found out.
Originally Posted by TXRLU
I'm sure after you walked him by 4 or so cars he was telling his G/F that you probably got the supercharger at the same place you bought the ground effects kit. 
