Test Drives - problems?

[thermobox]

I can't beleive these threads are getting pages deep.

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by lomodr

Yea, just buy it and return it if you don't like it. I'm sure this will work just fine.

I have bought cars from dealerships that will do this (usually with severe restrictions like 24 hours and less than 100 miles) although I would never buy a car that I could not test drive first, and without having to do a lot of paperwork.

I have bought motorcycles from places like WOW Motorcycles that for insurance and liability reasons do not allow test rides. However, they will "buy the bike" back from you within a certain amount of days/miles if you are not satisfied with it, for the price you paid. With bikes it makes a little more sense to me than with cars.

[homeyp1221]

I walked into my Toyota dealer yesterday just to look at an FR-S they just got in but was already sold.....they still let me drive it lol. It had 11 miles on it when i got in and 25 when i got out. muahahahaha. I will be ordering mine tomorrow.......

[waylonrobert]

Originally Posted by homeyp1221

I walked into my Toyota dealer yesterday just to look at an FR-S they just got in but was already sold.....they still let me drive it lol. It had 11 miles on it when i got in and 25 when i got out. muahahahaha. I will be ordering mine tomorrow.......

Wow that's not very good. I'd be pissed if my dealer let someone test drive the car I paid for...

[homeyp1221]

Originally Posted by waylonrobert

Wow that's not very good. I'd be pissed if my dealer let someone test drive the car I paid for...

Well I dont think it was fully paid for or anything. Just the $500 deposit as he was coming from a couple hours away I believe. So technically it was still owned by the dealer.

[Lonewolf]

Originally Posted by thermobox

Yep, it does work just fine for the customer. Customer Service is the business that we are in. The lines get blurred at a lot of your Stealerships. But we are kind of the undealer in so many ways including this.

It kinda sucks for the salesman that might have had to work for months and loses out on the commission. So all of the work would have been in vain.

A dealer out here in CA would NEVER take a car back...there is no grace period out here, and buyer's remorse is the buyer's problem

[waylonrobert]

Originally Posted by Lonewolf

A dealer out here in CA would NEVER take a car back...there is no grace period out here, and buyer's remorse is the buyer's problem

True - you're SOL here if you don't like the car. Another reason why I would never buy a car without test driving first.

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by Lonewolf

A dealer out here in CA would NEVER take a car back...there is no grace period out here, and buyer's remorse is the buyer's problem

That's pretty much true everywhere, unless the dealer has a specific policy that says otherwise (some do, 99.9% don't).