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CajunCamaroChic · 09-03-2009, 11:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Ammo7

It would be worth the beating

FutureSSOwner · 09-03-2009, 11:16 AM

I went through the same issue, I asked 3-4 dealerships around here if that was possible. I am not willing to buy a car I can't get to drive. So I actually rented a 2SS from Avis last week, only 3k miles on it and I got to have a "test drive" for 24 hours...$80 in gas later I am sold on buying a 2SS now. Including gas and $30 insurance I think I spent a little over $200. Really well worth it imo, plus I got to beat the snot out of the car without a salesman yapping in my ear the whole time. My wife also got to log plenty of time driving it making it wife approved also, which makes buying it that much easier.

Teddydog · 09-03-2009, 11:20 AM

Yup...I was going to say "Avis", too.

Rob

Gentry78 · 09-03-2009, 11:22 AM

why are y'all so scared, you don't sign until after the test drive at the end of the paper work

Tactical Z · 09-03-2009, 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by CajunCamaroChic

I have given a few people rides that are interested. I have offered to let them drive, but they are afraid of something happening. Like I would beat them up or something, they can't be serious..........

....OK, maybe a slight beating, nothing too harsh!

I wouldn't be afraid of being beat up, i'd be afraid of wrecking it.

ahart04 · 09-03-2009, 11:31 AM

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Originally Posted by metaphysician

I agree with why they do it, just curious how you guys felt about buying without driving. Who is near Delaware that is willing to meet up?!

it will be here in 3 weeks and i've never driven one. don't feel that i need to. whatever cons i can find about the car will be heavily outweighed by the pros. any adjusting i need to do will be happily done.

OR it could be a HUGE mistake and I could HATE it!!

but, given the feedback here...that seems HIGHLY unprobable. besides i loved my dads 3rd and 4th gens...

my advise is, faith. haha, and to let the vicarious experiences we gain through camaro 5 help you.

SlingShot · 09-03-2009, 11:34 AM

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Originally Posted by FutureSSOwner

I went through the same issue, I asked 3-4 dealerships around here if that was possible. I am not willing to buy a car I can't get to drive. So I actually rented a 2SS from Avis last week, only 3k miles on it and I got to have a "test drive" for 24 hours...$80 in gas later I am sold on buying a 2SS now. Including gas and $30 insurance I think I spent a little over $200. Really well worth it imo, plus I got to beat the snot out of the car without a salesman yapping in my ear the whole time. My wife also got to log plenty of time driving it making it wife approved also, which makes buying it that much easier.

Marriage 101 ..... Sell, Sell, Sell LOL... It's all in the delivery and how you sell it.

AZCamaroFan · 09-03-2009, 11:34 AM

People who buy the car "don't care how it drives."
uh sure.

DDustiNN · 09-03-2009, 11:36 AM

If the tell you that you can't test drive it, simply respond with "well, if you don't offer test drives, then I don't offer my money and business... goodbye" and go somewhere else

FutureSSOwner · 09-03-2009, 11:38 AM

I don't want to plan on ordering a car, waiting for it to come in (and research mods) for something I can't stand driving. Ive been underwhelmed by plenty of cars and I didn't want to build something up for months and months only to be let down and walk away from it after all the hassle. Sitting in a seat and seeing how it looks in a showroom is all well and good, but knowing how comfortable the seats are after a 2 hour car ride, and how big the blindspots are, how well all the gadgets work, or how well it accelerates, brakes, handles are only a few of the things I want to know before I spend 35k. Frankly driving it around the block doesn't even do the car justice, spending the whole day with it was what convinced my wife that she wanted one too.

iyam_lorne · 09-03-2009, 11:43 AM

Yeah the guy told me that they straight up dont allow test drives on the new camaro. v6 or 8. did sit in one though.

Boo Boo The Cat · 09-03-2009, 11:48 AM

I didn't have any problems test driving a camaro. The dealer threw the keys to me and told me not to get a ticket. Drove it a few miles down the interstate and brought it back, but it didn't have everything I wanted so I decided to order one.

EKG · 09-03-2009, 11:50 AM

Yeah I have not yet been able to test drive one. Whenever I ask them if they have one available for test drive, they always say that the ones they have at the dealership are sold already....total bummer

Gentry78 · 09-03-2009, 12:01 PM

there is a difference between just walking in asking for a test drive and pulling up your credit figuring out you loan application showing proof that you can afford the car getting everything in line as if your are in fact buying the car, then if you can do that and they approve you they will let you go for a test drive to make real sure you want to make the commitment then you go back and sign

at no point will you ever be made to sign the contract before you get a chance to drive the car

09-03-2009, 11:43 AM	#25
iyam_lorne Drives: '94 Grand Prix SE Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: canada Posts: 174	Yeah the guy told me that they straight up dont allow test drives on the new camaro. v6 or 8. did sit in one though. __________________ ABM(changed to SIM) 1LT Automatic w/RS, polished alum, conv&conn pkg - May 1, 2010

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09-03-2009, 11:16 AM	#16
FutureSSOwner Drives: 2SS Next Year Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Dallas Posts: 4	I went through the same issue, I asked 3-4 dealerships around here if that was possible. I am not willing to buy a car I can't get to drive. So I actually rented a 2SS from Avis last week, only 3k miles on it and I got to have a "test drive" for 24 hours...$80 in gas later I am sold on buying a 2SS now. Including gas and $30 insurance I think I spent a little over $200. Really well worth it imo, plus I got to beat the snot out of the car without a salesman yapping in my ear the whole time. My wife also got to log plenty of time driving it making it wife approved also, which makes buying it that much easier.

09-03-2009, 11:20 AM	#17
Teddydog Drives: 21 LT1 RS M6 in SSM Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Dupont, WA Posts: 453	Yup...I was going to say "Avis", too. Rob

09-03-2009, 11:22 AM	#18
Gentry78 HOOK'EM Drives: 97 c1500/92 olds Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Texas Posts: 5,279	why are y'all so scared, you don't sign until after the test drive at the end of the paper work

09-03-2009, 11:34 AM	#22
AZCamaroFan Camaro6 2016-2018 Drives: sometimes Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Phoenix Posts: 18,468	People who buy the car "don't care how it drives." uh sure.

09-03-2009, 11:36 AM	#23
DDustiNN Drives: Cars Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: N/A Posts: 1,986	If the tell you that you can't test drive it, simply respond with "well, if you don't offer test drives, then I don't offer my money and business... goodbye" and go somewhere else

09-03-2009, 11:38 AM	#24
FutureSSOwner Drives: 2SS Next Year Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Dallas Posts: 4	I don't want to plan on ordering a car, waiting for it to come in (and research mods) for something I can't stand driving. Ive been underwhelmed by plenty of cars and I didn't want to build something up for months and months only to be let down and walk away from it after all the hassle. Sitting in a seat and seeing how it looks in a showroom is all well and good, but knowing how comfortable the seats are after a 2 hour car ride, and how big the blindspots are, how well all the gadgets work, or how well it accelerates, brakes, handles are only a few of the things I want to know before I spend 35k. Frankly driving it around the block doesn't even do the car justice, spending the whole day with it was what convinced my wife that she wanted one too.

09-03-2009, 11:48 AM	#26
Boo Boo The Cat Drives: Blk 10' 1SS/RS M6 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Warner Robins, GA /Kodiak, AK Posts: 24 View My Garage	I didn't have any problems test driving a camaro. The dealer threw the keys to me and told me not to get a ticket. Drove it a few miles down the interstate and brought it back, but it didn't have everything I wanted so I decided to order one.

09-03-2009, 11:50 AM	#27
EKG Drives: Right now....a Honda CR-V Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Phoenix Posts: 183	Yeah I have not yet been able to test drive one. Whenever I ask them if they have one available for test drive, they always say that the ones they have at the dealership are sold already....total bummer

09-03-2009, 12:01 PM	#28
Gentry78 HOOK'EM Drives: 97 c1500/92 olds Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Texas Posts: 5,279	there is a difference between just walking in asking for a test drive and pulling up your credit figuring out you loan application showing proof that you can afford the car getting everything in line as if your are in fact buying the car, then if you can do that and they approve you they will let you go for a test drive to make real sure you want to make the commitment then you go back and sign at no point will you ever be made to sign the contract before you get a chance to drive the car