The new trophy...and the old V6!

[twofivenine]

Here is my Trophy, that I hopefully should be taking delivery of tomorrow! Its a bad photo I know, the car is in the compound at the local ford dealer. I'll take some better ones once its mine and I've had a chance to give it a good clean. I've also posted one of my old V6...two years on and I still miss it!

 

[FunkyMunky]

Trophy looks nice and shiney

 

[twofivenine]

its still waiting for the valet boys to do their worst with their grubby sponges. :evil:

When its mine, it'll be treated to some luxury....sheepskin wash mitt, megs clay, polish, wax and sealant....will look like a different car!

 

[Cue]

Still amazed at the dealers ignorance to the Trophy. I drove into a local car dealer the other week, general exec cars. And he nearly jumped out of his skin with joy at seeing one, "is that a trophy?, wow, can I have a look?" Not sure if he thought I was selling it or not, embarrasing moment really.

You've got a steal mate, well played.

 

[twofivenine]

I realised why last night though...went in to fill in the paperwork and the like. The aftersales manager said to be "is that your vauxhall - is it a vauxhall?" i replied with the usual yeah mate - VX220,yadder yadder...then he starts with all the "it looks like a proper sportscar - I've never seen one before". At that point I realised he didnt have a clue about anythign other than fords and the reason why I was onto a winner.

They even tried to sell me gap insurance to cover any depriciation that might happen. Closing line of "it might only be worth 9k in 6 months" was the icing on the cake. It even says trophy on my invoice and HPi check.

for ringways, doncaster!!

 

[Cue]

i might pop down there after you've picked it up and point and laugh at them...... muppets. This is there job...... amazes me how little dealers know about their own industry.

 

[Steve]

Tell him, when you pick up the car and hand the cheque over, that it's worth at least £11.5K privately and they could have got £12.5K for it. 9K in 6 months. :lol: :lol: :lol:

P.S. Probably wouldn't know squat about Fords either, a couple of years ago, I was in my local Ford dealer with my old lady (She was buying a Focus 1.6) and I asked if they were getting an RS in the showroom, they had been out a couple of months at least, I was told "I'm sorry sir Ford don't have a current RS model, there is the ST170 though..." My mum and I just looked at each other and laughed, even she knew about the RS and has no interest in performance cars.

 

[twofivenine]

I was holding back the laughter last night, especially when he said 9k in 6 months....they honestly haven't got a clue. :shock: