If a car is fairly rare, or if it is known to be in short supply, a no test drive policy is not surprising. HOW WOULD YOU LIKE IT if you wanted to buy a new car and found out a bunch of people had been test driving it?????h:

Personally, I'm in the market for a 6 speed coupe, and I would not want one that people had been test driving. I went to a dealer in Fairfax, VA last time I had my 'Lude serviced. They had a 6 speed in the showroom. I sat in it and checked it out for size. I didn't ask to test drive and did not expect to drive it unless I intended to buy it. THAT'S WHY I WISH DEALERS WOULD HAVE DEMONSTRATORS!!

Unfortunately, most dealers don't have demonstrators of any of the vehicles I'd be interested in. Just have to settle for driving the closest thing they have available.

When I boought the 'Lude, it was in Feb 2000, they had picked it up from a dealer about 30 miles away. It was filthy when it came in to the dealership and had 70 miles on it. The car was built in 10/99 by the way. After it was cleaned up by the dealer and after my owning it for 3 years, I still have not been able get get rid of some of that original filth that it was delivered with. (Just a side rant about buying a car that has SAT for 6 months since it was built)