Motorama Toyota Moorooka

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Address: Locked Bag 8 Moorooka QLD 4105

Phone: 1300049133

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Going on a test drive?

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.

Look in the boot!

Walk around the back of the car (unless the boot is up the front, of course!) and have a look inside. Is there enought space for the stuff you will need to carry there? Anything from prams to golf bags, or naughty kids (just kidding - that would be illegal!!)

How safe is the car?

Possibly the most important advance in safety since the introduction of seatbelts is ESC. ESC is short for Electronic Stability Control, a new safety technology that helps drivers to avoid crashes by reducing the danger of skidding. ESC reduces the risk of a single vehicle crash by more than 40%. Not all new cars are fitted with ESC. FCAI provides a list of those that do and those that don't. Make an informed choice!

How does it handle?

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?

Noise considerations

Wind and road noise can impact on your ability to hear others in the car during conversations. Switch off the radio when you get into the vehicle. 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 different cars. Have a conversation at freeway speed and compare it to your existing car, or a competing make or model to the car you are testing.

Remember to turn the radio on again at some point before end of the drive to check the quality of the sound. A lot of people like to bring their favourite CD and hear how it sounds in different cars.

How to deal with the salesman

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).