Lams
01-29-2010, 02:34 AM
This is just a little warning for potential Eos customers out there
A few months ago, we enquired about a new Eos at an unnamed dealership. This Eos has been sitting in stock for a while as it is a manual with no options. A few weeks later, I noticed the car had new 18" Chicago wheels. It was then that we started looking for an Eos, I went in and negotiated, the salesman tried to tell me the car had sport suspension on it. It clearly didn't, as it sat high and I knew the car originally had the 17" wheels on. I told the salesman and he confirms that it in fact doesn't have it.
We ended up buying a used Eos privately, which was sold new by the same dealer. On every Eos taht I've seen with sport suspension and 18" from factory, there are little black plastic 'fender extenders' on the wheel arches. This one doesn't have them. I also noticed it was sitting high when parked next to my mother's White Night Eos, and the ride was noticably softer.
The seller optioned the car with 18" and sport suspension.
Not that it bothers us much as we would probably do a suspension upgrade later, but it angers me that the dealers are out there ripping people off like this. The sport suspension option has a code on the sticker found in the spare wheel well. It should also have those little black fender fins, and sit lower than a stock car. Hope this will help those purchasing a new car!
A few months ago, we enquired about a new Eos at an unnamed dealership. This Eos has been sitting in stock for a while as it is a manual with no options. A few weeks later, I noticed the car had new 18" Chicago wheels. It was then that we started looking for an Eos, I went in and negotiated, the salesman tried to tell me the car had sport suspension on it. It clearly didn't, as it sat high and I knew the car originally had the 17" wheels on. I told the salesman and he confirms that it in fact doesn't have it.
We ended up buying a used Eos privately, which was sold new by the same dealer. On every Eos taht I've seen with sport suspension and 18" from factory, there are little black plastic 'fender extenders' on the wheel arches. This one doesn't have them. I also noticed it was sitting high when parked next to my mother's White Night Eos, and the ride was noticably softer.
The seller optioned the car with 18" and sport suspension.
Not that it bothers us much as we would probably do a suspension upgrade later, but it angers me that the dealers are out there ripping people off like this. The sport suspension option has a code on the sticker found in the spare wheel well. It should also have those little black fender fins, and sit lower than a stock car. Hope this will help those purchasing a new car!