Why should you? They don't deserve any sympathy, trying to sell underpowered and underspecced cars at bloated prices. Despite all that has happened lately, Toyota and Honda sales personnel are still amongst the most arrogant people to talk to. They don't even try to sell the good points of their cars anymore. Their sales pitch consist primarily of making derogatory and disparaging remarks about other cars.

that u should blame it on the dealers on Msia, not on JAPAN itself

Noo!!!feel sad cause of the earthquake!!!

Lol....

dont you read the news ???

lol.. at first i read it wrongly also. hhahahaha
ya so sad.. live footage summore.. damn..

News is overrated.

If I spent every day of my life feeling sorry for somebody, I wouldn't be able to do anything. Why is it that there wasn't anybody here feeling for the New Zealanders. Or is it their bad luck that they only have cows, instead of car factories?

This is a Forte thread. Take your off-topics somewhere else.

wow this is so 'well said'

btw, i like FORTE, and cows (u mean cattle?) too

This post has been edited by sallehsi: Mar 12 2011, 12:39 PM

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Juz now my fren went to naza showroom at TTDI. The SA say there is no test drive unit for da new forte facelift 1.6 and 2.0. Not only in their showroom, he say da whole malaysia don haf test drive unit for da new facelift. Izzit true?

The SAs at TTDI, Kota Damansara and Naza Autoworld on the Federal Highway told me the same thing. Then I called City Ruby in Bandar Sunway, where someone named Jason assured me they have a 6-speed for testdrive. I haven't had time to go there yet.

city ruby is a dealer or branch? maybe true branch dont have test drive as they might want to fulfil customer's demand first.
as for dealer. they bought the car and make them as test drive unit.

from wat i heard from some salesperson and my fren, test drive units usually owns by a customer, or company staff....they use it to test drive in short distance...
well, i believe my car too was a 'test drive' unit, coz when i got my car, ald quoted 50km++ ald...

They all appear on the website, so...

In any case, I could care less. If they are not willing to spare one car for test drives, they are losing potential customers like me who want to try out a car instead of buying a car 'blind'. They are selling Kias, not Ferraris, Porsches or Maseratis.

If I do end up with a Forte, my commission would go to the dealership which satisfies my concerns.

If you don't mind the trouble of traveling all the way to Serdang Raya and talk to Vincent (Naza dealer, CyberKewl posted his number somewhere on this thread), they have 6 Speed 1.6 for test drive. He is by far the best SA i've ever dealt with as he took the time and effort to explain every single thing about the car to me and I straight book my car there. His service is top notch and as far as I am dealing with him now, he is still living up to his words.

Note: I have no benefits for promoting him, just sharing my personal experience as I really dislike services given nowadays by a lot of shops (be it for cars, clothes, etc, the sales person are really horrible sometimes!) Vincent's service got me really impressed, so why not give him a try?

I've went to a few Naza center (they are Naza Branch), the service there are usually bad, they tend to just brush you off or just simply explain a bit a bit.. And yes, they don't have 1.6 or 2.0 car for test drive, those available at Dealers are their own car test drive unit, so you can't drive far (not on highway etc).

Alright...i will inform my fren bout dis. Is bad if other showroom got no test drive unit.

if we're not satisfied with the mileage, we can always ask for record.
they have them in their system. basically you'll know whether your unit is abused for test drive or genuine case like they transport it back from one showroom to another.

Exactly my thought when I went shopping for a Forte.

Naza showroom in TTDI did not even bother to acknowledge my existance. The sales person was MIA, the receptionist just looked up from her phone conversation with an annoyed look. At least the Mazda & Pug sales persons at the same showroom bothered to talk to me. Dont think have a 6 spped test drive unit.

Naza Puchong showroom's salesman was OK. Not very convincing & if I was 50-50, he would lose the deal. Refused to give anything. Had no 6 speed to test drive. Bull $hit that they had ready stock but when I asked exactly how many 2.0L & what colour in stock, without checking the stock list, he said enough. I know when a sales person is bull $hitting coz' I see it every day.

Then ask a P2 sales manager friend for help & in less than 5 mins, he told me that Diversified Resources Klang branch has one unit 2.0L BRight Silver in stock. If I want, they will reserve it for me right now. In less than 40 mins, I was in Bukit Tinggi Klang test driving a 2.0L 6 speed & immediately wrote a cheque for deposit.

The branch manager & assist. manager who served me was most helpful & worked hard to make sure the car was registered in 3 days (after the full payment was made).

So, they got the sale & truly deserved the commission. I now do not hesitate to recommend this dealer. They also have a Kia showroom branch in Kepong. Unlike other Naza showrooms, Diversified Resources HAS ready Forte stock available for immediate registration.

Naza showrooms normally book the car only after you put down the deposit. Hence the waiting period of as long as 2-3 months.

Biasa-lah... showroom nampak cantik, tapi tak ada wang beli stock. Beli bila ada tempahan dan deposit, bayar lepas 30 hari kredit.



This post has been edited by Lanchio: Mar 12 2011, 07:33 PM

HI derlin , thanks for recommend me to forumer,
ask i know so far no showroom that have [registered] test drive unit for the forte facelift (pls correct me if i make mistake) . what we can do is given some nearby area test drive to customer , at least they can feel how is the feeling to drive forte .

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Added on March 12, 2011, 9:37 pmsometime we may need to take car from rawang stock yard, that 's why some car may have a bit higher mileage .so .. your car may be a test driven unit or not ..... this one i think only your SA know

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Added on March 12, 2011, 9:40 pmthanks bro ^^ a cup of teh tarik can count as a surprise or not XD

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Added on March 12, 2011, 9:41 pm2.69 ^^ good wor , finnally hong leong reduce their interest . last time alway 2.70% only

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Added on March 12, 2011, 9:55 pmwhen sa told u have a car alreay , pls make sure u get the chasis & engine no .

basically 3-4working day u will get your car from showroom .
but ...sometime may late due to JPJ /custom system down

This post has been edited by 70: Mar 12 2011, 09:55 PM

Agree on Vincent service. I also book car with him not because of the freebies but his service. He is more kanjiong than me for those process, I will get my car by next week. hehe