[MrsChambers]

yeah, I think your friend is a little wacky... When I was a kid, I had a BIG SISTER (big brothers/big sisters) and we would go and test drive cars for fun.. I see nothing wrong with it.


and here is a story for ya about ethical test drives..


So I was in the market a few months back for a car.... so I wanted to rplace my Nissan with another.... but this time I wanted an Xterra.... so this local small town kind of one of those pay cash car lots... well they had this nice Xterra and a GOOD price.... So I was drooling over it for a bit, untill it was the right moment to take the plunge.... So I go and talk to the owner of the lot and told him that I was interested in the Xterra, blah blah blah... so he wanted me to submit my paperwork for financing, I told him okay, but I'm going to pay the price that's on the sticker (sale price) and I wouldn't take an offer that was over a certain percentage..... So I submitt the paper-work and tell him I will be in on Saturday with some cash and a pen to seal the deal..... In the meantime.... My husband goes down to the lot and test drives the Xterra, and apparently while he was test driving it, a rock came up and hit the windsheild and cracked it REAL GOOD... he tells me, but he didn't say anything to the dealer because we were going to buy it anyways, and just thought, OH WELL, we will just have to fix it after we buy it, what can you do?... So all week long I hear nothing, I call, he says, everthing is good, see you soon... so then on thursday, this guy calls up and wants the title to the car that I was going to be trading in... So my mom drops off the title to the dealership for me..a nd while she was there, she was talking to the owner about my deal and she asks him, what kind of interest rate did she get.. so he tells my MOM, that I have creidt issues and that the best rate he could get me was 19%!!!
HOLY WHAT?
well, needless to say, this was FAR MORE Then what I told him I would sign off on.

So I was bugged that this dude talked to my mother about my credit (not that she doesn't know about everything about me anyways) but I was just bugged that this dude can't tell me this crap, but my mom walks in there and he can tell her all this...

So what did I do?

I went down there on Saturday, just as planned, walked in there and asked for my title to my car back... he was like ... HuH? I said, dude, what did you tell my mom? he was speachless... He hummed and hawed to give me the title back, said that that was the best rate he could get.. blah blah blah....

We NEVER did buy that Xterra AND we never said anything about the windshield cracking on the test drive, and I have never felt an ounce of guilt!

went down to the big city that same day and bought myself a newer sweeter yellow Xterra and named her Sunshine!(and got a MUCH better interest rate then I could have DrEaMeD of!)

So tell your friend THAT story about unethical test drives the next time she wants to lay an ounce of judgement on you!