A bit frustrated by the test drive I had earlier

[Lean L]

I was trying to sell my old car and ran across a buyer. On the test drive the son brought the father as he would be paying for it. This is a college student.

A few things that happened during the showing/test drive.

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  I go over everything about the car and highlight the good parts of the car as well as point out any problem areas to the body/cosmetics.

• 
  We go for a test drive I start it off and drive around and talk about the brakes, tires, transmission, and engine.

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  The dad wants to drive it. I pull over and hand the wheels over to him.

• 
  He almost runs a stop sign with a car pulling out from the left. He only stopped when I pointed to that car.

• 
  To get back to the starting point, one of the turns was acute and at a busy intersection. He misses his turn to turn by stopping on a green then blocking all the other cars. He barely made the turn after that.

• 
  Remainder of the way back he stops at all the green lights.

The list goes on but I guess I'm trying to say don't do a test drive if you don't know how to drive (He had an international license). The drive back was nerve wrecking as just about everything he did could have caused an accident.

To top it off he gets done with the drive and says I'm also researching CPO cars. He isn't even sure of the market that he's in. (My car is less than 3k asking)

He also insisted that the engine was no good and that it would not be a good car to drive to NJ from Philly... I maintain my engine. How is he making these remarks without knowing anything about cars? (He didn't know what a muffler was)

 

[NutBucket]

People are morons. Ignore and move on. Unfortunately this is what happens when selling low-priced cars.

 

[disappoint]

Shouldn't this be in the garage subforum?

Should you allow people to drive your car if they're not covered by your insurance to drive your car?

 

[Lean L]

Shouldn't this be in the garage subforum?

Should you allow people to drive your car if they're not covered by your insurance to drive your car?

No but this is real life. You can't quite say "you can't test drive the car".

 

[Ichinisan]

Stopping at green lights...man.

 

[SKORPI0]

• He almost runs a stop sign with a car pulling out from the left. He only stopped when I pointed to that car.

• To get back to the starting point, one of the turns was acute and at a busy intersection. He misses his turn to turn by stopping on a green then blocking all the other cars. He barely made the turn after that.

• Remainder of the way back he stops at all the green lights.

Where the hell did he learn to drive and how'd he end up getting a drivers license without killing anyone, yet? I hope he is not color blind. D:

 

[HamburgerBoy]

I would like to think that I would have the strength to rear-end someone stopped at a green lantern with full preparation and confidence, and having the element of surprise, would quickly be able to exit my own vehicle and bludgeon the subhuman's face in with a brick until he suffers irreversible brain damage rendering him quadriplegic (in case the rear-ending wasn't sufficient), allowing me after later months of painful recuperation to pull the wheelchair from his spawn's grasp and drive it into heavy traffic where he is finally killed as his son watches in abject horror, never able to approach a vehicle again.

 

[SolMiester]

I was trying to sell my old car and ran across a buyer. On the test drive the son brought the father as he would be paying for it. This is a college student.

A few things that happened during the showing/test drive.

• 
  I go over everything about the car and highlight the good parts of the car as well as point out any problem areas to the body/cosmetics.

• 
  We go for a test drive I start it off and drive around and talk about the brakes, tires, transmission, and engine.

• 
  The dad wants to drive it. I pull over and hand the wheels over to him.

• 
  He almost runs a stop sign with a car pulling out from the left. He only stopped when I pointed to that car.

• 
  To get back to the starting point, one of the turns was acute and at a busy intersection. He misses his turn to turn by stopping on a green then blocking all the other cars. He barely made the turn after that.

• 
  Remainder of the way back he stops at all the green lights.

The list goes on but I guess I'm trying to say don't do a test drive if you don't know how to drive (He had an international license). The drive back was nerve wrecking as just about everything he did could have caused an accident.

To top it off he gets done with the drive and says I'm also researching CPO cars. He isn't even sure of the market that he's in. (My car is less than 3k asking)

He also insisted that the engine was no good and that it would not be a good car to drive to NJ from Philly... I maintain my engine. How is he making these remarks without knowing anything about cars? (He didn't know what a muffler was)

LOL, he had an international license which suggests he is foreign. So, to the rest of the world an exhaust= muffler...And it is quite hard to drive on the right hand side of the road when you are used to the left!

 

[disappoint]

No but this is real life. You can't quite say "you can't test drive the car".

Why the hell not? Would you rather be paying for the damages if crackerjackboxlicensednumbnut sends a pedestrian hurtling through a fuel tanker causing a 20 car pileup and a massive explosion?

 

[PingSpike]

I would like to think that I would have the strength to rear-end someone stopped at a green lantern with full preparation and confidence, and having the element of surprise, would quickly be able to exit my own vehicle and bludgeon the subhuman's face in with a brick until he suffers irreversible brain damage rendering him quadriplegic (in case the rear-ending wasn't sufficient), allowing me after later months of painful recuperation to pull the wheelchair from his spawn's grasp and drive it into heavy traffic where he is finally killed as his son watches in abject horror, never able to approach a vehicle again.

LOL. Green means go.

 

[jaedaliu]

Sounds like he comes from a country where people run reds all the time. So instead of his standard brazen rush into the intersection while you have the green technique, he stopped to make sure he was clear before entering because he was babying your car.

Sounds like you don't like the buyer, sell your baby to someone else.

 

[Gerle]

And it is quite hard to drive on the right hand side of the road when you are used to the left!

No it isn't. I have transitioned between the two several times, no problems.

 

[CraigRT]

Would not be impressed.
I probably wouldn't want some twat like that owning the car I worked hard to take care of.
They would just ruin it anyway.
I've had great luck selling used cars overall.

 

[Doppel]

This is why I hate selling used cars. It does net you more money but it's just awful dealing with the people. Sometimes it's not, though. I guess I've only sold four used private party. The first went ok, the second was an unreal pain in the ass, the third went very well (guy showed up, test-drove, paid, nice and easy), fourth was a horrendous pain in ass yet again. A lot of people are just freaking weird and have very strange things they expect/demand of strangers.

 

[JD50]

Sounds like he comes from a country where people run reds all the time. So instead of his standard brazen rush into the intersection while you have the green technique, he stopped to make sure he was clear before entering because he was babying your car.

Sounds like you don't like the buyer, sell your baby to someone else.

Stopping at a green light is far more likely to cause an accident than checking to see if someone is running a red light...

 

[rh71]

No it isn't. I have transitioned between the two several times, no problems.

I would imagine turns to be confusing for a while.

 

[Wyndru]

I wouldn't get frustrated, you sound like someone that knows how to present and sell a car, the guy was just difficult. Oh well on to the next potential buyer...

 

[NutBucket]

Why the hell not? Would you rather be paying for the damages if crackerjackboxlicensednumbnut sends a pedestrian hurtling through a fuel tanker causing a 20 car pileup and a massive explosion?

Obviously someone who has never tried selling a car.

Although, when I sold my dad's truck the guy buying it didn't want to test drive it. He looked at it, paid me, and drove it away. Still strikes me as strange.

 

[Lean L]

Obviously someone who has never tried selling a car.

Although, when I sold my dad's truck the guy buying it didn't want to test drive it. He looked at it, paid me, and drove it away. Still strikes me as strange.

I would never buy a car without a test drive. If the seller says for any reason that I can't test drive it, that would be a huge red flag.

I would have insisted as the seller that he drive it lol. Just seems like bad decision making to me unless he wanted it to part out or something.

 

[NutBucket]

Maybe my dad and I look like trustworthy people?

It could have also been the only problem with the truck was some fading paint. Otherwise it had a straight body and excellent mechanicals. And it was a Toyota What could possibly go wrong?

 

[Puppies04]

(He didn't know what a muffler was)

Neither do I but after a quick google it appears to look a lot like a back box.

So back to your original point, did he not know what a "muffler" was or did he just assume you were propositioning him with some sort of gay sexual activity?

 

[Vic Vega]

If you want to test drive I need a valid US State issued driver's license and proof of insurance. I'd also make you sign a statement of liability.

 

[JimKiler]

I hope you told this dad to stop being dangerous and avoid stopping at green lights. I wish it was possible to correct people's bad driving behaviors.

 

[SMOGZINN]

He also insisted that the engine was no good and that it would not be a good car to drive to NJ from Philly... I maintain my engine. How is he making these remarks without knowing anything about cars? (He didn't know what a muffler was)

This is called negotiation. He says your car is not good, and you should charge a lot less for it. You claim it is good and come down a little. Reiterate until you hit your bottom price, or he walks.

 

[Lean L]

This is called negotiation. He says your car is not good, and you should charge a lot less for it. You claim it is good and come down a little. Reiterate until you hit your bottom price, or he walks.

That's called not knowing the the other party or the object of negotiation. The engine happens to be one of the better parts of the car. 1ZZ - these things last forever if they are maintained. It even has a timing chain.