Been studying it for 6 months— vids, reviews, these forum articles, waiting for Truck King’s tow test on a real camper (instead of the boat— and I believe that test is coming since their recent camper under review is attached to a SC).
Decided to stop waiting and plunge on Saturday.
Only one Blue Stone in my trim level in the vicinity (in Canada it’s mid-level— Preferred Trend).
Called sales manager, cited the price in the ad:
Does it include Destination fee? Yes.
What other costs should I expect? Dealer admin fee, AC tax, Tire tax.
Any other costs? No.
Arrive, test drive, return to dealer to find someone else waiting on the curb to test drive it.
Sit down in sales guy’s cubicle to sign for it and he takes my Juke keys to test drive it for trade-in value, returns to me.
Sales guy: Your Juke is in good shape. Also, I’m sorry to tell you this but that SC was a pre-order that was declined so there is an additional 2000 fee on it that Hyundai charges us.
Me (shocked) Okay. I’ll order one from my home dealer and get it in Jan or Feb. Bye.
I get up, walk out of his cubicle toward the front door of the dealership, discover he still has my keys in his pocket and I can’t make my dramatic exit after all.
I turn around to get my keys and the manager is standing there and says come back in, we’ll do something about that. I say, there’s nothing to do except honour the price you told me the phone, and I ask for my keys.
In the end, I guess they’ll get their fee from some other less diligent or less patient buyer on a different model because I got out of there at MSRP.
Loved it for a whole day until the headlights kept coming on and off for no apparent reason yesterday, day 2 of ownership, in bright daylight while driving, whether the headlight switch was off, auto, or on.
Here’s hoping that’s not a sign of things to come. I’ve studied the Manual to see what I might be missing and can’t find a reason for the random behavior.
Any ideas?
I guess I’ll be taking it back in for service a mere 3 days after purchase. But I sure loved it for a day!
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Edit: User error— the lights come on whenever the dash sensor is (even briefly) in the shadows, even if the switch is OFF.
Whew.
No gremlins after all……
Decided to stop waiting and plunge on Saturday.
Only one Blue Stone in my trim level in the vicinity (in Canada it’s mid-level— Preferred Trend).
Called sales manager, cited the price in the ad:
Does it include Destination fee? Yes.
What other costs should I expect? Dealer admin fee, AC tax, Tire tax.
Any other costs? No.
Arrive, test drive, return to dealer to find someone else waiting on the curb to test drive it.
Sit down in sales guy’s cubicle to sign for it and he takes my Juke keys to test drive it for trade-in value, returns to me.
Sales guy: Your Juke is in good shape. Also, I’m sorry to tell you this but that SC was a pre-order that was declined so there is an additional 2000 fee on it that Hyundai charges us.
Me (shocked) Okay. I’ll order one from my home dealer and get it in Jan or Feb. Bye.
I get up, walk out of his cubicle toward the front door of the dealership, discover he still has my keys in his pocket and I can’t make my dramatic exit after all.
I turn around to get my keys and the manager is standing there and says come back in, we’ll do something about that. I say, there’s nothing to do except honour the price you told me the phone, and I ask for my keys.
In the end, I guess they’ll get their fee from some other less diligent or less patient buyer on a different model because I got out of there at MSRP.
Loved it for a whole day until the headlights kept coming on and off for no apparent reason yesterday, day 2 of ownership, in bright daylight while driving, whether the headlight switch was off, auto, or on.
Here’s hoping that’s not a sign of things to come. I’ve studied the Manual to see what I might be missing and can’t find a reason for the random behavior.
Any ideas?
I guess I’ll be taking it back in for service a mere 3 days after purchase. But I sure loved it for a day!
—
Edit: User error— the lights come on whenever the dash sensor is (even briefly) in the shadows, even if the switch is OFF.
Whew.
No gremlins after all……