I took a Skoda Enyaq for a test drive on Sunday, I previously had an accompanied test drive with another dealer that didn’t offer solo test drives but the one that I spoke with on Sunday really wanted me to have a test drive, he took me out to the car gave me the keys and said see you later, “aren’t you coming with me?” “no no” he says “you’ll be fine!” no fafing about with insurance ………… So very relaxed. Guess who I’ve order the car from? Shout out for Simpsons Skoda in Colne.
I have also taken a Toyota BZ4X for a test drive before Christmas, I was hoping that it would come back onto the scheme in January, alas it didn’t but the dealer had me sign insurance documents for a pretty large excess, think it was £750. The demonstrator was just 2 wheel drive but I really wanted to test the AWD unfortunately it wasn’t available so booked a test drive with Subaru for a Solterra which is the same car with AWD, that was good and they loaned it to me for about 4hrs, no insurance documents to sign. It’s a shame that Subaru don’t offer the Solterra on motability, I really enjoyed that test drive. If it had been on the scheme, I would have signed up there and then.
I’ve also had a solo test drive of the Ford Mache, again for about 4hrs with no messing about with insurance, again very relaxed but it’s not the car for me and I don’t think it’s on the scheme at the moment.