RRG run a good number of garages in the North West, and now expanding into Yorkshire, and have 3…read moregarages in Rochdale alone, this particular is a dealership for Toyota cars only on Edinburgh Way, and is one of 11 Toyota garages in the RRG chain.
This is quite a nice, modern branch, with a large selection of cars outside, mainly focusing on the Auris, Yaris and Aygo with a few others in the mix. I found it fascinating to talk to the salesman about Toyota, and how cars have changed, with the Yaris becoming bigger and better, and the Aygo replacing it as the smaller car in the Toyota range.
Having been with Toyota for many years now, it seems my family are toyota mad, with the large number of us having a Toyota vehicle, I was interested to see what they could offer me to reward me for my loyalty to the brand. He did show me around many cars, and we talked over a drink.
They is coffee facilities here with a number of coffees and hot chocolates to choose from, my coffee was a small portion (as expected) and simply tasted a little strange, and horrible which is uncommon for coffee, especially one I had recommended to me.
The staff here, as said before, did seem nice and helped to open cars outside for me, what wouldn't have been open, and we also talked about the new 65 reg plates, and it seemed the guy wasn't too pushy either which was great, I spoke to quite a few people, and although he was helpful, he understood he wasn't going to get a sale today, so just helped me with what I needed.
I also found him to be very honest, which was great, we talked about cars from other brands, including the Vauxhall Zaphira, and he was surprisingly honest in giving me advice on this, and as well as trading in my current car, however he understood the low milage and even advised me to sell it privately, and also did give me a rough quote of the buying price and then the price they would sell my car on for, if they did take it off my hands. We even talked about non-related matters (to cars) including coeliac disease, which was the last thing I expected to be chatting about in a place like this!
The garage is quite nice inside, with of course most of the newer, flagship vehicles including the new Yaris, which is pretty nice and they was also a good amount of Hybrid vehicles, including the new Auris. They is of course seating, with tv's, tables, tea and biscuits (sadly not gluten free), and even a kid's area. This garage is quite accessible too for wheelchairs, however it can be annoying, having to walk around a full row of cars, to cut through just past one for example, more than doubling your total journey time to look at a certain car.
This is quite a nice dealership, and had a nice, modern feeling too it to, the staff seemed nice (which is very common I've found with RRG), so I do feel a rather generous 4 stars is the fairer rating for this store, although I do admit this is a little generous, and may be revised down to 3 in the near future, but I do hope to clarify the situation with a stronger 4 rating, or a 3, on a future visit, where I may decide on a test drive.
