NSW dealer bites the dust

[afterdarker]

Skoda Macarthur, based in Narellan south west Sydney, and part of the large Peter Warren group, are closing. I bought my car there in January this year. Very ordinary dealership and perhaps this is why they are closing.

[brad]

How long did they last? 3 years?

I called in there once to buy parts. Tootled by the showroom to look at the Skodas & was ignored. Wandered back past their Hyundai showroom & had to beat the sales staff off with a stick.

Access is a bit tricky isn't it?

[Umai Naa!!]

Have also called up about parts previously.

Seemed to be a bit of contempt for the product. With that sort of attitude in a dealership, you're never going to get anywhere.

[n0mad]

Hi how did you find this out? I have a car on order with Peter Warren warwick farm, is it only Macathur thats closing?

[afterdarker]

Hi how did you find this out? I have a car on order with Peter Warren warwick farm, is it only Macathur thats closing?

They wrote me a letter dated 25 June, received today, stating they are closing on 1 July.
Macarthur only but you might want to make a phone call to Warwick Farm tomorrow. See if they answer!

[afterdarker]

How long did they last? 3 years?

I called in there once to buy parts. Tootled by the showroom to look at the Skodas & was ignored. Wandered back past their Hyundai showroom & had to beat the sales staff off with a stick.

Access is a bit tricky isn't it?

Access was not straightforward. Skoda staff were poor.

[Tuan]

The staff make the dealership ... But after hearing what some of them go through (dealing with non-car oriented customers) you sometimes can't help but feel for them ...

I now try to give all dealership staff a fair go - in the service department anyway. Some of them are human after all lol

[n0mad]

They wrote me a letter dated 25 June, received today, stating they are closing on 1 July.
Macarthur only but you might want to make a phone call to Warwick Farm tomorrow. See if they answer!

yeah, i need to give them a call anyway. I'm not concerned as i read on either this forum or another that someone was able to get their purchase transferred to another dealer when theirs closed.

by the way, i had pretty good service from Warwaick Farm all over the phone though

[n0mad]

I spoke to the sales guy looking after me at the Warwick Farm Skoda and it's all being consolidated into the Warwick Farm dealership. So they will have a bigger territory to look after now, obviously for me nothing to be concerned about.
Had a good chat with him, i've been reasonably happy with the service at warwick farm certainly no complaints anyway. He expects i should have a VIN available in a week or two which will be great.

[afterdarker]

Yeah I just re-read the letter re Narellan closing, consolidation at Warwick farm, they only ever had half a dozen Skodas and a couple of banners at Narellan anyway. Better to have more resources in the one spot.

[brad]

We should have a combined "Hello / Goodbye Dealer" thread.

The other thread has the dealer closing in Perth.

A mate was telling me they no longer sell Skoda in Darwin (maybe he's wrong as there appears to be a Barramundi Skoda).

Skoda go through dealers like popcorn.

[Bob51]

We should have a combined "Hello / Goodbye Dealer" thread.

The other thread has the dealer closing in Perth.

A mate was telling me they no longer sell Skoda in Darwin (maybe he's wrong as there appears to be a Barramundi Skoda).

Skoda go through dealers like popcorn.

When I was in Darwin in 2012 there were no Skoda dealers. Barramundi sell VW and serviced my Skoda even though they were then not listed as a Skoda service centre. They told they would later be selling Skoda. If this has now ceased it didn't last long.

[nickd]

Reynella Skoda in Adelaide closed down about 18 months ago... They told me at the time the only reason they opened in the first place was because it was a condition of getting the Volkswagen dealership.


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[Umai Naa!!]

Paul Wakeling was the same in NSW.

That's when MacArthur's took them over.