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Hi All,

My father is looking at getting an R32 GT-R but is having all sorts of problems actually finding somewhere to have a drive in one -- every dealer has refused unless he basically agrees to buy the car *before* purchasing. Apparently this is the way the grey market dealers work ;)

Anyway, doesn't anyone know somewhere that allows test drives in the Sydney region ? He is serious about purchasing, but is not going to purchase something without at least driving it first :)

Cheers,

Lucien.

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Your father had better get used to it. Finding a dealer or anyone prepared to let you test drive a GTR will be very hard - considering the numbers of recent car jackings and thefts its not surprising.

I can understand their concern, but they are not justified in regards to my father ;) He could just try and ring someone out of the tradingpost, but he feels it would be unfair to try and waste their time just for a test drive...

Its all a bit silly.. at the end of the day he is happy to leave a deposit if need be, and yet still some dealerships won't let him even sit in the silly things.

LW.

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Blitz hit it on the head, with the amount of car jackings and thefts at the moment, its no suprise nowhere will let you test drive one.

A deposit wont cover the value of a GTR if your dad decided to make off with it (which im not saying he would, but you need to see this from the dealers perspective).

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Blitz hit it on the head, with the amount of car jackings and thefts at the moment, its no suprise nowhere will let you test drive one.

A deposit wont cover the value of a GTR if your dad decided to make off with it (which im not saying he would, but you need to see this from the dealers perspective).

But leaving his car, a copy of his license, and a deposit is surely enough.. plus having a dealer in the car... I mean what else can one offer to snag a test drive?

LW.

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