Performance Direct (Bristol)

[rstoughy]

Performance Direct (Bristol)

http://www.performance-direct.net/index.asp

Anyone had any dealings with them?

They have a car i fancy taking a look at but called yesterday and got the impression that it was a bit of an inconvenience talking to me

basically asked what sort of deal id get as i have no trade in and was bluntly told that if he knocked off money (not alot at that) for that reason then id get no Tax or warranty

Just wondered if id maybe caught him on a bad day or if he just does not care about gaining future customers

[shane@mbtech]

Originally Posted by rstoughy

Performance Direct (Bristol)

http://www.performance-direct.net/index.asp

Anyone had any dealings with them?

They have a car i fancy taking a look at but called yesterday and got the impression that it was a bit of an inconvenience talking to me

basically asked what sort of deal id get as i have no trade in and was bluntly told that if he knocked off money (not alot at that) for that reason then id get no Tax or warranty

Just wondered if id maybe caught him on a bad day or if he just does not care about gaining future customers

Go on first impressions mate.

Find one elsewhere, its becoming more commonplace now where the trader acts as though it is the last car of that type in the world. #
Although to be fair dealing with the amount of cocks that selling cars attracts, I can understand why some are blase. I bought and sold many cars a few years back and the amount of unhinged people out there is shocking.

[rstoughy]

One of my questions,

Was it a Hire car, a company car or a lease car

The answer he gave was " yeah one of those"

Just trying to get as much info from him as possible as its not just a 5min drive from Aberdeen.

[Mark CSL]

I think that would put me off buying a car from them

After all there are thousands of cars for sale

[Yanto]

bl00dy hell - A blast from the past !!

I bought a 1.9 Gti from them about 13 years ago when I lived in Bristol !

Miami Blue - top car - actually on sold it about 3 years ago - regret the day I did so.







Good and bad experience. They made good a few problems at point of sale (new rad etc), but they "lost" the service history and said they would fwd it on. I naively took the car anyway and it never turned up. Never had any probs with the car in 8/9 yrs but it left bitter taste.

[DazBlackCSL]

would not give them your business if I were you.. plenty of good ones out there and with people willing to be bothered to answer your questions

[shimmy]

"never get involved in a land war in Asia"

"never buy from unpleasant car dealers"

[dr.sticky]

Went to look at the SG CSL they had a while back, the guy was quite off handed on the phone when I asked all the sensible questions ( Service history, mods, etc ). Didn't impress me at all. Since I was around the Bristol area at the time I popped in, treated like I was just taking the p**s about buying it, bearing in mind I wasn't wearing a hoodie and i'm not 17 years old Looking forward to getting my mint one from Nick Johnson ( Amars old car ) on monday. Nick was more like the sort of person you want to deal with ( although he drives a hard bargain ). Shop around is my advice. Good luck.

[dr.sticky]

Just to add, as stated before maybe the guys at P.D. were having a bad day, I like to give the benefit of the doubt but then again........

[shimmy]

Originally Posted by dr.sticky

Just to add, as stated before maybe the guys at P.D. were having a bad day, I like to give the benefit of the doubt but then again........

maybe, but my guess is they are