Essendon Mazda

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Address: 345 Wirraway Road Essendon Fields VIC 3042

Phone: 0393742222

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Useful tips about test driving

Your new vehicle will be one of the biggest purchases you will make and you would be very unhappy if the car turns out to have unforeseen shortfalls. A thorough test drive can certainly minimize disappointing little surprises.
There are 2 main headaches involved in the test drive/car buying process. They are:

• Headache 1: Test driving a car means giving your name and number to a sales person. Their job is now to 'ring you out' of the market. It is not unusual to have 4 or 6 sales people from different dealerships all chasing the same buyer. This happens when you look at several makes, or you have been to several dealers trying to get pricing.
  • Solution: Let Carbroker.com.au arrange the test drive for you. Because you become our client, dealers will not hound you. Instead, we (and only we) provide the help you need to test drive and select the right car for you. Just fill in the form above and we will get started!

     

• Headache 2: You cannot get the dealer's best price unless you are buying the car. Once you have Dealer A's best price, you cannot go and see what Dealer B will offer as his best price. So - you cannot get the dealers to go head-to-head to get to the lowest price.
  • Solution: We have developed a system where we set the dealers against each other, going head-to-head against each other to win your business. We help private buyers, small business, and some of Australia's largest companies buy cars every day! We help buy thousands of cars every year. Our dealer network is constantly growing, and numbers more than 1100 dealerships.

Pop the boot

Don’t forget to have a look in the boot! Ideally, if you have a golf bag or a stroller than needs to fit in there, and you are not 100% sure it will fit; you should take it with you and make sure. Imagine the embarrassment if your stuff won't fit!!

How safe is the car?

How Safe Is Your Car will give an indication of how most cars rate in crash tests. It also covers ESC. ESC is short for Electronic Stability Control, a new safety technology that helps drivers to avoid crashes by reducing the danger of skidding.

Handling

Does the vehicle give you a comfortable ride? Will you be happy with the feel? Make sure you test the vehicle over small bumps to feel how soft or firm it feels through the seat and the wheels. Very stiff suspension can result in significant body fatigue when you have to travel longer distances.

Automatic transmissions should be tested up hills to assess the response to kick down. Try pushing the throttle and check for passing power at low speed and well as highway speed. How does it respond at 60klms when compared to 90klms?

Sounds

Road and wind noise can be annoying - especially if you do a lot of driving. Turn the radio off when you get into the car. Around suburban streets, most cars will sound quiet but what is the engine and wind noise like on the highway or freeway? The best way for most people to check this is by way of comparing. Have a conversation at freeway speed and compare to your existing car, or a competitor to the car you are testing.

Remember to switch the radio on again at some point to check the quality of the sound. Many people like to bring their favourite CD and compare how it sounds in different cars.

The hard sell

You can skip this section if you are arranging the test drive via our service as you will bypass these issues.

Dealer sales people are human (contrary to popular opinion). It is therefore best to treat them as humans when you are test driving, and make it abundantly clear whether you are buying the car today. All sales people know how to throw a low-ball at you, and many will. For more info regarding the sales strategies and tactics used in many dealerships, see our page on Dealer Tricks and Tactics.

If you let the salesperson know that you are not buying the car - only test driving, there is at least the possibility that you can have a peaceful and uninterrupted test drive. The professional sales person will instead focus on the fact that he already has your name and phone number, and will 'ring you out' (which means to constantly ring you until you are off the market. Many people end up buying just to get the dealers to stop ringing). But he needs to be 110% confident that you are not buying today. Otherwise, he will roll out the usual strategies and tactics.

If you ask for a price, he will not give you his best price, since you are not buying. He will either give an estimate, making it clear this is a high price, and tell you he can beat it, or underquote (up to several thousand dollars) and say something like 'we should be able to do that price. (Read more about low balling here).