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re: Would you buy a demo/loaner car?

Posted on 7/4/20 at 2:21 pm to
Posted by The Third Leg
Idiot Out Wandering Around
Member since May 2014
12784 posts
Posted on 7/4/20 at 2:21 pm to
I will never buy a brand new car.
Posted by tigergirl10
Member since Jul 2019
10765 posts
Posted on 7/4/20 at 2:31 pm to
quote:

choosing new ride for the wife.
You bought your wife a vehicle? Damn, y’all have some lucky wives.
Posted by johnnyrocket
Ghetto once known as Baton Rouge
Member since Apr 2013
9790 posts
Posted on 7/4/20 at 4:07 pm to
Yes if the price is right.
Posted by Robertson coach
pville
Member since May 2019
328 posts
Posted on 7/4/20 at 7:35 pm to
Bought loaner (fleet vehicle, ‘in service’ for 5 months and 7k miles) for both last vehicles. Saves $ (was around $2k savings from cheapest new in area), certified pre-owned usually is free maintenance/extended warranty to new also.
Posted by Capstone2017
I love lead paint- PokeyTiger
Member since Dec 2013
2235 posts
Posted on 7/4/20 at 7:47 pm to
They have no idea what they are talking about. A car with less than 30k miles will not just break down unless the former owner took horrible care of it.
Posted by Zarkinletch416
Deep in the Heart of Texas
Member since Jan 2020
8689 posts
Posted on 7/5/20 at 6:21 pm to
Bought a demo Oldsmobile Cutlass once. Loved the car but when you hit the gas there was a couple second hesitation before she'd respond. Dang near got me killed at an intersection in Covington. Chevrolet dealership where I bought the car couldn't remedy the problem. I traded it in on a new Chevy Sedan. Got to have dependable transporation for the wife, especially in a big city. No wiggle room here.

Based on my experience I would NOT buy a demo/loaner car again.

Good Luck!
This post was edited on 7/5/20 at 6:31 pm
Posted by EA6B
TX
Member since Dec 2012
14754 posts
Posted on 7/5/20 at 6:50 pm to
[quote]Bought a demo Oldsmobile Cutlass once. [/quote

Being a demo was not the problem.
Posted by Dandy Lion
Member since Feb 2010
51416 posts
Posted on 7/5/20 at 7:21 pm to
Bought a low mileage car driven by Ferdinand Pietsche's wife.

Wonderful car, except the piss poor air conditioning performance (BMW still hasn't sussed this out).

Posted by SuwMwf
Member since Jul 2012
1055 posts
Posted on 7/5/20 at 7:33 pm to
My current vehicle was former Ragin Cajun football coach Hudspeth’s wife’s tahoe. I bought it As a demo with 6k miles. Never was titled until I purchased with a big discount, 100k mike bumper to bumper (I know but they threw it in) and 0 percent APR. I traded a Yukon demo that I had purchased in 2009. I drove that Yukon for 9 years and still got 13k for it on trade in. I think we paid about 38 for it. Sadly, the new tahoe was no where near 38.
Posted by LegendInMyMind
Member since Apr 2019
76241 posts
Posted on 7/5/20 at 7:35 pm to
quote:

With very low mileage or go straight new?

No.
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