Anyone buy their G8 at Red Holman Pontiac in Westland,MI?

Yes, I'll be picking it up today!

Wade

Just to throw this out there, if you guys are looking for G8's we have GMS+Incentives+Bonus Cash ect :)

Just to throw this out there, if you guys are looking for G8's we have GMS+Incentives+Bonus Cash ect :)

Yes you do and thanks for your help by the way.
But...My boss's friend (Salesman) works at Red Holman and I got all of those too.

True but only we have the new SAS Service System, bring in your G8 for service get a G8 for a loaner, just one of the many things we are rolling out for G8 owners in terms of perks :)

I brought my G8 in for service over 8 times since October, you've probably seen me a few times, and never once got a G8 back, even after i requested it.

I purchased at Sellers GMC Farmington Hills.

More than likely because this is being rolled out this month as part of the official SAS release/opening :)

Ok, we shall see, I'm tired of the Uplander Van and HHR rental cars.

Hey TY..

I bought my G8 today at Red Holman also,
what color did you get?

Hey TY..

I bought my G8 today at Red Holman also,
what color did you get?

I saw a Red Sport Med. being test driven when I was picking up my car.
Was that you?
I attached some crappy cell phone pictures.

TY - I bought a Hot White sport package GT

I feel sorry for the guy who buys that Sport Red, thats the car I test drove..

Who was your salesman?

I bought a Gmc Denali there a few years ago, it was one of my few good dealer experiences.

I work for Westland Pd. but got my G8 in grandville, Mi since they were the only dealer I could find that would give me an acceptable amount for my 01 saleen s281 S/C, I traded for the G8. Ive had the G8 for about 3 months, since have went with the VMS tune & roto-fab this month, Love the car. I pass Red Holman everyday I work and occassionally browse the lot while patroling. Look foward to meeting other fellow G8 owners here in S/E Michigan and browsing this website.

TY - I bought a Hot White sport package GT

I feel sorry for the guy who buys that Sport Red, thats the car I test drove..

Who was your salesman?
Craig Timko
I work for Westland Pd. Look foward to meeting other fellow G8 owners here in S/E Michigan and browsing this website.

Hey my brother works for Redford Township PD.

Looking forward to a spring get together myself.

Craig Timko


Hey my brother works for Redford Township PD.

Looking forward to a spring get together myself.

Small world...Don't personally know any of the Redford guys but have been there a few times on warrant arrests and few years back my partner and I helped catch the 3 guys that were responsible for one of there hungry howies armed robberies.

Were you able to get much for the Saleen? My dads got an 01' sc also and had toyed with the idea of getting rid of it for something else.

Not really what I wanted, they gave me $21,000 for my 01 s/c convertible w/ 27,000 miles pending the purchase of the G8. In this market/Michigan its probably about right. A year or two ago, It would of sold closer to 24-28k. I had it for sale locally but no bites. Probably would of had more luck if i sold it at my parents home in Florida where the demand for a convertible is higher.

Anybody in SE michigan know about any good cruise weekly get togethers coming up this spring or summer?

MIG8.org ;)

Craig Timko


Hey my brother works for Redford Township PD.

Looking forward to a spring get together myself.

I bought my GTO from Red Holman 3 years ago from Jerry Timko...

Picking up my Siver G8 GT Monday. I also own a 04' STi and am looking forward to meeting some ppl in the area.

Where from MNO?

Canton -- Picked up the car today and am very happy with my purchase. Car is a blast to drive cant wait until I have it broken in.

Is your car stock? I would like to hear a catback on a G8 6.0 -- anyone?

Picked mine up earlier today from Zubor. Already removed most of the badges, I might leave the rear arrowhead.

Thats great. I just emailed Vecter Motorsports and am most likely going to do a intake, tune and catback. I have a STi that I have modded to the point its not a daily driver just a weekend racer.

Red Holman is a ****ty dealer, I bought my G8 there and every time I have a problem they don't want to fix it. I have a paint problem the blamed it on me but Tennyson Chevy fixed the paint problem for me no prob, key fob fell apart Red Holman wouldn't replace it but Bob Jeannotte Pontiac replaced it no problem. That Fisher guy who is the service manager is the biggest dick in the world, that dealer ship and others like it is part of the reason GM has gone to hell. My next car buy after my experience with Red Holman may not be a GM. I hope Holman gets shut down.

Thats great. I just emailed Vecter Motorsports and am most likely going to do a intake, tune and catback. I have a STi that I have modded to the point its not a daily driver just a weekend racer.

Glad to have another member from Canton on here. I will also probably take my car to Vector as soon as I get my Vararam.

I bought at Red Holman Pontiac last week. Paul Hatch was the nicest salesman I have ever dealt with. There are way too many dishonest sales people out there.

Good to hear. I plan on having some tuning done shortly.

I would like to see a local meet organized.

I'm in New Boston (near the Airport).

I got my car from Jim Bradley in Ann Arbor, but it was originally at Holman.

Thats great. I just emailed Vecter Motorsports and am most likely going to do a intake, tune and catback. I have a STi that I have modded to the point its not a daily driver just a weekend racer.

I had a Evo 8 I modded a ton to the point where I had to get rid of it because I needed a less modded daily driver/baby hauler. I had two different turbos on the evo in two years with my last a Fp green, was a fun car. I just did the vector intake/tune about a month ago, and love it. I was lucky when I found out Vector was only 15 mins away too. I had to travel to Ohio for the Evo upgrades.

Welcome. I live in Clarkston. Picked up my car from Fresard in Ferndale. Anybody have any good/bad stories about Fresard. Sales guy I dealt with was good.

Did he have a limp hand shake ? just kidding. If your not from the metro detroit area you might not get that one.

I would like to see a local meet organized.

I would like to see that happen, now if I can just find a baby sitter when that happens. Anyone going to the Livernois Open house in May, was thinking that would be a good opportunity to meet some fellow G8 owners/car guys.

sorry for all the posts but I have to get over 20 posts so I can post in the 4 sale thread, because Ill be selling my stock 18" G8 GT rims soon here or try.

Picked mine up earlier today from Zubor. Already removed most of the badges, I might leave the rear arrowhead.

I plan on De badging mine this month and thinking about putting some black machined lip ruff racing r281's on. How easy was the De Badging ? What do you Michiganders think about the ruff racing r281's black ??, my cars white. I m between those and the silver breyton's maybe black, but the breytons look awful dark in black looking at them on tirerack.com crappy photos.

Red Holman is a ****ty dealer, I bought my G8 there and every time I have a problem they don't want to fix it. I have a paint problem the blamed it on me but Tennyson Chevy fixed the paint problem for me no prob, key fob fell apart Red Holman wouldn't replace it but Bob Jeannotte Pontiac replaced it no problem. That Fisher guy who is the service manager is the biggest dick in the world, that dealer ship and others like it is part of the reason GM has gone to hell. My next car buy after my experience with Red Holman may not be a GM. I hope Holman gets shut down.

Your car looks sweet with those rims. You pass by Westland P.d. since I see you live in/near canton ? Would you mind pm'ing me your contact info, would be cool if I could check those rims out while its (IF its) slow at work. I'm looking for some rims right now like my above post states, and am leaning towards black. Again sorry guys for all the posts but, got to get my 20 posts and i prefer the local threads than the national.

Guys there's also http://www.mig8.org not much there yet though...

sorry for all the posts but I have to get over 20 posts so I can post in the 4 sale thread, because Ill be selling my stock 18" G8 GT rims soon here or try.
PM sent

I work for Westland Pd.

We bought our GXP shop car from Al Li at Red Holman.

I worked at Red Holman when I was 16-19.

I know some guys from Westland PD, I was in the Police Explorers for 4 years.

What's your name if you don't mind me asking, you can pm if you'd like.

-Rick

I had a Evo 8 I modded a ton to the point where I had to get rid of it because I needed a less modded daily driver/baby hauler. I had two different turbos on the evo in two years with my last a Fp green, was a fun car. I just did the vector intake/tune about a month ago, and love it. I was lucky when I found out Vector was only 15 mins away too. I had to travel to Ohio for the Evo upgrades.

Almost put a green on my STi but wasnt in the mood to spend the money for the supporting parts.

Glad to hear you like the tune. You have stock exhaust?

mno

I'll throw out a SE Michigan dealer to not buy from. Bob Saks.

Bought it Feb 28th, still don't have a permanent plate, they won't return my phone calls or e-mails. They let me drive away on tires with 55lbs of pressure in the tires (I didn't know better, thought low profile maybe needed a lot, until I read here that's not right) and they used deceptive sales tactics.

Never make your purchase decission because the dealership is close.

Welcome. I live in Clarkston. Picked up my car from Fresard in Ferndale. Anybody have any good/bad stories about Fresard. Sales guy I dealt with was good.


I bought my g8 new from Fresard. I wasn't too happy with my experience there. A couple things here and there that bothered me. The main thing was that i found out later on that my car had rear suspenion work done months before I took delivery.

I'm not too happy about their service department either. I took my car there to fix a rattle I was hearing in the front suspenion. The service guy agreed that there was a rattling sound when I took him for a ride. They ended up keeping my car for three days, and told me that there was nothing they could do since the tech could not recreate the sound.

I'm currently taking my car to ed rinke in warren to get serviced.

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We bought our GXP shop car from Al Li at Red Holman.

I worked at Red Holman when I was 16-19.

I know some guys from Westland PD, I was in the Police Explorers for 4 years.

What's your name if you don't mind me asking, you can pm if you'd like.

-Rick

pm replied , dont like posting too much on a public form.

Almost put a green on my STi but wasnt in the mood to spend the money for the supporting parts.

Glad to hear you like the tune. You have stock exhaust?

mno

yes i do, i like the quietness of it with having an infant in the back seat. I put a turbo back - magnaflow on my evo and it shook the backseat during idle, was upset i wasted 900+ back then... only thing i would probably ever do is headers and maybe cats, but plan on keeping stock mufflers/tails.

I bought my G8 from Harold Zeigler in Grandville, mi (West side/near kalamazoo). They were jerks and arrogant, my financing was through USAA (For Military Families) and USAA gives you a blank check to give to your dealership of choice. Well I went all they way out there for it was the only white with roof red/blk seats deal I could find in November 08. When I handed them the check they acted as if I was a criminal and looked at it funny stating "i havent see one of these in awhile"..looking at as if i made it on my computer. I was also trading in my 01 s/c saleen convertible that they again acted as if I was bringing them stolen property for a trade. They had to call usaa 3 times because my sales guy wasnt sure he wanted to release the car to me without going the extra mile to make sure the funds were being transfered. He also asked me if Ive ever bought a car using this blank check print out paper before, and i told him your number 4, your funds will be transfered. His manager who had more experience told his sales guy everything will be fine with the funds, dont worry. Ive never had such a skeptical sales guy ever. I guess i should of wore my suit and not my groch o marks glasses...JK...instead of my sweats..hahaha. Never would i buy from them again.

I'm currently taking my car to ed rinke in warren to get serviced.



Good luck with that. I bought my car there but will never go back thanks to the awful service department. Nothing was done in less than three visits.

pm replied , dont like posting too much on a public form.

I understand that, no prob. PM replied to.

-Rick

Good luck with that. I bought my car there but will never go back thanks to the awful service department. Nothing was done in less than three visits.

I'm not saying they're perfect, but atleast they tried to fix my issue. I'm still getting the rattling noise after their fix. I'm hoping if I bring this thread up there, http://www.g8board.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12632, they'll follow the suggestions posted. What service department are you currently taking your g8 to?

Well, in the opposite of your treatment, I have been getting good service at Fresard. Before that, I took it to a Chevy dealer to get one problem fixed after getting fed up with Rinke.

It wasn't that they were rude or indifferent, or that they didn't fix the car when they worked on it. But they would call me in saying a part had come in (after a month), I take time off work, and guess what? No part. Multiple times, for different problems. Wait three weeks or a month, get a call, show up - no part. I've ordered parts from Fresard, and when they say it's there, it's there.

The last straw was when I brought it in for a problem with OnStar. I figured they would have to replace the OnStar module, so I didn't expect it to be fixed that day. But they called me up and said it was done. Drive away and OnStar doesn't work. Call them up and ask if a part is on order, and they tell me "if it's not on your work order, we didn't order a part". Well, it's not on my work order - just the oil change/tire rotation and "adjusting" the antenna for OnStar.

So I give up on them and go to a Chevy dealer that worked on my previous car (won't say who, it was told to me they could get into trouble doing Pontiac warranty work). They try to order me a new OnStar module (after checking the old one) and guess what? They can't, because Rinke has ordered one with my VIN! So when were they going to tell me? I had the Chevy dealer transfer it from Rinke and do the work (it's not like you need to be trained on a Pontiac to change an OnStar module!).

Bring your cars to us, we have the fix for these issues as we've had GM Engineering out here a few times and we are well aware of the problem AND the fix.

Bring your cars to us, we have the fix for these issues as we've had GM Engineering out here a few times and we are well aware of the problem AND the fix.

Might just do that. Thanks.

You guys are a bit far away from my house, but not too far from work. Next time I have an issue I may just give you a try.

Sellers Auto - Great!!

Had Chris White work his magic today (Roto-fab and tune) car is a absolute rocket now and feels like a sports car. Shift hard and runs strong to redline. Chris as pormised got me in and out in under and hour and gave my car a bath.

Hats off to the team at Sellers.

Thanks Chris!!!!

Bring your cars to us, we have the fix for these issues as we've had GM Engineering out here a few times and we are well aware of the problem AND the fix.
I can second that. You guys really know what you are doing.

[quote=jcbeckman;214208]Well, in the opposite of your treatment, I have been getting good service at Fresard. Before that, I took it to a Chevy dealer to get one problem fixed after getting fed up with Rinke.

It wasn't that they were rude or indifferent, or that they didn't fix the car when they worked on it. But they would call me in saying a part had come in (after a month), I take time off work, and guess what? No part. Multiple times, for different problems. Wait three weeks or a month, get a call, show up - no part. I've ordered parts from Fresard, and when they say it's there, it's there. [/quote



I had a great experience as far as parts being ordered at Rinke. They informed me that part was ordered, and they should have it in a week. Sure enough, I received a call from them a week later about the part being in. And it was there like they said.

Never had a problem with parts being order at Fresard, but kinda bugged me how they would send a note in the mail about a part being in instead of calling me personally.

I'm going to stop by gm sellers before work and see if they can fix my rattling suspension.

Bring your cars to us, we have the fix for these issues as we've had GM Engineering out here a few times and we are well aware of the problem AND the fix.


GREAT NEWS!!! I thought i'd never get this issue resolved. Your dealership is on the way to work for me. I live in Oak Park, and work in Wixom. I'll be there bright and early.