What was your first experience test driving?

vgd

Why would they deny a test drive?
I like to call ahead first before I come and make sure I can drive one.

My dealership is connected to ~20 banks. Is it a good idea to ask them to find the APR % from those banks? Do you think it's rigged?

LunaZ

My guess is that punk-a** twenty-something didn't like what he saw when I rolled up and decided to flex his power like some kind of mall cop and deny me.

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Red__Zed

A lot of dealers have a no-test-drive policy on cars like the Z now. They're often able to sell them without offering rides, and it's not worth the risk.

LunaZ

I had on a smart grey sport jacket and Gucci shoes... and I rolled up in a Mercedes.

I have a no-spending-$40,000-with-businesses-that-don't-treat-me-the-way-I-want-to-be-treated policy.
With my specific wants, I was willing to order a car and pay a premium if necessary. Their loss.
Better yet, I ran into the sales manager from that dealership at the local Sons of Italy Lodge. He was wearing a Nissan logo sweater and I asked what he did for Nissan. After finding out his position, I shared my story with him. He told me that sales person was no longer there and asked me if I'd like to come in and take that test drive. I told him he was way too late and another dealership got the sale.
He bought me a drink and offered me a test drive in the GT-R they have in the showroom.
I thanked him for the offer, but had to decline on principle. I don't go to dealerships and test drive cars just for joy rides. That kind of thing ruins it for those who are serious and actually want to buy a car.

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Snakes709

the excuse they gave me is "we dont let anyone test drive our pride and joy" i laughed at him and i said "really? a 05 SRT-10 Ram with 60,000km on it is your pride and joy of the dealership? the truck is a fine truck, but not that fine"

But i know for a fact its all how you dress and what you drive. He didnt see the Z i was driving and i was dressed in casual clothes.

Same thing happend to my boss at my old work. The owner of the company owned a 94 Viper. The Co-Owner owned a KIA and wanted to go test drive a porche, he got some info about the car he wanted to drive but the dealership said no you cant test drive it. So he called the owner up and got the Viper for the day, went back to the dealership and said "heres my other car that i dont normally drive" dealership then said "ok lets go for a rip in the car you want" my boss said "nah, i changed my mind, im going to go by a 09 Viper ACR"

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