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Replying to: alfox (Sep 23, 2004 9:52 am) I live in Valparaiso Indiana, my current dealership is in Merrillville Indiana.
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Replying to: bp3959 (Sep 23, 2004 10:05 am) |
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Replying to: bp3959 (Sep 23, 2004 10:05 am)
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Replying to: stickguy (Sep 23, 2004 9:57 am) That definitely sounds like a good idea for the dealership to do. For an extended test drive, I also don't mind taking a used vehicle that's a couple years old even if I'm buying a brand new one as long as they are very similar. |
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Replying to: alfox (Sep 23, 2004 10:08 am) |
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Replying to: bowke28 (Sep 23, 2004 5:30 am) when i drove a lexus recently, they had a couple of 2004 CPO units, but they were on the other end of the lot so we took a new one. actually, if i was buying, i think it would be more informative to see what a current model year car with 20k on it feels like, or how their demo that's been through some "spirited" test drives holds up. |
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| I do not car about an overnite test drive; however, I want to sit in the car for 30-60 minutes before buying. That way, I know if my back will stiffen up. I made that mistake once...bought a car based on a 10 min testdrive only to discover that, by 30 min, my back was sore. | |
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test drive. I wanted to see how the car (Passat wagon) performed at speed, and drive it for 30 minutes or so. Answer was "no problem", and we took the SM's demo, which was a sedan, but that was OK with me. The test ride was great, but we never met on terms. Ended up buying from their sister store, without a test drive (pre-signature acceptance drive only.) |
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| When we were looking at 04 Merc Sable wagons, had to find one out of town. So, they let us test drive an 05, stating the only real difference was the price. Wife, and everyone else for that matter, is pleased with our 04 Merc. Sable LS premium wagon, in Arizona Beige Metallic. | |
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I was wondering if anyone knew about the liability issues concerning test-drives. A Mercedes dealer called me this morning, saying he had a 2001 ML for me. Would I like to come in? So, I did in the afternoon. I had just been to the doctor, and the nurse botched drawing my blood, so I had bandages all over my hand. He showed me the truck, let me look inside, and brought it around for me to drive. I had been over there before, and he was much more chatty. Today, I felt tension. He came with me on the test-drive. In any case, I was driving the truck down the road when I wanted to switch into the gear-tronic manual from automatic mode. You could hear that I was having some problems shifting the gears, and then, it stuck, just as I was going down a ramped curve. I had to look down to figure out what to do. I believe I made a comment, asking how it worked, but he ignored me. Well... I ended up running into the curb. He knew instantly, why, and said, forget the gear-tronic. I told him, I didn't know how to switch it back, and we sat there for a minute or two. He swore when it happened....asked me if the truck now drove to the right, and we went back. He got out of the truck, and inspected the tire. He said that I'd damaged the side-wall. He went inside to bring the manager.... They both came out, and asked me if I was buying the truck, or what? Then, they complained that no one could use the car like that, and the tire needed to be replaced. Sheez.... No one asked me if I was okay. They tried to tell me that they didn't have insurance, and did I have a Visa?, and they wanted me to replace the tire, and may charge me the wholesale cost, instead of for the rotation, tire balancing, etc. I said, I knew that it would cost at least, $150 if not $300 I asked the salesman, if this was an SUV, and could go off-road, how could the tire be damaged so easily? Finally, I was so shaken, I said, I wanted to go home. I didn't sign anything before, or afterwards, and the damage wasn't intentional... I gave them my number, and said to call me. And, so they let me go. I've test-driven a number of cars, as I go through figuring out which one I want, and nothing like this, ever happened before, and I would hope never again. Does anybody know in general what happens if you end up in an accident, or a minor boo-boo on a test drive? Thanks!
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