Barry's Nissan Skyline R34 trade in

[ajprice]

If this has been posted, I searched and couldn't find it. There's a picture on the socials for this Nissan dealer, where Barry traded in his Nissan Skyline GT-R R34 for a new Nissan Leaf, because of the petrol prices. I was curious about the relative prices, and if this is true, I hope Barry got a really really good deal on this. It says straight swap though

[SAS Tom]

I think it’s fairly obviously a joke

[jamesbilluk]

I think I read/hoped that this is just very good advertising from the dealership, or that chap is one of the salesman.

[Mastodon2]

Obvious joke and marketing angle.

[mwstewart]

It's a good example of marketing: it makes people feel better about needing to buy a Leaf.

[ajprice]

I hope it's a joke, because happily taking in a car that's £100k more than the new car as a straight swap isn't a great advert for Barry's sense or for the dealer. If it's for real, Barry didn't think it through. If it's a joke, the dealer didn't think it through.

[limpsfield]

ajprice said:

I hope it's a joke, because happily taking in a car that's £100k more than the new car as a straight swap isn't a great advert for Barry's sense or for the dealer. If it's for real, Barry didn't think it through. If it's a joke, the dealer didn't think it through.

Or perhaps some readers of the joke aren’t the sharpest tools in the box?

[W00DY]

I think it's quite amusing. Beats the usual "man buys Leaf" tedium of a dealer's social media posts.

[Catnip64]

See 'Barry's' story here: https://www.autoevolution.com/news/nissan-dealersh...

[123DWA]

Its so obviously a joke, why would 'Barry's px' be sat in the middle of the showroom fully valeted. I think its great, its obviously worked because we've all seen it and we're on the other side of the world to the dealer!

[Dingu]

ajprice said:

I hope it's a joke, because happily taking in a car that's £100k more than the new car as a straight swap isn't a great advert for Barry's sense or for the dealer. If it's for real, Barry didn't think it through. If it's a joke, the dealer didn't think it through.

Looks perfectly thought through to me. It’s gone round the world for the cost of about 15 minutes time, advertising doesn’t get much better.