I purchased a pre-owned vehicle from here late last year. Great vehicle, and the process was pretty much on par with what I would expect from other dealerships. Not good, not bad, just a typical car dealer experience.
I brought my car in for it's first service a few weeks ago, and I doubt I'll be bringing it back. First off, when the appointment was made, I was told that the service was covered since my car was still under warranty. When I got there, they told me they had made mistake and that the service wasn't covered. I'm guessing this was an honest mistake, but I live 40 minutes away from this dealership. What if I didn't want to pay for the service and wanted to just wait for the next regularly scheduled service? But now I'm already here right? Maybe it wasn't a mistake and was the plan all along. Whatever.
My main gripe with this dealership was just the overall vibe and experience. This isn't the first luxury car that I've owned, so I have a good deal of experience in getting my cars serviced at luxury dealerships. This was by far my worse experience. If you haven't been to this place, you should know that it has a very beautiful and classy.appearence. Unfortunately, it's all on the surface.
When I arrived, there was very loud rock music blaring in the service area. Not the garage, but the actual area where they greeted you, sat you down and checked you in. It was 8am in the morning! There also were 3 or 4 young women that sit behind the service guys, that I assume do the billing and invoicing. While they weren't bad, they were talking way too loud to each other at times. That combined with the overly loud music was just too much.
Once I made my way to the waiting area, I was hoping for a bit of peace. Unfortunately, things only got worse. The dealership has a very open design, so I could still hear the loud chatter and music from the service department. But now I could also hear everything going on at the front of the store as well, and it was way worse. Several of the sales guys appeared to be having what sounded like a frat party. Very loud yelling, talking and laughing as if they were not in a place of business. This is a Land Rover and Jaguar dealership? Really? Did anyone tell the people that work here that?
Lastly, and what really took the cake, was when they came and got me when my car was ready. Now it had been raining pretty heavily that morning when I arrived, and was still raining at this time. The service area was also pretty empty, probably due to the rain, time of day and COVID-19. While I was being seated and presented with my bill, I was looking around for my car. I didn't see it. There were really no other cars there, so I was confused as to why I didn't see my car. After I paid, I asked the service guy where my car was. He literally pointed outside. I couldn't believe it! I told him "you know it really would have been appreciated if you could have left my car inside, so that I don't have to go outside and get soaked in the rain". He offered to go bring it inside, but I was done at that point.
Luxury dealerships are supposed to offer a premium service experience. I don't expect silence and violins playing in the background, but at least a higher level professionalism and courtesy. These guys haven't figured that out yet. I won't be back until they do. If then. read more