Yeah this is how we all get treated until they sit down with us and talk about pricing/financing.
Actually, not true.
There I am, 31 years old, when I marched into a Subaru dealership for my "test drive" that I had driven 20+ miles for. Yep, I scheduled one online.
I showed up to the dealership, and there she sat; a gorgeous STi on the showroom floor, which happened to be the only one they had. Yep, there sat my "test drive." I got there, and all the salesman wanted to do was talk up the STi and what I refer to as "hug nuts." All he wanted to do was talk about how great the STi was, how it was a WRC Champion, blah blah blah. What really further frosted me was that I previously purchased my 2002 GTI from them.
Yeah, I drove 25 miles to hear somebody pump the STi's nuts.
To say the least, they did NOT get my business, and I walked out on the guy in mid conversation.
So, I hit the next Subaru dealership. They didn't wanna give me a test-drive at all. I told the saleswoman, "Look, I'm 31 years old. I'm not some punk kid who's here to take one of these cars out on a joyride, and if you think I'm taking my test drive on the way home, I have news for you." I get the reply, "Well, we don't allow test drives in these cars, but you can drive it around the parking lot."
So, I agreed.
I sat in the parking lot stewing, and then she came back with the keys. I immediately buckled up, tore arse out of the dealership parking lot, and hit Route 40. Just because she really annoyed me, I mashed the throttle, ran it up through all 6 gears at 7 grand, and then did a U-turn and repeated. We arrived back at the dealership and I said to her, "I'll take it...but not this one."
NOBODY wanted to give me a test drive. However, this time around, it was a different salesman, and I was offered a test drive in a 2010 GT the moment I entered the showroom and jumped into a GT to "check it out."
Every dealership I've visited to look at 2010 GTs, I've been offered a test-drive. As for how they'll be when it comes to negotiating a price, time will tell, but we'll see.