Relative to Demo cars and non-demo cars, a few dealerships up near Chicago, IL have their Demo cars clearly marked on the sticker as, "DEMO CAR ONLY - NOT FOR SALE" and all other TL's on the lot have <10 miles on them and are not able to be taken for a test drive. Most dealers I've been to have 2-3 TL Demos soley for test driving.

I agree that a car that isn't a demo could have excess mileage on it due to a dealer swap.

 

Mine had 20 and the trip computer showed average speed of 15...if it was not reset along the way...Mine was not driven by any customer but I am sure the dealer put on a few just to make sure that there was no popping out of gear problem which they had discovered on another car (we have all read about it here) before delivery. Any more than 20 and I would start wondering. I have had new cars delivered with as few as 6 and as many as 20. If the car was obtained from a different dealer and driven to your dealership, I would still be leary based on driving habits of people not driving their own cars!

 

rets you are right... i'm busy.... with dispatch doing for 14 trucks.... so dont have time to go to elkgroove plus i never called elk groove acura to see if they're gonna have TL that i wanted so it was my salesman who did the work and got me a car in 2 weeks.... so i'm happy.... so far i got 840 miles in a week HEHE

 

Dealer agreed to obtain a car within the next 2-3 days that has lower (<25?) miles, and would like me to go in today so they can lock me in on a sale. What should I avoid signing today? What other pitfalls should I avoid? Thanks for your inputs.

 

I think you should wait till your car gets to dealership and then do your signing.

btw did u put any deposit?

 

desijatt, I'm going to the dealer this afternoon. Don't know what they'll require.

 

well put a deposit and do your signing after the dealer has your car and then u can test drive it to see if it got "so called problems"

Thats what i did.... and i'm happy with my TL..... no problems @ all...............

 

6 miles on mine. Never buy a car with anything more that this, or there is the chance of it having been driven too hard by someone who really didn't give a sheit...like a test driver.

 

7 miles on mine.

 

mine had 8km - it was a dealer trade that came in on a flatbed truck

 

Mine had only 3 miles when I bought it

 

My car had 12 miles on it.

The most problem free car I ever owned was a car I bought with about 600 miles on it. It was a dealer trade and I think it cost me $300 over invoice. It was a win-win. I got the exact model/color I wanted and th dealer sold a car late in the model year. Could the car been driven too hard during those 600 miles? Sure, but it was a terrific car that had 0 problems. I think folks here make too much about cars with a few miles on them.

To say that "I'd never buy a car with more than 2 miles on it" is silly. The car needs to be driven from the factory to the truck, then from the truck to the dealer and maybe between a couple of other trucks so it may be moved again. The assumption that a car was taken for joy rides because it has 20 miles on it is a false opinion, IMHO.

Someone who buys a dealer demo will save some money and if it's one of those dealers that always have the sales guy out with the prospective buyer, the car isn't going to be driven overly hard.

 

Mine had 11. 6 of them were from my test drive. Dealer can sell ANY car that's not yet titled as a NEW vehicle. Bought mother-in-law a sweet Volvo S80 that had 3,000 miles on it (Mgr was driving it as a dealer demo). Have had no problems with it at all over the two years she's owned it now. 125 is high but the dealer SHOULD be able to tell you were those miles were "earned".

 

Mine had 4 miles

 

7 on mine

 

13 miles, 9 of those were my test drive.

 

9 "factory" miles...but I'm so anal I thought that was excessive.

I quickly got over it.

 

But also keep in mind that (in my opinion) the mfg probably pulls a car just coming off the line at a random (or perhaps fixed) interval for quality control issues. I’ve heard of this before as my wife and I worked for GM in various forms many years ago. I’d speculate that every 100 or so cars one is pulled randomly and driven for 20+ miles around a test track. I don’t see how this would account for 100+ miles though.

 

5 miles on mine car

 

Mine had 6 miles on it...

 

picked mine up today....4 miles on odo.

 

300 miles on it, got $800 discount for it.

My 00 TL had 125 miles on it when I bought it, and I never had a problem with it.
I drove it until I got tire of it (125,000 miles!) and traded it in. Never a problem, zip, nada. - not even rattle noise.

Some people get problems with their cars even though they get it with 3 miles on it, because of the way they treat cars.

 

You do know that the guy driving your car from dealer to dealer punched the hell out of it, doncha? Think about it. Like they aren't going to see "what this car is made of" and you took it at 175 miles!? No way!

Like another guy said in this thread, his state considers any car with over 100 miles on it "used" not new. There's gotta be a reason for that law.

 

Picked mine up today.

Six Miles at Delivery.

 

Mine had 60 something on it.

 

27, I believe. I think they drove it from the other local dealership that they swapped with. Freakin' Sussman...

 

6

 

10 miles for mine

 

6 miles..

 

12

 

I really appreciated the fact that my dealer had both an auto and a 6 spd demo available and were very free with their use. This kept miles on their remaining stock to an absolute minimum.

 

A brand new car shouldn't have more than 10 miles on it. Most will only have a couple of miles put on from driving out of the factory to the railyard, onto the truck, and dropped off at the dealer. Some will be put on a test track on the factory grounds for quality check, which could put the car close to 10 miles. If a car has 125 miles, somebody was taking a bunch of test drives at the dealer.

 

5 miles on mine

 

picked mine up valentine's day. four miles.

 

I had 5 on mine. I agree with everyone else...that car has been test driven quite a bit...

 

Got mine right off the truck, put 2 miles on it getting it detailed

 

9 pulling out of the dealer (last night!) and 55 by the time I got home. (I took the most direct route....I swear!)

 

1.5 miles

 

Mine had 8 miles on it .....

 

I feel stupid. Mine had 76 miles on it and I didn't know any better. I thought that was they way they came! dumb a$$