Frustrating, and I could also post this in a parents or dads bowl, but why don’t more car dealerships offer to take a car to you at your house to test drive? My wife and I have two little ones and need to test drive a car this weekend. It’s becoming a real hassle since we can’t find a babysitter.

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Just bring your kids.

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Or bring them to the dealership and take turns test driving

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Counterpoint: why would they?

Back when I ran a car dealership, for really good repeat customers I’d take a car to their house and drop it there/let them drive it for a few days. Everyone else had to come to the dealership. I wanted my cars and my people on the lot where I could see them.

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How much would you be willing to pay for each test drive? Without there being a hefty fee associated with it, I don't see how this could be a sustainable business model.

Separately, any major city will have daycare's who offer one-off babysitting services, I suggest you look a little harder for a sitter.

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He has no way to prove that you are a credit-worthy serious buyer, or more importantly, that you aren't a criminal looking to do something nefarious.

In the grand scheme, $250 is not worth the risk and extra work to sell a car that is going to get sold from the lot if you can't come in.

Have you tried seeing if someone is offering the vehicle on Turo? You could rent it for a day to see how you like it

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Ill watch them for you

Maybe it’s because I looked around, but some of the dealerships we went to had a daycare in the waiting room. Common for Lexus and Toyota dealers in our area…

Some dealers, we would call the sales person. Told him when to expect us because of the kids. A good one would have the car waiting, and then we rotated test drives while the other sat with the kids.

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