2,000 mile test drive

[Will E Worm]

Man takes car on 2,000 mile test drive.

An Australian who took a new car on a 3,200 km (1,988 mile) six-day test drive from the city to the outback has been arrested, police said on Thursday.
The 30-year-old convinced a car dealer in the southeastern city of Melbourne to lend him a A$40,000 ($37,000) Honda Accord sedan last Friday and drove the equivalent of London to Istanbul before he was arrested near the town of Tennant Creek, deep in the outback of the Northern Territory.

Test drive

Funny or not, these people never think they will be caught.

 

[BNF]

It explains why jdb67 hasn't been on the board much lately.

I think that it's a tough call because there aren't clear rules or laws, that I know of, to define a test drive. A clever attorney should poke this one apart, IMO.

 

[Will E Worm]

It explains why jdb67 hasn't been on the board much lately.

He's going to jail.

I think that it's a tough call because there aren't clear rules or laws, that I know of, to define a test drive. A clever attorney should poke this one apart, IMO.

Some dealers will let you drive the car for a day or week.
I drove a car for a week, then bought it.

 

[gunslingingbird]

Some dealers will let you drive the car for a day or week.
I drove a car for a week, then bought it.

How many miles did you put on it in that one week? Do they give you a limit of miles that you can drive?

 

[Will E Worm]

How many miles did you put on it in that one week? Do they give you a limit of miles that you can drive?

It might have been three or four days. I was going to buy it anyway.
I took it to a mechanic first. Always a good idea.

 

[gunslingingbird]

It might have been three or four days. I was going to buy it anyway.
I took it to a mechanic first. Always a good idea.

Very true. My roommate bought a car from Craig's list last Friday, and it turned out to be a piece of shit. He paid $1,800 dollars for a '97 Mitsubishi that, as he found out earlier today, had no oil, no antifreeze, and has an engine that sounds like it's in 4th gear when it's idling. He should have followed your advice.