Shivjeet BHPian



Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: Gurgaon Posts: 153 Thanked: 674 Times

New car used as a cab before delivery



So today around 6 PM, my father and I were on our way home from office. We spotted a brand new Swift (red colour) running on red plates (which gave a hint that its a showroom car) which was being driven pretty rashly, so I took a look inside the car while overtaking it. Now its pretty common in Gurgaon and other cities where drivers misuse private cars for petty gains, by giving rides to random people on the road for a petty amount. This is exactly what the Swift driver was doing.



Its very annoying to see such a practice being followed by these drivers, and I got really angry seeing it being done with a brand new car. So I decided to ask my father to follow him so that I can click some pictures of his "pick ups" and "drop offs" to show it to the owner of the car, since we had decided to follow him till the end.



We started trailing him and within minutes we reached the IFFCO chowk red light. The door opened and a person got out, paid the driver and went away. The car started moving again and stopped again after a while, some people got out of the car and some more got in, money was exchanged and fare was negotiated. This kept happening until we reached the Chattarpur red light, where the driver made everyone get off and drove into a Maruti Suzuki dealership parking lot (Rohan Motors Chattarpur).



I went inside the dealership to tell the dealer about what was happening with their new cars and met a salesperson named Pradeep. I told him what I had seen and he told me that the car was in transit from their storage facility to the dealership as it had to be delivered the next day . I asked him to make me meet their manager but he told me that the manager wasn't there, and when I asked him for the manager's number, he refused to share it with me. Since the salesperson wasn't interested in helping me (I was actually helping them) I just left the dealership and decided to share it here. I feel there is no better place to share the incident.



I'm attaching the pictures in the sequence as it happened. I couldn't click pictures every time he picked and dropped someone.











































Ever wondered what happens with your car before delivery?So today around 6 PM, my father and I were on our way home from office. We spotted a brand new Swift (red colour) running on red plates (which gave a hint that its a showroom car) which was being driven pretty rashly, so I took a look inside the car while overtaking it. Now its pretty common inand other cities where drivers misuse private cars for petty gains, by giving rides to random people on the road for a petty amount. This is exactly what the Swift driver was doing.Its very annoying to see such a practice being followed by these drivers, and I got really angry seeing it being done with a brand new car. So I decided to ask my father to follow him so that I can click some pictures of his "pick ups" and "drop offs" to show it to the owner of the car, since we had decided to follow him till the end.We started trailing him and within minutes we reached the IFFCO chowk red light. The door opened and a person got out, paid the driver and went away. The car started moving again and stopped again after a while, some people got out of the car and some more got in, money was exchanged and fare was negotiated. This kept happening until we reached the Chattarpur red light, where the driver made everyone get off and drove into a Maruti Suzuki dealership parking lot (Rohan Motors Chattarpur).I went inside the dealership to tell the dealer about what was happening with their new cars and met a salesperson named Pradeep. I told him what I had seen and he told me that the car was in transit from their storage facility to the dealership as it had to be delivered the next day. I asked him to make me meet their manager but he told me that the manager wasn't there, and when I asked him for the manager's number, he refused to share it with me. Since the salesperson wasn't interested in helping me (I was actually helping them) I just left the dealership and decided to share it here. I feel there is no better place to share the incident.I'm attaching the pictures in the sequence as it happened. I couldn't click pictures every time he picked and dropped someone. Last edited by Rehaan : 4th May 2015 at 11:51 .