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Originally Posted by terry
Adamcivic: are you saying you thrash a test car because you drive that way all the time? If so you already own a thrashed car....
I treat a test car like I do my own, in that I let it warm up before using the full rev range, then drive in the way I usually drive.
The attitude that "it is not mine so I don't care" seems most inconsiderate if not just plain stupid, just like the boy racers/joy riders. I presume that on the "full test" you confirmed the maximum speed?
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I was told by the salesman to drive it hard, to show how good the
VTEC was, so I did, (think the salesman's life was shortened just a bit
). I drive my car hard, and expect a lot from it, and so I drove the test car hard-er. They really are bullet proof (engines anyway).
Anyway, why shouldn't you drive a demonstrator 'hard'?? (Hard, not ripping the balls out of it!), it's not inconsiderate, just the way it is done, would you buy a bed without sitting on it, bouncing up and down a little???? Perhaps even, getting a bit bouncy on it's edge etc.? Doesn't mean the bed has been abused, just tested, remember these things have to last a few years and so, why not check if they are built strongly/properly?????
If I'm spending 20K on a car, I test drive it pretty much however I want, because if it doesn't meet my standards I don't want it.
ATB,
Tom
