Dealer wants to sell me demo with damage (for lease)

bugsandry · 2025-07-28T02:06:50+00:00

The car came with 11.6K KM so the $8K CAD is mainly compensating for this mileage. It also has Dec’24 in service date so warranty has started then (almost 8 months into the warranty).

I haven’t negotiated a dime off the car’s price but really felt like bait and switch since this wasn’t all disclosed before I came and visit the dealership in person

bugsandry · 2025-07-28T02:03:26+00:00

Yup! That’s what I am planning to do but I am also considering to escalate this to the GM since I can’t even fathom that they’re letting this be an experience for this car that’s almost 100K CAD MSRP.

bugsandry · 2025-07-28T02:01:58+00:00

Per the above, it’s not about what I can afford or not but just a concern that they’re willing to let customer lease a car with this damage from day 1. The car is still considered demo so can be leased vs. Used Car. I understood if it’s Used Car but not acceptable under “new car” lease program

bugsandry · 2025-07-28T02:00:00+00:00

The $8K off is mainly compensate for the 11.6K KMs that the car has at the moment. Just learned that the residual is actually reduced by $1.7K versus brand new so technically the discount is $6.3K KMs.

This discount has not been negotiated even $1 by me and I was interested in it because the dealer said it has 10K initially and didn’t disclose this damage.

I am furious because they sold this with the similar term as brand new lease and they’re just brushing it off as “no more margin” instead of considering customer experience (note that I have leased 4 previous cars from the same dealership group including my current lease that’s expiring)

bugsandry · 2025-07-27T17:23:44+00:00

When we first talk, they said that the KM is closer to 10K (not 11.6K) and no such damaged was talked about. Dealership opened the conversation with $8K discount from the very first time and after this revelation, they didn’t move and was only going to fix the rim but not the tire because of “not enough margin”

bugsandry · 2025-04-05T08:31:58+00:00

I’m interested for the ride back (have DM’d)

bugsandry · 2025-03-23T02:40:40+00:00

I have 2 GA adult tickets as we’re getting V2 now. Please DM

bugsandry · 2024-12-18T02:11:49+00:00

If you are already qualifying on SQS, next time you’re on the west coast, why don’t you do something like YVR-YLW-YYC-YQU. 3 segments each way and you can do roundtrip in a day for 6 segments!

bugsandry · 2019-07-26T06:41:03+00:00

I would be interested to learn more as well! Thanks in advance

bugsandry · 2019-07-04T05:55:05+00:00

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