Driving experience Tesla

TheEyeonyrBack

Hi everyone,
In a few weeks it's my boyfriend's bday and was thinking of some gift to purchase quickly online. Because he's a huge fan of Tesla and dreams to drive one some day, I thought to make his dream come true for a day or one hour. After googling a bit I couldn't find any local circuit offering a Tesla driving experience, except a Smartbox in Nantes (France). The other option is booking a test driving at Tesla directly, but I'm not sure whether it's feasible or free of charge/chasing for purchase (definitely not on the agenda). Any suggestions? Thanks

colm_c

You can also hire one from ufo drive, for a few days.

Won't be the same as a track day, and he may end up buying one if he likes it too much!

mickdw

Ya ufo hire would be useful. Not mad expensive either

Gumbo

I was offered €500 to give mine to someone for a day there about a month ago!
Seems your not the only one out there looking into on this!

unkel

Why not ring Tesla Sandyford and book a test drive. It's free!

Earlier this year I test drove the Model 3 Performance in anger over the Dublin and Wicklow mountains (using track mode - it's bloody excellent), the Model X Performance and the Model S performance with cheetah stance launch mode (making it the fastest production car in the world out of the blocks)

All in the one morning. Didn't cost me a cent

Gumbo

unkel wrote: »

Why not ring Tesla Sandyford and book a test drive. It's free!

Earlier this year I test drove the Model 3 Performance in anger over the Dublin and Wicklow mountains (using track mode - it's bloody excellent), the Model X Performance and the Model S performance with cheetah stance launch mode (making it the fastest production car in the world out of the blocks)

All in the one morning. Didn't cost me a cent

+1

You can even book it online.

TheEyeonyrBack

unkel wrote: »

Why not ring Tesla Sandyford and book a test drive. It's free!

Earlier this year I test drove the Model 3 Performance in anger over the Dublin and Wicklow mountains (using track mode - it's bloody excellent), the Model X Performance and the Model S performance with cheetah stance launch mode (making it the fastest production car in the world out of the blocks)

All in the one morning. Didn't cost me a cent

Did they chase you for purchasing?

sidcon

https://www.ufodrive.com/en/?gclid=CjwKCAiAxKv_BRBdEiwAyd40N9ORUs3XmdUumIdDgwOojgglEloePLf9uxVT9ycU483N8ApR2wZUnxoCxv4QAvD_BwE
You can rent from here

unkel

TheEyeonyrBack wrote: »

Did they chase you for purchasing?

Nope.

And while I was driving the bejaysus out of their cars, they were fixing my own car (that I bought in the UK) for free, under warranty

I had a test drive in a Tesla before, in 2017, and back then they also did not chase me at all and I made it quite clear I was not in the market for one either. The sales staff were professional, enthusiastic and friendly. In fact one of them knew quite a bit about my car at the time, a Hyundai Ioniq (electric)

Del2005

unkel wrote: »

Why not ring Tesla Sandyford and book a test drive. It's free!

Earlier this year I test drove the Model 3 Performance in anger over the Dublin and Wicklow mountains (using track mode - it's bloody excellent), the Model X Performance and the Model S performance with cheetah stance launch mode (making it the fastest production car in the world out of the blocks)

All in the one morning. Didn't cost me a cent

Are they strict on the 30 minutes?

"Test drives are approximately 30 minutes long"

https://www.tesla.com/en_IE/support/test-drive

unkel

Del2005 wrote: »

Are they strict on the 30 minutes?

"Test drives are approximately 30 minutes long"

https://www.tesla.com/en_IE/support/test-drive

Depends. If they have someone booked in for the next test drive in 30 minutes, I'm sure they'd want you back by then

I didn't need all that much time with the S and X (both less than an hour) and I took a little bit more than the hour I was allocated the 3

Vic_08

unkel wrote: »

Nope.

And while I was driving the bejaysus out of their cars, they were fixing my own car (that I bought in the UK) for free, under warranty

I had a test drive in a Tesla before, in 2017, and back then they also did not chase me at all and I made it quite clear I was not in the market for one either. The sales staff were professional, enthusiastic and friendly. In fact one of them knew quite a bit about my car at the time, a Hyundai Ioniq (electric)

I'm sure the fact you owned a late model EV was enough to convince them you were a possible future sale and not a chancer looking for a joyride.

As the OP is looking for a birthday present I would say arrnging to have a Tesla on the driveway rented for him for a day or two makes a far better present than a trip to a dealer where he has to spoof the salesman into believing he is genuinely interested in purchasing one.

Padre_Pio

TheEyeonyrBack wrote: »

Did they chase you for purchasing?

I believe they don't make commission on sales, as all sales are done online.

So they get paid whether you buy or not.

unkel

Vic_08 wrote: »

I'm sure the fact you owned a late model EV was enough to convince them you were a possible future sale and not a chancer looking for a joyride.

I booked online. They never got a chance to suss me out before they agreed to a test drive. Anyone can do the same. A free test drive!