View Full Version : how many times did you test drive?


ncscion
02-07-2004, 08:18 PM
just wondering how many times you all test drove a xb b/f your own came in or has come in. i myself haven't but once, would like to test a lot more but afraid the dealer may think i'm crasy. i would like to take one home for a couple of days just as a fix until i get my own. what do you all think?

BoughettiXB
02-07-2004, 08:20 PM
Yeah... I was wonderin' the same thing...

xbchance
02-07-2004, 08:22 PM
just wondering how many times you all test drove a xb b/f your own came in or has come in. i myself haven't but once, would like to test a lot more but afraid the dealer may think i'm crasy. i would like to take one home for a couple of days just as a fix until i get my own. what do you all think?

I test drove an XB twice in one day. Trick is I went to 2 different dealers! None was the wiser... :twisted:

xbchance
02-07-2004, 08:27 PM
just wondering how many times you all test drove a xb b/f your own came in or has come in. i myself haven't but once, would like to test a lot more but afraid the dealer may think i'm crasy. i would like to take one home for a couple of days just as a fix until i get my own. what do you all think?

I test drove an XB twice in one day. Trick is I went to 2 different dealers! None was the wiser... :twisted:

ncscion
02-07-2004, 08:33 PM
no see i have a deposit at my dealer for the rs 1.0, i'm thinking maybe they could lease me the tester xb until mine comes in. and that way i get my fix and less people in my town know about the xb

rbloedow
02-07-2004, 08:54 PM
Once :)

thefoth
02-07-2004, 09:06 PM
I drove one once, it happened to be a demo car at a Hot Import Nights show...I was sold on the first drive!

CBSIMONSEZ
02-07-2004, 11:06 PM
Once, for about a mile, down a back road that was 25MPH! Wife took a turn driving it back. Freaking dealer .... that guy was a shmuck!

House_Of_Steel
02-07-2004, 11:23 PM
My Dealer is AWESOME - He told us anytime we wanted to use the demo, just stop in and take it ...... :D For as long as we liked !

Hmmmm, road trip to California from Pennsylvania to check out the Xb's ...

One of those days ... :wink:

pmpnxb
02-07-2004, 11:27 PM
i was sold on the first test drive, but I drove 4 autos at diffrent dealerships before I finally got my 5spd...

tintsem
02-08-2004, 12:15 AM
exactly none, just knew we had to have one. Drove it home 1 1/2 hrs. after we got to the lot.
:lol:

Munch
02-08-2004, 12:21 AM
I test drove the xB 3 times before I took one home :D

George
02-08-2004, 12:21 AM
Four times:

Once in a car that was not the color we wanted. Salesman just about stuffed us in the car to get us to drive it. He would have made a sale but he never got the color and transmission we wanted, even before the feeding frenzy.

Three times in cars that were the color and transmissions that we wanted. The first of these, the dealer tried to slip a documentation fee into the paperwork, the second couldn't get a stock stereo installed in less than three (!) days, and the third did everything right and made the sale.

George

superjeer
02-08-2004, 12:25 AM
The dealer I ordered mine from had a demo model all pimped out. I live about 30 minutes from the dealer and he let me take it home to show the wife. I had it for about two hours. I woulda bought one without the test drive though.. These are like the bit-o-honey's in the checkout line. You see them, you buy one. The guilt comes later.

BoomBox757
02-08-2004, 01:58 AM
My dealer let me take home his xB and my brother take home his xA for a week while they were closed for christmas. It was great. He had rims, lowering springs, and tinted windows done aftermarket.

jgayda666
02-08-2004, 02:01 AM
None,

Saw it at the Phoenix autoshow, sat in it, got the free dvd..
1 week later I drove to LA with cash in hand and haven't looked back :)
Best impulse buy evar!


Jason

DeanCouchey
02-08-2004, 05:37 AM
2 times at 2 dealers

xBassist
02-08-2004, 05:53 AM
I sat in mine about 15 minutes before signing all the paperwork, does that count? I was going to buy it no matter how it handled/ran/felt... After hanging around at the dealership for about 4 hours or so, I hopped in my new xB and drove it for the first time, 5 hours to home... wootage.

raiden1200
02-08-2004, 06:41 AM
test drove 3x so far, still waiting for a manual tranny so's i can feels dat out.

Thirty-Nine
02-09-2004, 03:09 PM
I've only test driven an xB once. It had 18" wheels, and there were four people in the car, with the A/C on. It wasn't a very good indicator of how the car would drive on an everyday basis (e.g. with one or two people in the car). With only 108 hp, I know that having four adults in the car would make the xB feel extrememly slow. I know it's not a rocket, but I was flooring it everywhere we went to keep up with traffic. However, I liked the way it drove on the highway. I need to have another test drive and I'd like to drive an xA, too.

Sid_xBicious
02-09-2004, 03:54 PM
test drive it 2 times in 2 different dealear. 1st was the puente hills scion, 2nd west covina. but they won't let me drive to freeway.
sid

JDMxB
02-09-2004, 04:03 PM
Zero!

Jay82
02-09-2004, 04:08 PM
I've already test drove twice, but I dont feel like I rode in it long enough. I'm going to go and do another one tomorrow. This will be at another dealer I was going to check out. The car rode pretty good to me but hey my car now is a 1994 Civic so anythign new rides nice.

Djuan
02-09-2004, 04:49 PM
3 times... once to try it in auto, once in manual at different dealer, and once too show my folks to see what general public would think. Since I'm a real estate agent, I have to keep general public's perception as a factor.