Dealership employees busted drag racing new GTR's

[DrFabulous]

lol lol

http://www.gtrblog.com/index.php/2008/09/24/dealers-busted-drag-racing-pre-delivery-?blog=4

Could this be true? A pair of brand new pre-delivery GT-Rs at the Great Lakes Dragway in Union Grove, WI, USA on the weekend. These cars were still completely covered in interior plastics and are said to have arrived to the drag strip wearing dealer tags.

If it is, surely these can’t be sold to unassuming customers as brand new cars!?

Be careful if you’re buying one of these in Southeastern WI or Northern Illinois/Chicago areas. You will want to verify the delivery mileage as well as general tire condition and so forth.

Thanks to Nick who shot these photos for passing them along to us.

http://www.gtrblog.com/media/blogs/gtrblog/Random/thumb_plugin/dealerdrag-002.jpg
http://www.gtrblog.com/media/blogs/gtrblog/Random/thumb_plugin/dealerdrag-003.jpg


If this is true, these guys are class A stupid (and unemployed lol)

[lvemy3100]

lol

edit - Edit: One of the dealerships in question has contacted GTRBlog to say that this car was in the hands of a customer at the time of the drag meet. It had just been picked up off the lot. The other car is said to be from a different dealership.


still lol

[boost21]

Theres a guy here in Milwaukee who took those pictures. I think they even know what dealer they are from. (not going to mention) Best times the cars ran was 13.2 and the other 12.50 both at 108. I wonder if they turned the traction controll off(voiding warrenty through nissans data logging)

[DrFabulous]

lol

edit -


still lol

lol I didn't even click the link, I just copied from another forum. Whoops.

[GregFarz78]

lol retards

[Kdawg207]

whatever

post the times already lol

[notsoaveragej0e]

Theres a guy here in Milwaukee who took those pictures. I think they even know what dealer they are from. (not going to mention) Best times the cars ran was 13.2 and the other 12.50 both at 108. I wonder if they turned the traction controll off(voiding warrenty through nissans data logging)

...you sure? That's a pretty wide spread...

[intmd8r]

Pretty sure that they didn't have a clue on how to drive those machines lol. They deserve a :applause: Did they really think that they would get away with it?

[notsoaveragej0e]

Pretty sure that they didn't have a clue on how to drive those machines lol. They deserve a :applause: Did they really think that they would get away with it?

Most sales guys don't give a **** about it- they have a cool story, get to say they drove the car, and will probably find work at a dealership down the road in a week if they do get canned.

[boost21]

...you sure? That's a pretty wide spread...

both at 108mph , pretty consistent, the one probably had a bad launch.

[cardude007617]

after working at a dealership, id never own a car that has been thru a winter at a dealership. cars literally get trashed during winter.
to give you an idea:
when you plow the lot, you hop in the car, turn the key, throw it in drive and gun it... no time to warm up or anything.
speed is everything in working at a dealership, you gotta work fast or you wont last long.

[Ajaxus]

...random post since this thread never mentioned anything about the winter???

[99GTCoupe]

lol
But good to know!

[xxbackhillxx]

this one time it snowed here in Michigan and I said brrrrr.



Whether or not dealership employees took the cars or they were bought fresh off the lot .... thats awesome.

[lone_wolf025]

You'd have to be an idiot if you took a freshly bought, not yet broken in, car to the dragstrip...

[99GTCoupe]

/signed

edit:
besides, I doubt it's a consumer since the focking plastic bagging is still on O.o

[stewartfn18]

...random post since this thread never mentioned anything about the winter???

this may be true, but i also worked at a dealership. that IS how it went down. pretty fun though if i do say so myself.

[lone_wolf025]

More to point out:

If the cars are customer bought where's the rear paper tags?

Also, what dealer would hand over the car with the plastic covers still on? They'd take them off before handing over the car as a "courtesy". Not to mention what customer would want to drive around in plastic covered seats? It's your brand new car! You'd want to feel the upholstery.

Edit- Apparently some idiot dealer would. Forgot one claimed it was sold already...

[99GTCoupe]

Yes, but it could be 'media damage control' and such

[lone_wolf025]

Yes, but it could be 'media damage control' and such

Yea...there's too many ?'s for this to all add up...:iconfused

[cardude007617]

...random post since this thread never mentioned anything about the winter???

i was merely giving an example of how dealers treat cars. :amraam:
i can imagine theres more to this story than we're being told. cars with plastic in them and no plates at all (MV or just the dealership paper fill in) would most likely mean the cars JUST came in off the truck and havent been "set up" or prepared for the lot yet.
its almost as though the set up guys or lot guys grabbed a set of these keys at work and went after hours with the cars. if it was a salesmen or sales manager, he would have at least put MV plates on it....

[lone_wolf025]

i was merely giving an example of how dealers treat cars. :amraam:
i can imagine theres more to this story than we're being told. cars with plastic in them and no plates at all (MV or just the dealership paper fill in) would most likely mean the cars JUST came in off the truck and havent been "set up" or prepared for the lot yet.
its almost as though the set up guys or lot guys grabbed a set of these keys at work and went after hours with the cars. if it was a salesmen or sales manager, he would have at least put MV plates on it....

Yea...like I said, too many unanswered questions. Something stinks...

[Ajaxus]

Kinda bright outside in those pics to be afterhours..

[lone_wolf025]

Kinda bright outside in those pics to be afterhours..

Can't sell a car on sunday ya know ;)

[intmd8r]

It is possible that anyone who had access to the keys of the two cars could have taken them to the track when they were to be "unloading" the cars off of the hauler. A friend of mine used to work for Acura, and he would "inspect" cars like the NSX and Integra Type R by going for a quick joy ride "around the block" with the dealer plates on them. I'm not saying that this is what happened, but it is possible, and I love the fact that the guys were caught, and their picture(s) are online.

[ryanbgb22]

I'm calling bs. One of those is a southern car (see the darker rims). The gtr's for warm weather climate have darker rims and come with summer tires. The ones with lighter color are for colder climate and come with all seasons. So, for both of them to be at the same track, its unlikely that they are both from a dealership.

[Ajaxus]

Can't sell a car on sunday ya know ;)

Good catch.

[PhantomLover007]

lol lol . This sh1t is funny. I wonder if the guys know that they are getting fired...

[Rich]

Edit: One of the dealerships in question has contacted GTRBlog to say that this car was in the hands of a customer at the time of the drag meet. It had just been picked up off the lot. The other car is said to be from a different dealership.

as per the second post in this thread. it seems like it was the customers.

[intmd8r]

as per the second post in this thread. it seems like it was the customers.

I'm starting to think that myself. But like what was mentioned before, there certainly are a lot of unanswered questions. Car collectors sometimes make special requests to have all of the plastic stay on the car when they take delivery, but it seems unlikely that a car collector would go through such lengths to preserve the interior, and go racing with a car that most likely hasn't been properly broken in yet. We need to get the guy in the pic on this forum to find out....

[Ajaxus]

I'm starting to think that myself. But like what was mentioned before, there certainly are a lot of unanswered questions. Car collectors sometimes make special requests to have all of the plastic stay on the car when they take delivery, but it seems unlikely that a car collector would go through such lengths to preserve the interior, and go racing with a car that most likely hasn't been properly broken in yet. We need to get the guy in the pic on this forum to find out....


Well if the theory that the tires and wheels on the one really are from a warmer region of the US..chances may be good it was broken in on its way to the track.

The other is still a toss up.

[DrFabulous]

I didn't realize I'd start such a debate lol

[Exodus]

GTR's are teh sex

[cardude007617]

GTRs are teh crap:

http://www.nagtroc.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=25361