What would have happened if I had driven off with the GT even though my bill of sale was for a different car? Sorry for the long post, but this was kind of funny.
When I showed up at the dealership last night to pick up my '17 CX-5 Touring w/ Preferred Equip Pkg that I purchased July 4th weekend, the sales guy insisted the shiny Snowflake White GT parked on the red carpet was mine. I chuckled and said, "Yah right." He looked at me funny and said, "No, this is your car, the GT that we discussed." I told him I purchased the Touring and pulled out my bill of sale with the VIN # of the correct car. He compared the VIN on my documents to the VIN on the key he was holding and got flustered. He went to the office, made a couple of phone calls, came back and told me my car was still parked at the offsite lot. He told me he would go retrieve it while I finished up the DMV papers with F&I.
While in the F&I manager's office, he presented me the temporary registration paper for me to sign. Right away, I knew the VIN on the registration was not for my car but for the GT (I presumed). Again, I had to take out my bill of sale because he didn't believe that the car on the registration was not the car they sold me. An hour and half later at the dealership and we finally got everything squared away and I officially took delivery of MY car.
The fiance and I had a chuckle about the whole situation afterwards, but curiosity is getting the best of me now. Had I not done my due diligence to check the VIN #s and taken delivery of the GT instead, what would have happened? Could I have gotten a GT for the price of a Touring? LOL (uhm) (lol2)
When I showed up at the dealership last night to pick up my '17 CX-5 Touring w/ Preferred Equip Pkg that I purchased July 4th weekend, the sales guy insisted the shiny Snowflake White GT parked on the red carpet was mine. I chuckled and said, "Yah right." He looked at me funny and said, "No, this is your car, the GT that we discussed." I told him I purchased the Touring and pulled out my bill of sale with the VIN # of the correct car. He compared the VIN on my documents to the VIN on the key he was holding and got flustered. He went to the office, made a couple of phone calls, came back and told me my car was still parked at the offsite lot. He told me he would go retrieve it while I finished up the DMV papers with F&I.
While in the F&I manager's office, he presented me the temporary registration paper for me to sign. Right away, I knew the VIN on the registration was not for my car but for the GT (I presumed). Again, I had to take out my bill of sale because he didn't believe that the car on the registration was not the car they sold me. An hour and half later at the dealership and we finally got everything squared away and I officially took delivery of MY car.
The fiance and I had a chuckle about the whole situation afterwards, but curiosity is getting the best of me now. Had I not done my due diligence to check the VIN #s and taken delivery of the GT instead, what would have happened? Could I have gotten a GT for the price of a Touring? LOL (uhm) (lol2)