[FL Only] TestDrive.com – Get Paid $25 In Giftcards To Test Drive Cars

TestDrive.com is a new website that allows users to sign up for a test drive for different car brands online for dealerships that are in their local area. As an incentive users of the website will receive a $25 gift card for completing each test drive. They seem to have all of the major and smaller car brands available for test drives, the full list can be found by clicking here. At the moment this is only available to residents of Florida, but they have hopes to expand in the United States.

In addition to this, they also provide the following features:

• Free pricing reports: These pricing reports list the full sticker price, base invoice, dealer cost and target price (the price you should aim for). I have no idea how accurate this information, if you work at a dealership then please let us know in the comments. If they are accurate I imagine being armed with this information could be useful in negotiations.
• Reviews: They survey everybody who test drives a car for their unsolicited reviews (I’m not sure how they can say unsolicited if they are asking people to do the reviews, but that’s a separate issue). I would’ve thought reviews from people that own a car would be more useful than those who have just test driven it.
• Videos + photos: You can see an editor video of each car, detailed pictures and two three sixty views (interior and exterior).
• Vehicle description and specs: Information that is easily found elsewhere, but could be useful to have in one place.

How It Works

• Click “shop by brand“
• Select the brand you want to test drive
• Select the model you want to test drive
• You’ll be taken to the model page, this includes the pricing reports, vehicle description and specs, reviews and also the video and photo content
• Click test drive and get $25 gift card
• Select the gift card you want to receive
• Enter your information
• They will then confirm your test drive with your nearest partnered dealership

Giftcards Available

TestDrive.com looks to have about 200 different gift cards to pick from. By going to this link and clicking “view all giftcards” you should be able view all the different merchants they provide gift cards to. Below is a list of their featured gift cards:

• Amazon
• Best Buy
• Chili’s
• CVS Pharmacy
• Dell
• Fandango
• GameStop
• Kohl’s
• Nike
• Sears
• Sephora
• Target GiftCard
• The Home Depot
• Victoria’s Secret
• Whole Foods Market
• Zappos.com
• Zeevex

Our Thoughts

I don’t live in Florida so I can’t test this service out at the moment. Test driving cars for money is a pretty easy way to make a little bit extra and also good fun for car enthusiasts. I can see this program working well if they are able to sign up enough dealers in your location, it won’t be useful if you have to drive 100 miles to the closest dealership.

I don’t buy cars new, so I’d only really use this service to score free gift cards and maybe to get a feel for cars that I’d consider buying used in a few years time. $25 is right at the threshold of whether it’s worth it or not, if it was a smooth process I’d probably do it for dealerships that are close to where I planned to go anyway.

We always post new test drive deals in our category dedicated to them, which can be found here.

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