What fresh hell is this?

[macron]

£10 for a test drive. There's not wanting time wasters, but...

[paul_c123]

They probably get a lot of messers.

[ChocolateFrog]

The only way I'd entertain that is if I'd negotiated the price in advance factoring it in and on the condition nothing cropped up on the subsequent test drive

[Trevor555]

I've been thinking about this, and have differing views.

As a retired car dealer, it isn't something I'd do.

Buying, it wouldn't stop me buying a car, but would expect it to be refunded if the car had issues that stopped me buying it.

When I entered the motor trade in the late 80's there were always people just test driving cars for something to do on a Sunday afternoon, it was frustrating for the sales staff.

In the end the boss banned test drives for a while, but that certainly lost us some sales, but not all.

Love the bit about not answering with held numbers, and texts. I used to be the same.

My adverts read "for the quickest response give me a call, I don't sit in front of my computer all day"

[mac96]

£10 sounds enough to irritate real potential customers, but not enough to discourage time wasters who fancy a go in a particular car. So what's the point, other than a small income stream?

[lost in espace]

Could be for insurance?