That's just our cost of doing business. Continental Toyota in Countryside, Ill., has a similar policy. Continental Toyota reduces the risk of accidents by using a designated test-drive route with mainly right turns, so drivers don't have to turn across the flow of traffic. The result has been no incidents in the seven years Harrington has been at the dealership. Most dealerships photocopy the driver's license of shoppers who take a vehicle out for a spin and have a salesperson ride shotgun.
Customers are a little more cautious when a salesperson is along.
You have to politely feel your way through it and make sure they qualify for a car like that. If a customer were to damage a vehicle because of reckless driving, Stasek said he might not simply absorb the cost. We haven't had that happen for a long time. I ended up selling them his and hers red Porsches, a 911 and a 928.