Calling into a Dealership just to pass the time....

Calling into a Dealership just to pass the time....

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Truckosaurus

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Wednesday 28th September 2011
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Following on from the thread on the SWOT analysis of a Peugeot dealer.

Does anyone from here, as a motoring enthusiast, ever just turn up at a car dealership just to have a nose around the latest models without any intention of buying?

The nearest I've come to visiting a dealership other than going to see a specific user car they have in stock is a visit to Mercedes World at Brooklands and once stopping out Romans International when it was closed and peering through the window at the exotica.

Everyday I drive my BMW past the new shiny BMW/MINI dealership and often walk right past their front door when taking a lunchtime stroll and it never crosses my mind that I'd be welcome to walk in to check out what a 1-series or 5-series is actually like in the flesh.

Despite spending millions on advertising, marketing and shiny dealers why do I as an enthusiast not feel the need to visit?

Truckosaurus

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11,490 posts

286 months

Wednesday 28th September 2011
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DanielJames said:
Never done it but is it any different to going in other shops and browsing?
It shouldn't be, I'm quite happy to stroll into WHSmiths and read an article in a car mag and then put it back on the shelf.