I went to pick up my Volt yesterday I was so excited and showed up right at 9am and my salesperson drove the car around the front of the dealership. First thing I got in and battery completely discharged. Salesperson promised Volt would be charged up ready to go, ok what. Salesperson says it has gas in it let’s go for a test drive. I was hoping to drive the car on my first voyage with it without its gas engine running. So out we go for a short run and the salesperson says a little drive will charge up the batteries. I look at him and think do these guys get any training on how the Volt works.
We get back to the dealer and all I want to is do the paper work and get out of there and get home and surprise my wife with her Valentines present the Volt. We go inside and I meet the manager and we start the paperwork. I am leasing the Volt and was told it would be a little more than the $350.00 lease special as the Volt I got is a little more than base priced model. The sticker on the Volt I was getting was $42,350.00 they give me the work sheet to sign and to by disbelief the numbers were down payment $2,500.00 and $526.00 monthly payment. I told the manager there must be a mistake are you missing the $7,500.00 rebate. He tells me no and that the numbers are correct and I keep telling him how can lease numbers on the base price Volt be that different. He than tells me you can get your calculator out and that we are not hiding anything.
This is correct he keeps telling me and then he goes over the money factor with US Bank he tells me it is .00127. What, I remember the US bank deal calculated at a money factor of .00025 he tells me no that’s not right and then I get up and walk out he follows me and then the truth comes out. He tells me, yes you are right the deal with US Bank on the lease is a money factor rate of .00025 but at our dealership we use the money factor of .00127. That’s how we lease the Volt’s here at our dealership.
Don’t you want the Volt he tells me it just a little more. Yeah right a little more the monthly payment is $526.00. Wow, no Volt for now and I will never set foot in that dealer Power Chevrolet in Santa Clarita, Ca ever again. I thought I would be enjoying a Volt today but maybe soon.