Dreamcar

[sky]

hm still the lotus elise, the aston martin db9 or the ferrari 355 or maybe an f1


anyway question to the american car nutters. how's the procedure for getting a test drive around here. i'm currently in san fran and am thinking of going for a lotus elise (test drive). do i get to chauffeur one of the dealer guys around or am i on my own? i hate having other people in the car. i'm almost exclusively driving alone. less than 1% of my couple hundred thousand miles on the road have been with one or more passengers. it just takes my focus off the driving. like not to do anything stupid (and then doing just that. like 'don't mess up don't mess up.. ahh damn').
what if i show up with a friend, will they let us drive or nope? just curious whether i should bother

[IanY]

hm still the lotus elise, the aston martin db9 or the ferrari 355 or maybe an f1


anyway question to the american car nutters. how's the procedure for getting a test drive around here. i'm currently in san fran and am thinking of going for a lotus elise (test drive). do i get to chauffeur one of the dealer guys around or am i on my own? i hate having other people in the car. i'm almost exclusively driving alone. less than 1% of my couple hundred thousand miles on the road have been with one or more passengers. it just takes my focus off the driving. like not to do anything stupid (and then doing just that. like 'don't mess up don't mess up.. ahh damn').
what if i show up with a friend, will they let us drive or nope? just curious whether i should bother

Nope... you're not going out alone. In fact, I'm not quite sure you are going out on the road at all unless the dealership knows you. Its different than in Europe. Here, you don't get to test drive exotics to find out how good they are unless they sense that you are serious about buying first. In Europe, I have driven a bunch of cars just for fun with no intentions of buying, and I make it well known to the dealership. Most have no problems with that.

When it comes to Ferrari in teh US, you better book an appointment in advance. You don't just show up at the showroom without an appointment and expect to go out on the road.