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Originally Posted by kdphan
I bought my Z4 coupe from this dealership in July.
Things are starting to change and i'll need 4 seats. So it's about time to give up the Z4.
So as I was looking at the car with the salesman, i asked him to take the car out for a spin.
His answer, "we don't allow test drives on M3's unless we agree on #'s."
And that "We don't let ANYONE test drive them since they're the best cars"
At that point, I felt insulted and told him I didn't have any sort of problems test driving cars when I bought my car from them 5 months ago. And it's a 2008 used m3 for all that matters.
Has anyone been in a similar situation?
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I have definitely been in your shoes, and also will NOT purchase a car without at least a cursory test drive. I just feel like this should be common courtesy from a dealership where you are about to drop up to $80k!
The first time I ever asked to test drive an M3 was at my local dealership. It was a brand new vert, sitting in the showroom. I kind of understood, and wasn't really interested in a vert, just wanted to drive an M3. But what if I HAD been interested in buying? I'm still not going to sign on that dotted line without at the very least a spin 'round the block!
I tried Carmax, but there wasn't one with a free transfer available to my immediate area. I finally found a dealership with a used '12 ZCP down in Atlanta (about a 90 minute drive), and would not commit to coming down until the sales guy put it in writing that I would be able to drive the car. He did, and I did, and that was pretty nearly the only test drive I have ever had in an M. Now, when I pick mine up at the performace center next month, I will test drive it all I damn well please!