Frugal living tips @ CheapEncounters.com » cars http://cheapencounters.com Fri, 06 Apr 2012 14:55:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Smart Car test drive offer a waste of time… http://cheapencounters.com/2009/12/31/smart-car-test-drive-offer-a-waste-of-time/ http://cheapencounters.com/2009/12/31/smart-car-test-drive-offer-a-waste-of-time/#comments Thu, 31 Dec 2009 17:30:14 +0000 BillyOceansEleven http://cheapencounters.com/?p=488 Sounds like easy money: go test drive a Smart Car and get a $25 Target gift card. So I decided to drop into the Smart Center in Sugarland, Texas to do a test drive and qualify for the gift card. What a waste of time that was! Turns out they only do test drives between [...]]]> Sounds like easy money: go test drive a Smart Car and get a $25 Target gift card. So I decided to drop into the Smart Center in Sugarland, Texas to do a test drive and qualify for the gift card. What a waste of time that was! Turns out they only do test drives between 9am and 2pm and by appointment only, meaning the only way I or any other person with a typical job working business hours could do a test drive is to take off of work. So I guess if they only do test drives during a short window during business hours the target market for these things must be unemployed pot-smoking hippies eating granola and wearing Birkenstocks?

Moral of the story is that Smart Center Sugarland sucks, much like the cars they sell. Unless you are going for that Euro-trash chic look you can certainly find something better than these glorified go-carts.

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