I wanted to get your opinion on a GSR that I saw at a local dealership since I'm thinking about a trading in my RS.

I saw this 05' silver GSR at their rear lot along w/ 4 others. And this one jumped out because it did'nt have SSL package. BUT, as looked closer to its driver side rear bumper to the fender I've notice big gap between the two.

It had touch up paints on several spots and apparently they left the gap. Apparently it had been damaged yet they're advertising this as brand "new" evo.

Shady practice but is this usual or legal???

 

The legal definition of "new" is probably equivalent to "never registered". If the car was a demo, it was still part of the dealership's inventory. It can sell it as a new car, and hope that the buyer won't notice it, or they'll offer some sort of compensation.

Shady, but probably still legal.

 

I work at a lexus dealership and anything under 3000 miles can still be sold as new.

 

Yeah, what MP3 said.
Funny thing though, those little problems it has on it now, will bug you forever no matter how many more dings and stuff you get... My interior was a teenie bit messed up, and they bug me more than the giant gouges of the front bumper from gutters.

 

under 3000 miles = new, anything over must be sold as "demo" or used.
Some idiot kid might have just backed up into it in the lot too. it might only have like 2 miles on it.

 

Either way, it's still shady practice even if it is legal. i expect my car to have no more than 100 miles when i get it, if there's more than that it may be "legal" but it is most definitly SHADY and not what i'd expect when buying a "NEW" car

 

There was a lawsuit back in the early 90's where a BMW dealership sold a 7 series as "new" even thought it had been damaged in transit and needed body work. This was never disclosed to the customer when sold. He found out later while having a standard service inspection about the damage. He sued BMWUSA and won. I think there is a law on the books saying the dealership must disclose any damage done to any "new" vehicle before the sale.

When I bought my evo with 15 miles on it, it was disclosed to me that the rear fender was replaced after a lot boy sidewswiped a pole while hot shoeing it around the lot. They were very upfront with me telling me exactly how much damage was done and showed me the body shop repair orders. Plus, I used it as an additional barganing chip to get the price down.

 

dont get it because that 'fixed' fender could be the least of that evos problems .....

 

DAMAGED? Concidered NEW? Hmmmmmmmmmmmm

 

I was pissed cause my 05 had 23 miles on it.

 

yeah me to, mine had 17.... LOL

 

Here you're not allowed to test drive until you run everythign and are going to buy it, they said all EVOs they carry have 10 or less miles on them.