Illinois town builds own track for consumer test drives

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http://www.autoblog.com/2011/08/29/illinois-town-builds-own-track-for-consumer-test-drives/

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If you're shopping for a vehicle near Naperville, Illinois, you may have a chance to put your possible purchases through the gauntlet on at a new facility. The town has joined forces with local dealers to create a driving course that would reduce the number of test drives on public streets and give buyers a better sense of the type of vehicle they were purchasing before they signed on the dotted line. The course features a variety of pavement types, a small parking area and even a sprinkler system to allow for foul-weather evaluations.

While the entire facility is housed in an area roughly the size of a mall parking lot, Cars.com reports that the course gives buyers a safe way to more or less fully evaluate a vehicle. Given that most dealers simply offer up pre-planned routes that give only the faintest impression of what a vehicle will be like to live with, we wish more dealers and buyers had access to similar test track. Head over to Cars.com to check it out in greater detail.
 
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This is a great idea. I recently tried a GTI at a dealer, and had the opportunity to test-drive the same model on a closed course during a VW event, and I can definitely say the second time was much more interesting. I was able to get a much clearer picture of what the car offers.
 
Interesting but we'll never have this here because it would be considered a race track and they are noisy and evil according to insurance company and the general public.
 
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