Will you allow test-drive of the car you're selling?

[ghosthunter]

Say you are selling your car and the prospective buyer wants to test-drive it, will you allow him/her to test-drive?

I'm asking this coz, most of the prospective buyers are dismayed when I tell them that I do not allow test-drive to eliminate any hassle when something (as in accident) happens during the time he/she is test-driving my car.

The most I can do is drive my car myself while the prospective buyer sits on the passenger seat.

What's your take?

By the way, I am not a buy & sell agent, I am an individual selling my own car.

For me, if I am buying a 2nd hand car (and I have), a test drive will be an important part of assessing the car. If the seller does not let me test drive the car, I will just walk away and look for another one. One major reason why a test drive is important is it lets the buyer feel the car, any major mechanical problems can manifest itself through how the car behaves during the test drive. Example, years ago, I test drove a very clean Corolla AT. It looks very good inside and out. But in my test drive, the automatic tranny was giving us a bad case of shift shock every time it changed gears when the car accelerating.

If you are worried about getting into an accident, you can minimize the problems by having the test drive in an area where the traffic is low.

[sirkosero]

Sakin, dapat test drive at full inspection before giving my hard earned money.

Its a buyer's market out there. Kung ayaw padrive, wag bilhin. Bibilhin natin on an as-is-where-is basis tapos walang testing? Kung cellphone nga tinetesting muna kahit brand new.

Kaya nga buyers beware eh. Anyway, to the lawyers out there, kung di pina-test drive yung kotse and after buying, you notice na its a rolling coffin, pwede ba idemanda yung seller and demand money back? Is this similar to non disclosure kung nabaha yung kotse? Doesnt this qualify na yung seller did not sell the car in good faith?

[ans_lim168]

Have sold a few rides of mine before, I grant a test drive provided he leaves his car at my house then I would accompany him only the two of us. If the role is reversed ( I'm the buyer ) I would also request for a test drive but subject to the seller's condition. Give and take lang po iyan.

[BratPAQ]

Anybody here watch cajun pawn stars? Someone selling his ferrari 348 to the pawnshop, but before they even ask the price, the shop owner asked for a test drive. By the time he is about to park, the pawn shop owner scraped the bottom of the front bumper on a sidewalk. Im like, "uh that hurts". Then later they talked about the price, the ferrari owner selling it for 50k, and the pawnshop offered 30k. In short they never made a deal.

I was like, how about that scrape? Im sure he will pay for it behind the cam. Ive never owned something as expensive as ferrari, but if it was me, you can only test drive it if you are a sure buyer. I would probably have the buyer as passenger and I'll drive the hell out of the ferrari, not let two morons drive it while I wait at the side walk.

[1997]

nakakatakot din minsan mag pa test drive eh... pero mahirap naman bilhin ng walang test drive... pero meron ako dati nabenta lancer sa small parking space lang nag test drive hindi pa umabot ng 20kph... pero sinabi ko may kalampag... ayun binili naman...

[beni23]

Diba may second hand car dealer dati na pinatest drive yung kotse tapos ni-carnap? Kaya ata nauso yang no test drive eh.

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