Test Driving, I don't really understand. Options

[Bigmeanbulldog55]

I tried to go testdriving for a new car today and couldn't. I'm 20 years old, and I guess that's not old enough. Everywere I went said I had to be 21. Is that not kind of stupid? I tried to test drive a wrx, an rsx, a tibberon, and a prelude. None would let me.

[darksecret]

Here's a tip if you look like you can afford the car and you pull up in a decent looking car (i.e. Celica in good shape) and look around at let's say the Impreza RS then move towards the WRX or STi you stand a better chance, don't hint anything towards you're credit or you can just bold face lie about it if they try and badger you, salesman are trained to lie to you about certain things, like I told people Hyundai's have excellent relaibility when in fact they're engines do (thanks to chrysler) but the interiors tend to fall apart after a while. Most dealerships love to let you test drive because most of the time when you test drive it gives a reason to come in and do paperwork, so on the drive look for stuff you don't like about the car and state them so that it looks like you're losing interest and then you have an escape when the drive is over.

EDIT: Also if they try to get you to do paperwork and a credit check, tell them you want to see if the car is worth letting them look at your credit and if they deny the drive tell them you'll take your money to another dealership and see if they can help you.

This post has been edited by darksecret: Apr 26, 2005 - 3:41 PM