Monday, 17 September 2012
I was invited to an event at Audi Crawley to coincide with the release of the new Audi A3 model.
It was a test drive event (similar to the one I went on - which resulted in me buying my current new Audi A3! :) ), so I was expecting to be a bit of a sale's pitch to persuade me to part-exchange for the new one.
The route we took was from the dealership in Maidenbower, on the outskirts of Crawley, to the South Lodge Hotel in Hassocks - a nice 14 mile journey to the impressive hotel location. If I was looking for a location for a wedding or another event - this would certainly be on the list - looks quite esquisite! They even had a Ford Escort event - with all of the years worth of Ford Escorts on display - haha!
We then had freshly baked Continental Breakfast and tea/coffee, before we left to return to the dealership.
I was then expecting a bit of a hard sale from one of the sales advisors, but no, just handed a brochure/business card and told to call back upon my return from my holiday. Strange! Maybe they have turned into a softly-softly sales approach, due to the hard-times of late? Before these events would have had several Sales Advisors on hand that would take you to a side to discuss your personal circumstances - but this event...none of that, it was simply a test drive and breakfast event - and that was it!
At the end of the day, I am just keen to see how much my car is worth...hence the reason I attended...oh that and I wanted to drive out the new Audi A3. It's nice, but different! It has a electric handbrake now (released and enabled with a flick of a switch - bit surreal), and some other subtle inclusions...not sure it's that different to the one I've got!
So I will go on holiday, and then decide what to do next. Only registered users can write comments. Please login or register. Powered by AkoComment 1.0! |