Is this even acceptable?

[Spyder7]

Originally Posted By: morris
oh yae. i think doing that much driving with a "new" car is asking for trouble. does the dealers insurance cover a major crash? is there an official number for "new" and "not new". iam not real smart BUT ill bet crashes have happened. what think?


Further up thread, another member working for a dealer with a similar practice of driving cars off the lot for various, mentioned accidents do happen, but stated they were pretty rare.

I'd be kind of curious to know who pays out in the end. Is this practice somehow insured and covered, or does the dealer eat the cost? Even more curious is what happens to these cars after: are they sold as new units, or pre-owned?

Oddly, that last sentence of mine reads back a little strange: as in a sense, they are still "new" (but not), and not pre-owned (but kind of almost).

-Spyder

 

[Rix]

Well, during the PDI inspection, we're supposed to put a minimum of 2 miles on them, including freeway driving.
Can't really do that, but 5 miles gives a good mix of stop and go on surface streets, and a run down the freeway up to 60-65 MPH.
New cars are supposed to go through this pre-delivery insection, to make wure everything is working properly, the steering wheel is straight, there are no major noises, etc.
Add to that the factory transport (getting moved around the lot) the times they get moved on and off various boats/trauck, and whatever test drives people go on with their salesmen (usually not more than 4 or 5 miles, in most cases) and you can get a new car with 20 or 30 miles, easily.
Random cars are taken off the assembly line and run around a short test course too, so sometimes you'lll get one with 8 miles on it instead of 1 or 2.