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December 11, 2016 08:59PM
Has anyone had an accident while test driving a car on one of their shops? Does the dealership have insurance on this type of thing?

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December 11, 2016 09:05PM
Yes, the dealership does have insurance but it is a heavy deductible ($2500) for example. They will and can collect first on your insurance if you wreck.
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December 11, 2016 09:11PM
The Dealership always asks if you have Ins. and my bet is it will come out of yours.....driver beware.
While doing my Testla drive I was worried, as it is a different car to drive, but all went well, except
that i couldn't buy it.

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December 11, 2016 11:12PM
It is a case by case situation and may also depend on state laws. Was the sales associate with you or did you sign an Assumption of Liability and drive alone?

What happened at the time of the accident as well as afterwards in regard to sharing of your insurance information, police involvement, etc...

I sell cars for a living. If you want to discuss certain specifics in private please feel free to PM me.

My posts are solely based on my opinions and for my entertainment, contact a professional if you need real advice.

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December 12, 2016 03:58AM
Did you negotiate the Tesla shops? Their pay is not really good if I compare to the luxury brands and what other companies pay.
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December 12, 2016 04:04AM
@lazymerch wrote:

Did you negotiate the Tesla shops? Their pay is not really good if I compare to the luxury brands and what other companies pay.

Tesla first offered $30.00 and I said I'll do it for 75.00, she said o.k. Good thing, close to 4 hours work with being there 2 1/2 hours.

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December 12, 2016 04:20AM
Thank you! I did the same job for $50 but lesson learned. I will be careful next time.
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December 12, 2016 05:17AM
They were bonused to $300 in Indianapolis.

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December 12, 2016 07:17PM
@whosear wrote:

They were bonused to $300 in Indianapolis.

They have asked me to do another, I declined, even 75.00 was not enough...but 300, nice!!

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December 14, 2016 03:46AM
@Irene_L.A. wrote:

The Dealership always asks if you have Ins. and my bet is it will come out of yours.....driver beware.

I have done probably 300 car shops over the past four years. No one has ever asked me if I have insurance. Most of the time they don't ask for a driver's license.

I was going to say that maybe it is a regional thing. However, I too live in So Cal.
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December 14, 2016 04:38AM
@junk1958 wrote:

@Irene_L.A. wrote:

The Dealership always asks if you have Ins. and my bet is it will come out of yours.....driver beware.

I have done probably 300 car shops over the past four years. No one has ever asked me if I have insurance. Most of the time they don't ask for a driver's license.

I was going to say that maybe it is a regional thing. However, I too live in So Cal.

I haven't done 300 Dealerships, however, everyone I have done, i was asked and a copy of my Drivers license
was made.

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December 15, 2016 08:30PM
@Irene_L.A. wrote:

@lazymerch wrote:

Did you negotiate the Tesla shops? Their pay is not really good if I compare to the luxury brands and what other companies pay.

Tesla first offered $30.00 and I said I'll do it for 75.00, she said o.k. Good thing, close to 4 hours work with being there 2 1/2 hours.

I didn't find Tesla to be too difficult. The best part is that there is no negotiation. The price is set. The test ride was the bulk of the time and that was fun.
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December 15, 2016 10:08PM
@kenasch wrote:

@Irene_L.A. wrote:

@lazymerch wrote:

Did you negotiate the Tesla shops? Their pay is not really good if I compare to the luxury brands and what other companies pay.

Tesla first offered $30.00 and I said I'll do it for 75.00, she said o.k. Good thing, close to 4 hours work with being there 2 1/2 hours.

I didn't find Tesla to be too difficult. The best part is that there is no negotiation. The price is set. The test ride was the bulk of the time and that was fun.

They have upsells on everything, it is not the base price of $66,000, everything is seperate, and it took 40 minutes for her to go through it all. No negotiation, so that part was easy, it just took time which is worth $$.
Great cars and a fun drive, but a two hour drive for me.

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