dealer abused evo on test drive
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dealer abused evo on test drive
alright so a few days ago i went to mountain mitsubishi in tacoma washington for a test drive of a evo 9. now im 19 and this is mostly written warning local people to not buy this car but still a good story and maybe someone can relate. so the dealer grabbed the keys to a brand new mr and we got in him driving first. now this car had about 8 miles on it and was completely cold, right when he came off the lot he was full throttle the whole way weaving in and out of traffic as i struggled to get my seat belt on as it kept locking. so this proceded for about 6 min of starting stopping all with full boost on a engine still warming up. finally he pulls into a parking lot and says its my turn to drive, he never checked my license to even verify i was as old as i said i was. when i was driving he would tell me to open it up every chance i got which i didnt trying to respect the car and the future buyer i never got above 4k. anyway never gonna buy a car from that dealer and i hope if anyone was looking for a black mr from them to stay away because that car was abused.
Probably gotta believe that evo is one hell of a car
Same experience with all 3 evo's I test drove at different dealers in NJ.
When I finally purchased, I purchased one that had just come off the truck and had less than 8 miles on it.
Never buy a car with more than single digit miles, as each and everyone of those miles will have been put on by someone "test driving" it to it's full potential.
When I finally purchased, I purchased one that had just come off the truck and had less than 8 miles on it.
Never buy a car with more than single digit miles, as each and everyone of those miles will have been put on by someone "test driving" it to it's full potential.
Same experience with all 3 evo's I test drove at different dealers in NJ.
When I finally purchased, I purchased one that had just come off the truck and had less than 8 miles on it.
Never buy a car with more than single digit miles, as each and everyone of those miles will have been put on by someone "test driving" it to it's full potential.
When I finally purchased, I purchased one that had just come off the truck and had less than 8 miles on it.
Never buy a car with more than single digit miles, as each and everyone of those miles will have been put on by someone "test driving" it to it's full potential.
I did the same thing. In fact, mine had only the 2 factory miles on it. I even insisted on being the one to drive it off the show room floor. Took a while for them to let me do it but when i told them I simply will not buy it otherwise... they folded.
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Same experience with all 3 evo's I test drove at different dealers in NJ.
When I finally purchased, I purchased one that had just come off the truck and had less than 8 miles on it.
Never buy a car with more than single digit miles, as each and everyone of those miles will have been put on by someone "test driving" it to it's full potential.
When I finally purchased, I purchased one that had just come off the truck and had less than 8 miles on it.
Never buy a car with more than single digit miles, as each and everyone of those miles will have been put on by someone "test driving" it to it's full potential.
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The bad news is that pretty much any car with more than 10 miles on it has been test driven, and probably pretty hard. Disclose it? Again, if you can't firgure out that a brand new car that has more than 10 or 20 miles on it has been driven, you probably shouldn't be buying a new car.
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When I test drove an Evo it had 6 miles on it, I went with a really nice salesman at Fresno Mitsubishi, and he was very careful when he drove it out of the lot. He instructed me that the car needed to stay under 5K RPM (which I knew, of course). Anyway, he drove it like a grandma until he gave me a turn. We took it on the freeway for a little bit. I gave it some throttle and took it to maybe 4800 RPM briefly, just enough to feel the boost. By the time we got back to the dealership it had 20 miles on it. So whoever bought a 2005 Apex Silver from Fresno Mitsubishi with about that many miles on the clock, just know that nobody abused it.
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i had this experience as well with a evo IX that had only a few miles on it and was told it was just fresh off the shipment. the dealer fully got stuck into it and then told me to as well saying that all cars are run in by the manufacturer and that it was fine.
can anyone verify this? that the cars are pre-run in and dont need a break in period?
can anyone verify this? that the cars are pre-run in and dont need a break in period?
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Same story here. I insisted on buying a car that had been undriven AND had spent its life sitting on the show room floor. If it was sitting out on the lot, then I wasn't interested in it.
But I've read articles that a hard break-in actually isn't bad for the car (although I still pampered mine.) Example:
http://www.mototuneusa.com/break_in_secrets.htm
Same story here. I insisted on buying a car that had been undriven AND had spent its life sitting on the show room floor. If it was sitting out on the lot, then I wasn't interested in it.
But I've read articles that a hard break-in actually isn't bad for the car (although I still pampered mine.) Example:
http://www.mototuneusa.com/break_in_secrets.htm
Mine had almost a hundred miles on it before I actually took delivery. Two salesmen were racing around in it when I showed up to get it. Said they were just worming it up and filling the tank. Probly didn't even get premium.