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Originally Posted by Tcoat
The only issue with test driving a 15 to 25 year old car is that the one you test could be very, very different from the one you buy. You could be totally deceived one way or the other and not buy something great or think you like it just to find the one you bought sucks.
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That's a very good piece of advice, thank you! Obviously I'll take any prospective buy for a spin, but it'll help to keep in mind that older cars have more variation in how they drive. This also works in reverse - I might drive an Elise and not like it, only to discover that it was due to something unique to the specific car I drove.
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Originally Posted by bfrank1972
Agree, how can you know you want to invest in a car unless you drive it? It's not all about vetting any issues. I try to be a bit more sensitive with private sellers as I'm taking up someone's personal time - but I have no hesitation with trying out a car from a dealer. It's why they're there and it's not a crime to test drive any car (even though some snotty sales folks may act like it is).
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Fully agreed, but with older cars it gets much harder to find them in dealerships. I haven't bought a private party car in my life, so don't really know how well is "window shopping" tolerated.