posted 10-01-2002 09:32 PM                  

I really didn't care and didn't ask to drive it. IT WAS MY CAR AND I WAS TAKING IT HOME. I had put a deposit on Feb. 26th, `96 on the 2nd car to come to the dealer. In July of `98 it was delivered. It arrived at the dealer on a Saturday. They called Monday afternoon to my parents house (couldn't find my number and saleman had left that wrote it up). The owner had dad's info since he had bought several cars there.

That evening at dinner time Sue & Dad came to meet me for dinner. I knew something was strange since dad was with her. He told me I needed to call the dealer in the morning. The next day I drove out to look at it and get paperwork to take to the bank and the next afternoon went to pick it up. July 15th 1998 the yellow `99 Prowler became MINE

Test drove home the 30 mile and got RAINED ON

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Larry & Sue Mayes

posted 10-01-2002 10:09 PM                  

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Originally posted by jkburns:
whealy:

Yes, a strange story about my dealer asking if a customer could test drive MY Kat, but knowing this was a long term investment, I figured anything to enhance my relationship with the dealership would be to my advantage. So far, I've been right.

I never test drove a Prowler before owning one. In fact, I had only seen a Mulholland and a Candy Red close up. Bought the car sight unseen and didn't drive it until it was unloaded at the dealership.

The Inca Gold was much richer looking in person than in photos, and the contrast with the black trim and chrome wheels is amazing!

Kevin

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I agree the Inca Gold looks much better in sunlight than any picture can capture. I think the Midnight Blue looks awesome at night with some lighting. Yep the contrast is awesome on everything but the blue. Even Hack mentioned not liking the color or at least his wife didn’t due to the lack of contract on the interior. I’m in the process of seeing what I can do about that myself.

I love the stories of how some just bought it without the test drive step. Those have got to be the largest group of “keeping the cat forever” sayers.

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posted 10-02-2002 12:09 AM                  

kathy and i took the 99 out before buying but our mind was already made up this was just a fun ride cause they offered, but the new orange just sat there for the hour it took to do all the paper work and transfer all my junk from the old to the new.

posted 10-02-2002 05:59 AM                  

I was a wreck waiting for the car, my wife was sure I was going to get burned; but with 1,500 miles on the car what could be wrong with it; she thought a 76' baby blue Ford Pinto was going to show up.

Well that was over a year ago. I was so happy with the adoption I went out and did it all over again and adopted a Black 00' Kat from New Hampshire - same situation - didn't see it - sent the money - chewed my nails for two weeks waiting.

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posted 10-02-2002 07:00 AM                  

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Originally posted by whealy:
So my cat had 350+ miles on it when I got it. If hardly anyone test drove, what kind of miles did you have for those that bought new on it when you got it?

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posted 10-02-2002 07:54 AM                  

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Originally posted by cmblockhus:
I was a dispatcher at a dodge chrysler, plymouth dealership in fremont ca. at the time we got one of the first purple cats to any dealer, or so we were told, got to sit in it right away and the prowler tech took one and all for a ride but no one got to drive. later we got a yellow 99 i came in early one day about 5 am grabed the key and took off for a road test for about 15 minutes what a rush,

kathy and i took the 99 out before buying but our mind was already made up this was just a fun ride cause they offered, but the new orange just sat there for the hour it took to do all the paper work and transfer all my junk from the old to the new.

block-buster

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posted 10-02-2002 07:59 AM                  

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Originally posted by TriJim:
Cat was paid for when we "test drove." Dealer told me during earlier test drive a customer damaged convertible top which they had to replace. However, went to look at Viper and salesmen on cue moved all cars from showroom floor (Final Edition displayed inside) and we were first and only ones to drive since new.

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posted 10-02-2002 08:04 AM                  

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1999 Red
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• Other Modifications

posted 10-02-2002 08:16 AM                  

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Originally posted by whealy:
So my cat had 350+ miles on it when I got it. If hardly anyone test drove, what kind of miles did you have for those that bought new on it when you got it?

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Don't remember for sure (it's been 5 years and 13k miles ago), but it was something like 4 or 5 miles.

posted 10-02-2002 08:55 AM                  

"Dispatcher" my job at the time was to control the flow of work in and out of the shop each day, 23 techs, 5 service advisors, 100 to 150 cars a day in and out, handle all sublet to body shops, radio and tv people paint touch up tire shops and on and on. its a cool job, hi stress, but personaly rewarding, in today modern shops it is mostly done on a computer system in my case a system called ADP.

From there I went on to Service Manager and later Fixed operations manager, but at the moment a service writer for a Harley Davidson dealer.

block-buster (curtis)

posted 10-02-2002 04:24 PM                  

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Originally posted by cmblockhus:
Whealy:

"Dispatcher" my job at the time was to control the flow of work in and out of the shop each day, 23 techs, 5 service advisors, 100 to 150 cars a day in and out, handle all sublet to body shops, radio and tv people paint touch up tire shops and on and on. its a cool job, hi stress, but personaly rewarding, in today modern shops it is mostly done on a computer system in my case a system called ADP.

From there I went on to Service Manager and later Fixed operations manager, but at the moment a service writer for a Harley Davidson dealer.

block-buster (curtis)

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posted 10-02-2002 04:29 PM                  

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Originally posted by MarineGuns:
Didn't get a test drive until 6 months after I bought it.
I'm stationed in Hawaii and found a new one with 24 miles on it at a dealer in Minnesota. I bought it and paid to have it shipped to Hawaii. I did this 4 days before deploying to the middle east. Didn't get to drive it till I got home. Wife had already put 500 miles on it by then.

Howard

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Howard,