For those of you who own one, or test drove one, Was the dealer **** about letting you test drive it? I went today to FINALLY test one since one was sitting on the lot and not sold right away or on order (finally) and he was like "oh umm uhh well we're trying to keep the miles low.. And the manager.. blah blah "
So no, I didnt get to.. Today. (Im going back tomorrow )
The car is Used and has 9,500 miles on it.

Im just curious to know your experiences.

 

hahaha that sucks !! well when i went to the dealer i just told the guy i was lookin for this car ( while pointing at the Si) and he was like ok let me go get the keys and he was like wanna go for a test drive and i was like sure and he was telling me to gunn it and i was like no cause my mom was in the back seat hahaha so yea and thats it that guy was cool about it he loves the Si haha

 

Test drove it, no problem. He said he liked being able to go into the ivtec, and that he was totally fine with me taking it there

 

well when i went i had requested a quote online and they got back to me the next day. While i was talking to the sales person he said he was gonna set up a test drive for me and everything so what do u know when i get there hes waiting with the car runing just waiting for me to test drive it. Man i guned hit vtec wooooooooo. Though he was gonne have a cow or something then hes all like lets go on the freeway and gun it so what do u know i did. LOl scared the **** outta my girl and mom that were in the back seat. In conclusion sales rep was koo dont know why they would be **** towards u i mean dont they want u to buy the car.

 

how the hell are they going to tell u no to a test drive? thats how people decide to buy some cars. idiots. go back and tell em u are test driving it. dont take no for an answer. be an ******* and tell em they are gonna miss out on a sale. something. just dont take no for an answer

 

I actually had a very hard time getting the dealership to let me test drive one of the Si on the lot. I basically had to tell the two sales guys (I have no clue why they were tag teaming, must have been training) that I wanted a car, and I really wanted the Si; You don't let me drive, I don't let you have my money.

Even after that, they wouldn't let me take it too far, and I kept it under 40. But I was sold on it after getting in the drivers seat.

 

I've bought my last 4 new cars without ever driving them



roll the dice

 

They should have let you test drive the used one...that's BS. I couldn't drive one at my dealer since they were all pre sold (I wouldn't want anyone driving my car either) The other dealers in town wanted over MSRP so I never even got past the phone conversation with them.

 

i never test drove mine...didnt have too...i was sold when the commercial came out

 

they let me test drive one with no problems...

 

Yea thinking back I probably could have talked him into it yesterday but my mind sort of went blank as he crushed my hopes and dreams.

Not sure if I'll go back today, got some stuff to do. Supposed to rain tomorrow, so Maybe thursday? I mean, heck I'm only takling about putting like maybe 2 miles on the thing. I just want to get a feel for it. I've been following this thing since it was just rumors on the web, and now I have a chance to drive one? Yea. I'm going to bug them till I do.
This might be my ONLY chance since production is limited and they seem to fly out the door or are already ordered.

Asked about driving an STI once and I got the same thing. But they also wanted a credit check (mine is good btw) But That would have just been a joy ride so I didnt push it. That one is a little more understandable though since anyone who knows anything about it would probably want to drive it.

 

i didnt have to test drive mine, i bought my 06 si wit 7k miles, started it up in showroom and fell inlove, and my savings fell as well

 

Where are you located and where did you try to test drive one.

 

Yea the dealer I bought my Si wasn't letting people test them either. Mine only had 7 miles on it when I took it off the lot. I can understand both sides of the coin. I wanted it so bad I didn't care.

 

That Sucks.. When I bought mine, I didn't even know what VTEC was.. But I was amazing.. with its power..
The salesman came, gave me the key.. And I said: I don't drive manual trans cars for a while.. and he replied: its going to be fun..... lol
I hope you like it.. Ops.. I'm sure you'll
Ps: used to drive a Corolla

 

no test drives... we sold an SLR mc claren from the Benz dealer i work at, NO TEST DRIVE! and a guy bought it for some where around 400g +... no thats crazy.

 

that sux ***...my buddy is a sales man at honda...so he just gave me the keys and i drove it by myself...lol of course i abused the crap out of it...and ended up waiting for mine for 2 month...i guess white si with navi is rare....according to my buddy...yup

 

I went there , it was 8 and the dealer closed at 9. I know the dealer, hes like you want to take it for a spin ? I stuck out my hand which he then placed the keys inside. The dealer was like " I gotta go take care of something, be carefull......" Got in, did a couple rounds, came back with a smile and said rap it up, ill take it.

 

The first one I found, they wouldnt let me test drive it, but they let me crank her up. The sound of it was enough to sell me a car that already captured my interest just by features alone. Unfortunately for them, it wasn't their car that I bought haha.

What was really funny is with all that protection on the car, and the sales guy looked nervous when I was revving it up, before I got out I noticed that they didn't even have the e-brake set... couldn't help but wonder how it didn't roll off into another car... 0 miles and already an accident, Honda would've loved that one.

 

I told the dealer not to let anyone test drive my Si when i bought it. They said they had about 10 people that asked to test drive it in the 3 days i left it there. and they said "No" to everyone of them. but it wasn't used. this was when it was brand new. I wouldn't take no for an answer on a used one.

 

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Yea see. Thats what Im afraid of. Its here, now and for sale.
I'm going to go try again Friday.

 

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This is what I want too, but the G35coupe is screaming my name at the same time...

 

I could understand a new one, because they dont want people VTECing a new car that they might not buy, its like conserving the break in for who buys it.. but used is free for all.