Santa Monica Audi scum-bags and my S5

[snowboarder]

I just want to let you all know about my little adventure with those cheats.
I ordered a "hot" Audi S5 Tip 6 months ago and my mistake - didn't sign a contract.
But got a confirmation e-mail with a price - MSRP - as you can't get any discount
on this brand new model at the moment. Commission number with my name etc.
The car showed up and it looks stunning. They noticed they can get somebody
to pay over sticker. So at the very last moment, without ever any trace of doubt
about the price before - they asked me to pay 10 grand over.
They acted like the worst scum-bags trying to pull a little quick profit -
who cares about a loyal Audi customer.
The guy's name is Abtin Navab - an internet salesman at Santa Monica Audi.
His boss - the general manager there - is even worse - a typical mafioso...
I discovered since they did it many times before, even my neighbor got screwed
by the very same guy!
I obviously walked away. Contacted Audi of America and have a case already.
Will keep you posted.

I posted the story on audiworld and there are guys who were
offered my car already!

http://forums.audiworld.com/a5/msgs/29745.phtml

Andrew

[caitovS4]

Wow, that truly sucks...

Similar story-
A good friend of mine went to Rusnak about two weeks ago and they told him they had one S5 available. He thought it odd with the amount of people waiting.
When he sat down to talk about it the salesman asked for $10K over MSRP - he walked out.

He ended up with a new TT last week from Penske instead.

[M Style S]

Wow...That sucks. I'm sure you'll end up getting an even better one. =]

[channad]

I only spoke to one person there that I liked, his name was Dave, and he was the fleet manager.

[Jason@PenskeAudi]

Support your local forum sponsors fellas!

In any case, that does sound very deceiving and unprofessional, a big thumbs down for that kind of practice.

[DubsE46]

thats lame

[a4darkness]

Sorry to hear about your experience at SM Audi. Bad karma for them.

Had a similar experience at Pacific Audi in Torrance... never going back there. Wound up buying my CPO A4 at down at Hoehen in Carlsbad. Nice guys there. Granted they did the whole, "it's got HIDs" bit during the day. Can't win em all I guess. A Stealership is a Stealership no matter where you go.

[RAUDIS6]

Sorry to hear about your experience at SM Audi. Bad karma for them.

Had a similar experience at Pacific Audi in Torrance... never going back there. Wound up buying my CPO A4 at down at Hoehen in Carlsbad. Nice guys there. Granted they did the whole, "it's got HIDs" bit during the day. Can't win em all I guess. A Stealership is a Stealership no matter where you go.

X2 on Pacific Audi....bad service so many times I can not count. The final kicker was that I was buying a Nogaro B5 S4, but when I went to drive it, there was a flat, and it was close to closing time, so I left a $1000 deposit on it, and came in the first in the morning, and you guessed it they sold it after hours.

[chris@penskeaudi]

Thats is wrong... not every Audi dealership is gonna be loyal to the Audi community.. But where here for you guys.. AZ love

[bfourney]

Stories like theese and my general experiences lately make me not want to deal with the hassle of getting a new car. I refuse to buy anything from a dealer that already has cars marked up over sticker for "Market Adjustment" even if they are willing to negotiate. Are people really that stupid? These are not exotics or limited production cars for christ sake.

[AudiA4Turbo22]

NEVER EVER GO TO RUSNAK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! they are the biggest scumbags, and when u walk in they think that ur not good enough to buy their cars, they give horrible service and they down give u the time of day! i was at longo the other day for Lexus Service(owned by Penske) and they gave such great service i was stunned, they are super polite and the guy checked up with me a couple days later to make sure everything was satisfactory!