optronix
Senior Member
I get it- but I think you're reading too much into it. As does everyone who loses their mind over the thought of a credit check.^^^^
I would NEVER allow a credit check for a test drive (unless it is at time-of-sale). Period.
I understand weeding out joy-riders but that should be part of the dealership/salesman's customer interview process. I would totally be fine with laying down a deposit to demonstrate actual interest for a test drive.
It makes zero sense for the buyer to have the dealership pull credit at the time of the test drive if they then have to wait for a vehicle and then have the dealership pull credit a second time when the vehicle arrives a month or months later.
This is a foolish request for those of us with exceptional credit.
Mike
First of all, it doesn't hurt your credit that much. As long as you're not running a credit check at every dealer for every car, etc.- those few times that you're seriously interested in a car should only happen what, every few years (presumably)? It really isn't that big a deal and won't move the needle significantly.
That said, I really don't think any dealer would straight up deny all test drives unless a credit check was run. I'm thinking it's an either/or situation- run a credit check, OR place a deposit. And I'm thinking the credit check would only make sense if you're planning to finance through that dealer, on that car. It could be a semi-creative way to "funnel" in-house financing, but I'm not ready to let my blood pressure rise because of a forum post. I agree with you on the principal of it being a "hard requirement under any circumstances"... but I don't believe that's truly the case.
Really, Sonax is all you need. For my current car I just have the seats, and elected to use GTechniq Smart Fabric protectant so they won't need a deep clean nearly as often (at least that's the expectation). I also don't recommend using any abrasive material OR TECHNIQUE while cleaning alcantara- as with anything, you can ruin it that way. A periodic gentle cleaning is all you need. The OEM race tex shifter in the 981 and 718 is $400 from Suncoast. Ask me how I know.What other brands do you recommend other than sonax? Used it for my FK8 at the time because it was recommended but I never took the time to see what else was out there
That said, I'm a big fan of Larry Kosilla's products at AMMONYC. The only disappointment I've ever had by any of his products was his glass cleaner- literally everything else has exceeded expectations. I believe the "lather" or the "shag" would be what you'd want for Alcantara, and can be used for other things as well (lather is general purpose, shag is for fabric). Definitely worth a look IMO.
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