Buying from new, anyone?

[UKBoB]

Im curious, having seen the saggyarse video, having heard people speak of its performance after test drives... when new cars are made and given to dealers & taken out for test drive, lent out for the weeeknd etc... how do you know if the car has never been thrashed or taken up to the redline before its been run in properly? Or are they not pushed, not in the slightest, till theyve done their xxxx miles?

How does it work, exactly?

[parrot of doom]

Most production cars are driven around a test track with various special 'bits' to test the suspension, steering, brakes, etc. and then attached to a computer, I would imagine something similar happens

[_DeeJay_]

UKBoB said:

Im curious, having seen the saggyarse video, having heard people speak of its performance after test drives... when new cars are made and given to dealers & taken out for test drive, lent out for the weeeknd etc... how do you know if the car has never been thrashed or taken up to the redline before its been run in properly? Or are they not pushed, not in the slightest, till theyve done their xxxx miles? How does it work, exactly?

I thought dealer demos were run in by the dealer's themselves until the first service (which admittedly is only 1000 miles).

When I've test driven TVR's the dealers have also been extremely careful to warm them up correctly (or have the test driver do it) before giving it some.

However, I'd suggest that dealer demo cars will have had a harder life than the equivalent private car

I don't think there is a way of ensuring their cars have not been thrashed from cold when lent out for a period of time (though I've read somewhere that the Tuscan II moans if you try it before the oil is up to temp).

[yellow peril]

We are buying the Sagaris from Castles and will take delivery when they get their next demo.
Once Michael Caine and Ian knew we were buying her, they assured us immediately that they would look after her.


They are very careful to take it steady until it's run in and are always with any drivers on test.

I had promised lots of runs out at the Mid Essex Meet, but having sold the car to us Castles didn't want to do any at all.
It was only when I said that I had promised they agreed to 4 tickets being pulled out of the raffle for rides...and they were only short trips too!!!!!

I have no problem with buying Castles Demo....
Ray is pleased that it will be run in......
can't wait in fact

...//P//

[civicboy28]

Ah so thats your Yellow Sagaris sitting at Castle. Saw it saturday.
Looks very MEAN.
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[Pies]

dont forget the 3 year warrenty,any damage done to the engine will almost certainly show

[shadowninja]

I had a dealer demo TVR for 5 years... three engines later... ONLY KIDDING. Engine never missed a beat.

In my experience when taking a new TVR out with a dealer, they do tell you to keep it below X000 rpm, so I'd trust that the car is generally ok.

[Nuggs]

My view is that it's in the dealer's best interest to run the car in properly.

If you were to buy a car from them that was thrashed from new (and when you buy an ex-demo car, you know it's an ex-demo car) and it goes bang, it's going to look pretty bad for the dealer.

The TVR community is fairly small anyway, but when looked at on a regional basis, an utter failure of a car run by a dealer could lead to some disasterous publicity...