Bada Bing

I had an opportunity to take a Phaeton W12 about 2 weeks ago for an entire day. The only thing VW reps asked for was to make a copy of my drivers license. They also kept my own car at the W Hotel in Westwood for the day, but insurance, gas, mileage and other restrictions, etc. were not part of the deal.

Since the Audi test drive is coordinated through individual dealers, I'm wondering if there is any hassles like a credit check beforehand or sales pressure afterwards. I know about the 100-mile limit and have no trouble with it, but I don't want to spend a whole bunch of time fending off a pushy salesman. I am not really in the market to buy a car right now since we bought a 2003 Passat about 3 months ago, but I would like to try out the A6 3.0 and check out the CVT's performance. Thanks for your input.

BTW, the delarship is Pacific Audi in Torrance, CA. My appointmEnt is with Nathan Sunday morning.

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It should be. If you can get away from sales person.

Potomac2.7Tee

No to be harsh, 24h test driving a car you have no intention of buying seems dishonest to me.

carbonLORD

Heh.

Evil Conservative

Taking a test drive without the intent to buy is unfair and plain wrong

phred

Audi knows full well that many (most?) of the 24-hour'ers have no intention of buying an Audi, and probably can't even afford to.

GM knows the same thing about their 24 hour deal. Both companies have decided to take a calculated risk, hoping that some certain small percentage will actually fall in love with their test drives and want to keep them and that will make the program worthwhile.

Snappon

Do they do a credit check etc ..to see if you can buy ?

carbonLORD

Probably not, costs to run plus it's not the sales guy's job. Thats finance.

Bada Bing

An A6 is just a glorified Passat (just kidding!, no flames please)

Bada Bing

If they only want to give the car to potential buyers, I have no problems with that but that's not the way it's beign presented. I may not be in the market right now for a new A6, but the impressions of this test drive may lead me to a new or used A6 in the not too distant future. Frankly with the C6 body on the horizon, even if I were in the market to buy a midsize European midsize luxury sedan, an A6 would not be my choice right now. The current A6 trails the competition in performance and features, something which I am sure the 2005 model will remedy.