Originally Posted By: quint
I worked at a dealer a long time ago. There wasnt a single car on the lot that hadnt been horribly, viciously abused within inches of its death at least once (I could say the same about the customers for the way they were treated....) Started up and instantly redlined, neutral drops, left idling forever, dead batteries because someone left the car running with the radio on while moving it until it ran out of gas and forgot about it, etc. The lot guys were in high school, making minimum wage, and didnt give a rats behind about anything. The cars didnt seem to mind the abuse. A bit of idling or a spirited ride early in its life wont hurt anything, I wouldnt be concerned about it at all.
+1 LOL I worked at 5 different dealerships. I watched lot boys and salesmen beat the [censored] out of cars moving them. Five grand+ hole shots, power braking, burnouts, you name it were not uncommon, with stone cold engines. In fact if they didn't get a beating it was odd. Honestly it's water under the bridge since we can't go back in time. I'd find something else to worry about, everyone of those cars survived.
I worked at a dealer a long time ago. There wasnt a single car on the lot that hadnt been horribly, viciously abused within inches of its death at least once (I could say the same about the customers for the way they were treated....) Started up and instantly redlined, neutral drops, left idling forever, dead batteries because someone left the car running with the radio on while moving it until it ran out of gas and forgot about it, etc. The lot guys were in high school, making minimum wage, and didnt give a rats behind about anything. The cars didnt seem to mind the abuse. A bit of idling or a spirited ride early in its life wont hurt anything, I wouldnt be concerned about it at all.
+1 LOL I worked at 5 different dealerships. I watched lot boys and salesmen beat the [censored] out of cars moving them. Five grand+ hole shots, power braking, burnouts, you name it were not uncommon, with stone cold engines. In fact if they didn't get a beating it was odd. Honestly it's water under the bridge since we can't go back in time. I'd find something else to worry about, everyone of those cars survived.