Test Drive gone wrong
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Test Drive gone wrong
While returning home from a decent day on the golf course, I noticed this 04 pulled over on the side of the road. Witnesses say, he got on it while on a test drive and clipped the rear end of a minivan. Fortunately, no one was injured but I would hate to be in this guy's shoes.
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While returning home from a decent day on the golf course, I noticed this 04 pulled over on the side of the road. Witnesses say, he got on it while on a test drive and clipped the rear end of a minivan. Fortunately, no one was injured but I would hate to be in this guy's shoes.
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Long time ago I was at a dealership looking at a brand new 1998 Contour SVT. (Yes I actually bought one, but not that one.) A guy came in and was looking at the new Cobra. They went out for a test drive as I was looking at the Contour. About 10 minutes later there was an excited conversation over the phone at the desk next to ours. I caught the gist of it, the guy test driving the Cobra had gone into a corner and tried to drift it, lost control, slammed into the bank, then back into an on-coming car.
I guess the driver was banged up pretty bad, but the sales guy walked away with minor cuts and bruises.
I'm such a bad passenger anyway, I could never be a salesman.
I guess the driver was banged up pretty bad, but the sales guy walked away with minor cuts and bruises.
I'm such a bad passenger anyway, I could never be a salesman.
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when i was 20 i took out a mustang on a test drive , i was going down the the road back to the dealer when a cop flew out of a gas station and hit me broad side , i was fine but car was totaled , i had to call the dealer , cop said he did not even see me
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When I bought my 03 Lightning, the dealer said no to a test drive. I had perfect credit and money wasn't the problem...They break free so easily (even at bone stock) that the dealership was having lots of damaged trucks to deal with.