It did happen at two different dealers. And there off the cuff remark was, "we get a lot of tire kickers..."

So let me get this straight, someone who wants to test drive the car, is thinking about buying one, is OBLIGATED to buy one if they test drive? They are not allowed to drive a few different cars from different manufacturers to gauge which is the right vehicle for the buyer?

Again, allow me to explain this clearly.

This sales technique, buy then try, is sleazy, see-through and to the informed car buyer, unethical. They are not guarding the virgins ho-ha on prom night. - It is a car. It's not even a special car. We're not talking Porsche GT3-RS. We're not even talking Mercedes Black Line AMG SL. We're talking about a Cadillac CTS-V.
- And if the dealership(s) think they are going to try to "sell" the car by implementing some bullshit sales technique which involves a signed agreement or even financing structure prior to actually driving the vehicle, then they are going to get slammed by me.
- If it were only one dealer, I would blame the one dealer. But once you go into multiples there becomes a larger picture to measure the company against.
- I'm not asking for milk and cookies. I'm not asking for premium coffee and a balloon. I'm asking to test drive a vehicle that we are interested in buying and I will not negotiate the price and the terms before said test.

BMW sells cars by saying to people, please, please drive it. Same with Merc, Audi, Porsche, Infiniti, Lexus, etc. So unless Cadillac and their subsequent dealers are out-selling these other manufacturers, they had better open their eyes and learn how to deal with car enthusiast buyers, especially in a place like LA.

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