What was your first experience test driving?

b1adesofcha0s · 03-10-2011, 11:23 PM

Wow, I've always had the opposite experience. All the salesman always try to force me into a test drive even if I don't want to go on one. I'm 21, but I usually have one of my parents with me so they're cool with it.

import111 · 03-11-2011, 12:46 AM

The salesman that let me take the 370Z on the test drive let me do what I wanted and showed me a curvy road to have fun on.

Coming from a stage 2 05 STi the 370Z felt a lot slower in a straight line, but the brakes and handling impressed me.

essixx · 03-11-2011, 06:24 AM

I had never been in a 370Z or even seen one, except for pictures on the internet. I did my research and was pretty sure I wanted one. Got my financing preapproved, wife and I flew 400 miles to drive the car and most likely purchase it. It was a cold day, about 35 degrees. Wife goes inside the dealership while I look over the car. I ask the salesman to take it for a test drive. He gets the keys and starts to get in the passenger seat when I ask if my wife can go along. He gets a funny look on his face but agrees.
Wife and I are gone about 20 minutes when my cell phone rings. It is the salesman asking when I am coming back. I'm thinking to myself, I just flew 400 miles to buy a car from you, you have talked with my bank and we have been working on this for a week, I am not some young kid out for a joy ride.
So I tell the guy I am 3 blocks away and he can relax.
While I am doing the paperwork he asks if I brought the dealer plate back in with me. No I didn't. Dumb *** put it on the trunk deck and it slide off and gets lost. He then makes the comment he didn't think I would beat the car so soon. I was getting a good price on the car or I would have left right then and told them they could keep the car.
I have to say I really enjoy this car, but the salesman did little to enhance the enjoyment of the purchase.

Mike · 03-11-2011, 07:29 AM

don't really remember the test drive of this one, but when I bought my C6, my neighbor bought one a month later and told me the salesman said I scared him on the test drive. We found some very fun curvy roads nearby.

Kirkster · 03-11-2011, 08:22 AM

Just after I left the dealership lot I had the A$$ hanging out, and the sales guy screaming like a little girl...

Was a great test ride...

03-10-2011, 11:23 PM	#46 (permalink)
b1adesofcha0s A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: MD Posts: 40,963 Drives: HypeTrain Choo Choo! Rep Power: 141	Wow, I've always had the opposite experience. All the salesman always try to force me into a test drive even if I don't want to go on one. I'm 21, but I usually have one of my parents with me so they're cool with it. __________________ Project: b1adeZmobile (2009 370Z) \| Uprev Tune by AAM Competition \| Berk Exhaust Project: b1adeZmobile 2.0 (2014 C7 Z51) \| Corsa Xtreme Exhaust

03-11-2011, 07:29 AM	#49 (permalink)
Mike The370Z.com Sponsor Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Loganville, GA Posts: 5,944 Drives: 370z Rep Power: 2186	don't really remember the test drive of this one, but when I bought my C6, my neighbor bought one a month later and told me the salesman said I scared him on the test drive. We found some very fun curvy roads nearby. __________________ NISSAN: 75 280Z / 86 300ZX GLL /87 Sentra SE / 03 350Z / 23 Z Porsche: 93 968 / 23 Macan GTS / 93 968

03-11-2011, 08:22 AM	#50 (permalink)
Kirkster A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Peoples Republic of MD Posts: 1,792 Drives: Roadster of DOOM Rep Power: 20	Just after I left the dealership lot I had the A$$ hanging out, and the sales guy screaming like a little girl... Was a great test ride... __________________ Powertrain Warranty voided on 5/14/2011 Mod List:GTM Supercharger,SmartTop module, Oil Cooler, GT-R Start button, Nismo Exhaust, BC Racing ER Coilovers, Backup Camara For eastwest:

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03-11-2011, 12:46 AM	#47 (permalink)
import111 Track Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Tucson, AZ. Posts: 622 Drives: 09 Nissan 370Z Rep Power: 191	The salesman that let me take the 370Z on the test drive let me do what I wanted and showed me a curvy road to have fun on. Coming from a stage 2 05 STi the 370Z felt a lot slower in a straight line, but the brakes and handling impressed me.

03-11-2011, 06:24 AM	#48 (permalink)
essixx Base Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Iowa Posts: 21 Drives: 2009 Silver auto Rep Power: 14	I had never been in a 370Z or even seen one, except for pictures on the internet. I did my research and was pretty sure I wanted one. Got my financing preapproved, wife and I flew 400 miles to drive the car and most likely purchase it. It was a cold day, about 35 degrees. Wife goes inside the dealership while I look over the car. I ask the salesman to take it for a test drive. He gets the keys and starts to get in the passenger seat when I ask if my wife can go along. He gets a funny look on his face but agrees. Wife and I are gone about 20 minutes when my cell phone rings. It is the salesman asking when I am coming back. I'm thinking to myself, I just flew 400 miles to buy a car from you, you have talked with my bank and we have been working on this for a week, I am not some young kid out for a joy ride. So I tell the guy I am 3 blocks away and he can relax. While I am doing the paperwork he asks if I brought the dealer plate back in with me. No I didn't. Dumb *** put it on the trunk deck and it slide off and gets lost. He then makes the comment he didn't think I would beat the car so soon. I was getting a good price on the car or I would have left right then and told them they could keep the car. I have to say I really enjoy this car, but the salesman did little to enhance the enjoyment of the purchase.