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Old 12-17-2016, 08:26 AM   #3
clanky
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Originally Posted by wd40 View Post
The unfortunate reality is that I believe when most people go on a test drive with a new performance vehicle the test drives include wide open throttle acceleration. A few years ago I went to the local Ford dealer and test drove a new Mustang GT. The car had 60 miles on the odometer. The sales guy took it out for the warm up before he turned it over to me. Some dealers have rules that a sales person has to drive it off the lot prior to turning it over to the customer. He floored it a few times taking it to red line before I got to drive it. I'm sure the previous 60 miles were similar.
Ya I would imagine most cars with more than 10 miles on them have had this happen. This is also the biggest reason why I haven't bought used in a while... don't know how well it was treated during the start.
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