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    Angry Has anyone seen my Micra?

    I was told by my salesperson that I'd get my Micra by the end of April. That deadline came and went, then the following week they got ONE black automatic Micra. I asked them when can I expect to see it, they don't know, they say whenever the truck arrives with the Micra on it. No, they don't know when the truck will arrive. I called Nissan Canada today, they have no clue as to where any Micra's are, they say it's handled at the dealer level.

    Is there anyone at Nissan who knows what they're doing with their distribution system? It seems to me that nobody knows what anyone is doing. I don't know how much longer my Grand Am is going to last, but I do know that if it dies tomorrow, I need to buy a new car tomorrow, and if my Micra isn't here, Nissan's going to lose another sale. I wish I had known how bad their system is messed up.



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    Hang in there, Paul!

    I mean... hang in there, Grand Am!

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    Patience!!!!

    Nissan Canada informed our dealer that we would see them within the first two weeks of April, we got our first SR package Micra yesterday!!!

    Silly salespeople telling you a time frame when they really have no idea.

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    Quote Originally Posted by AlphaMicra View Post
    I was told by my salesperson that I'd get my Micra by the end of April. That deadline came and went, then the following week they got ONE black automatic Micra. I asked them when can I expect to see it, they don't know, they say whenever the truck arrives with the Micra on it. No, they don't know when the truck will arrive. I called Nissan Canada today, they have no clue as to where any Micra's are, they say it's handled at the dealer level.

    Is there anyone at Nissan who knows what they're doing with their distribution system? It seems to me that nobody knows what anyone is doing. I don't know how much longer my Grand Am is going to last, but I do know that if it dies tomorrow, I need to buy a new car tomorrow, and if my Micra isn't here, Nissan's going to lose another sale. I wish I had known how bad their system is messed up.
    Speaking from the dealer level, we legitimately don't know when they will arrive. Distribution never lets us know exactly when they'll land off the truck. A lot of variables to do with customs and the truck company putting everything together means that even if the dealer "Sees" it at compound or port, we cannot guarantee any delivery time as we are at the mercy of customs and the trucking company.

    It's hardly ever an issue of someone purposely trying to give you the run-around. Unless you have a sleazy salesman who promises something he cant delivery just to get a deal. Unfortunately, some of my friends in the industry working for other manufacturers routinely take deposits promising to get a color/trim that isn't in the province, knowing they'll have to switch them on color later but once they have the deposit, they have a little more control to do just that.

    "Silly salespeople telling you a time frame when they really have no idea."

    This. There's really no way to know. Even if distribution tells us the 7th, I will tell the customer I expect it this week, but make no promises as to when.

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    Thanks to both of you for the insight on the dealer side of things.

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    Oops, I realized I had written April instead of May.

    The only Nissan dealers that received the Micra in a timely fashion were those located in Quebec. All other provinces received/will be receiving them within the first two weeks of May.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lauren View Post
    Oops, I realized I had written April instead of May.

    The only Nissan dealers that received the Micra in a timely fashion were those located in Quebec. All other provinces received/will be receiving them within the first two weeks of May.
    That's right. My dealer's first order of 6 is coming. 1 is in compound which means any day now. (eta, 6 hours to 3 days.)

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    I stopped by this afternoon, no answers yet...but they did give me a Micra pen...I sure hope it arrives before the old Grand Am GT drives its final kilometer...

    http://mymicra.com/?p=315
    Last edited by AlphaMicra; 05-07-2014 at 07:29 PM.

    In our culture obsessed with absurd excess, the Nissan Micra is my counterculture car of choice.
    Be sure to visit my blog at mymicra.com!

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        click to view fuel log View my fuel log 2015 Micra SV manual: 6.4 L/100 km ... 44.3 mpg (Imp) ... 15.7 km/L ... 36.9 mpg (US) ...


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    I stopped by Midway Nissan this afternoon; they got a new Micra arrival. This time, it was a mouse gray base model with automatic and air. Still no sign of mine nor the other one that was already sold.

    I refuse to settle for what they have in stock; I know what I want. Unbelievable that they'd get another Micra before receiving the ones they had sold.

    In our culture obsessed with absurd excess, the Nissan Micra is my counterculture car of choice.
    Be sure to visit my blog at mymicra.com!

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        click to view fuel log View my fuel log 2015 Micra SV manual: 6.4 L/100 km ... 44.3 mpg (Imp) ... 15.7 km/L ... 36.9 mpg (US) ...


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    Bummer!

    So, how's the Grand Am holding out?


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