Vancouver dealer recommendations?

[SeanNelson]

Did anyone here have a decent experience buying their Bolt here in Vancouver BC? I'm looking for a decent sales person who won't go completely dark during the long dark winter of the wait for my order to be filled...

 

[Allelectric]

I used Eagle Ridge GM on Barnet Hwy. The salesmans name escapes me right now but I have his card in the car. My wife is away for the weekend in the car. I will check on Sunday evening for his name. He was not super knowledgable re the car itself (it was the first one the dealership had received) but was good to his word in holding the vehicle for us as first refusal for well over a week, as I was unexpectedly away when it arrived. People were beating down the door to take the car and he held firm for me. Could have easily taken the easy route and sold the car in my absence.
I will post his name as soon as I have it.

 

[SeanNelson]

I will post his name as soon as I have it.

That's a good experience you had - thanks!

 

[SeanNelson]

So.... nobody else in Metro Vancouver has had a decent salesperson experience? Surely it can't be that bad here...?

 

[IMAdolt]

So.... nobody else in Metro Vancouver has had a decent salesperson experience? Surely it can't be that bad here...?

I doubt there's a ton of Vancouverite's that frequent this forum, and I can't speak to dealers as I haven't bought one yet or live in Vancouver exactly but they guy I dealt with in Langley was friendly and helpful back in the early summer when I wanted to test dive, if you'd consider out of city sales. A week or so ago a guy posted here that there was a premier for sale in Courtney if it's still available.

 

[SeanNelson]

So.... nobody else in Metro Vancouver has had a decent salesperson experience? Surely it can't be that bad here...?

I doubt there's a ton of Vancouverite's that frequent this forum, and I can't speak to dealers as I haven't bought one yet or live in Vancouver exactly but they guy I dealt with in Langley was friendly and helpful back in the early summer when I wanted to test dive, if you'd consider out of city sales. A week or so ago a guy posted here that there was a premier for sale in Courtney if it's still available.

Thanks. I'm not sure I want to go all the way out to Langley or Courtney. I guess I should post in one of the other Bolt forums. I like this one because it's so fast to respond, but I participate in all of them.

 

[MichaelBOLTon]

I bought from Dueck on Marine in South Van. My sales guy was Jonathan Overton. Really nice guy. Not pushy or anything, easy going. Pulled a few strings & got mine ahead of schedule. Would recommend him to anyone. Dealership was good everywhere else too. Finance department was simple & straight forward too. Along with their product specialist who showed me the ropes with the car.

 

[SeanNelson]

I bought from Dueck on Marine in South Van. My sales guy was Jonathan Overton. Really nice guy. Not pushy or anything, easy going. Pulled a few strings & got mine ahead of schedule. Would recommend him to anyone. Dealership was good everywhere else too. Finance department was simple & straight forward too. Along with their product specialist who showed me the ropes with the car.

That's exactly the sort of thing I'm looking for - thanks for your help Michael!

 

[SeanNelson]

I bought from Dueck on Marine in South Van. My sales guy was Jonathan Overton...

I went to see Jonathan today and plopped my $1000 down to get in line. He came up with an unspoken-for factory order that matched what I was looking for - it's targeted for production at the end of this month, so with a bit of luck I may be driving a Bolt by the end of the year.

Thanks again, Michael!

 

[IMAdolt]

Rather then start a new thread I thought I'd build on this one, has anyone in the Vancouver and surrounding areas got any purchase or lease information they're willing to share? I'm looking at getting into on in January, there seems to be some stock around.

 

[SeanNelson]

Rather then start a new thread I thought I'd build on this one, has anyone in the Vancouver and surrounding areas got any purchase or lease information they're willing to share? I'm looking at getting into on in January, there seems to be some stock around.

My experience is that the salesmen will all tell you "6 months to a year", but when you show some serious interest the Bolts seem to come crawling out of the woodwork. I put $1000 down for an order that Dueck on Marine had already put in which wasn't spoken for, with an expected delivery in about 2-1/2 months. And less than 3 weeks later, I got a call from Carter GM in North Vancouver - I had spoken with a salesman there back in July about a cancelled Bolt order that ended up going to someone else - but another one came up and I was able to snag it. So for me it was less than a month from "OK let's do this" to having a Bolt sitting in my garage, even though I was very particular about colour, trim level and options.

Be careful if you're judging availability based on local Craigslist ads. Those ads seem to auto-renew and the dealers don't seem to bother removing them once the cars are sold - I suspect they figure it drives business their way to leave them up. But do go and show some dealers that you're serious and you'll probably be able to scare something up reasonably quickly.

The downside is that the Scrap-It incentive seems to be very problematic. They only had enough funds to last for 2 or 3 months last year, and if it's the same this year then that's a pretty narrow window given the relative scarcity of Bolts. The one that I managed to buy was from someone who had ordered a Bolt counting on the Scrap-It discount, and who backed out when it wasn't available.

 

[IMAdolt]

Rather then start a new thread I thought I'd build on this one, has anyone in the Vancouver and surrounding areas got any purchase or lease information they're willing to share? I'm looking at getting into on in January, there seems to be some stock around.

My experience is that the salesmen will all tell you "6 months to a year", but when you show some serious interest the Bolts seem to come crawling out of the woodwork. I put $1000 down for an order that Dueck on Marine had already put in which wasn't spoken for, with an expected delivery in about 2-1/2 months. And less than 3 weeks later, I got a call from Carter GM in North Vancouver - I had spoken with a salesman there back in July about a cancelled Bolt order that ended up going to someone else - but another one came up and I was able to snag it. So for me it was less than a month from "OK let's do this" to having a Bolt sitting in my garage, even though I was very particular about colour, trim level and options.

Be careful if you're judging availability based on local Craigslist ads. Those ads seem to auto-renew and the dealers don't seem to bother removing them once the cars are sold - I suspect they figure it drives business their way to leave them up. But do go and show some dealers that you're serious and you'll probably be able to scare something up reasonably quickly.

The downside is that the Scrap-It incentive seems to be very problematic. They only had enough funds to last for 2 or 3 months last year, and if it's the same this year then that's a pretty narrow window given the relative scarcity of Bolts. The one that I managed to buy was from someone who had ordered a Bolt counting on the Scrap-It discount, and who backed out when it wasn't available.

I plan to get my scrap-it allotment first thing in the new year then get the extension if need be, that gives me up to 4 months to use the incentive.

I'm hoping that I can go out shopping around year end and take possession of one first thing next year or as soon as makes sense if local inventories get any better, but I'm sure I'm not the only one with the same idea.

I guess I'm more concerned with the actual costs people are getting out there vs msrp or if people are getting decent leases, I've based what stock I've found from the dealers actual website inventories but even those are typically cars that just sold or are spoken for. Craigslist adds are a joke, and it seems when you get on some dealers calling lists they're always trying to sell an order that fell through.

Seems they're currently advertising prices roughly 3-4k under msrp but with the 5k incentive already applied.

 

[SeanNelson]

I plan to get my scrap-it allotment first thing in the new year then get the extension if need be, that gives me up to 4 months to use the incentive.

I'm hoping that I can go out shopping around year end and take possession of one first thing next year or as soon as makes sense if local inventories get any better, but I'm sure I'm not the only one with the same idea.

Yep, I think you're right about that.

I guess I'm more concerned with the actual costs people are getting out there vs msrp or if people are getting decent leases, I've based what stock I've found from the dealers actual website inventories but even those are typically cars that just sold or are spoken for. Craigslist adds are a joke, and it seems when you get on some dealers calling lists they're always trying to sell an order that fell through.

Seems they're currently advertising prices roughly 3-4k under msrp but with the 5k incentive already applied.

Yeah, the CEV incentive muddies the waters. I know that the list prices are and so it's always pretty obvious to me when they're quoting a figure that takes the incentive into account. What's even worse are the ones who include the $6K+ Scrap-It incentive even though it isn't currently available.

 

[IMAdolt]

Yeah, the CEV incentive muddies the waters. I know that the list prices are and so it's always pretty obvious to me when they're quoting a figure that takes the incentive into account. What's even worse are the ones who include the $6K+ Scrap-It incentive even though it isn't currently available.

Pretty dirty trick, the guys in Surrey seem to be the worst about that I'm confident I can get an incentive before they run out as I have a qualified car ready to go for Jan 1st, finding the right car to buy at a fair price is the trick.