You seem to think that only launch cars get test driven.. Hate to break it to you but so do custom spec cars, cars sitting on the lot that you may purchase, etc.

We all whine about dealers who won't let us properly test drive a car and then whine about dealers that have 30 miles on a car we want to buy.

Guess what, we can't have it both ways.

And seeing that I'm a track guy, high performance driving instructor, racer, etc. I can tell you this, accelerating a car hard is not damaging, braking a car hard is not damaging.

The engines on these cars are run on Dyno's before they are ever installed. They are RPM tested, quality controlled, etc.

If you think some guy accelerating hard for a 10 mile test drive is going to break your soon to be purchased car, I have to snicker.

I'd be more worried about the careless transport guy who curb rashes a wheel or knocks a bumper.

A 10 mile or even 60 mile spirited drive ain't gonna break nothing that's not already broken.

And there's nothing worse than a douchey salesman/dealer that won't let a perspective buyer "test" the car with a little acceleration and braking.

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