Free M+S vouchers for test drives

webmasterpolo

Hi,

l've signed up for mailing lists for most the manufacturers. Now l keep getting offers through the door for do a test drive and we give you £15 m+s vouchers.

Some of the companies who have offered this to me so far:

Mitsubishi
Hyundai
Skoda

Some companies also offer other incentives just to test drive like free travel blankets, cool bags, competitions etc.

It's free and easy to sign up - just visit the websites and request to join the mailing list or even just a brochure and say yes l want to receive markting material, then you get to have some fun driving a bunch of different cars. If you later want to be removed, you just need to contact them and ask.

The offers usually last a while - couple of months - usually you don't get the vouchers sent until the offer is over. So l just keep a list of what drives l done, what l am owed, date due. I'll chase them up after the end dates if l need to. Oh and l keep hold of the flyer they send as well just in case.

Have fun!

kaz

webmasterpolo,
suppose that you agree for the test drive ..and you live,let's say, in London. Will they allow you to go wherever you want ?or are there some specifications about how long you can have the car and the number of miles you are allowed to cover?
kaz

Tim_L

Kaz, as a rule these are testdrives you take with a salesman in the car with you, so a quick spin around the block rather than a free visit to your aunt in Aberdeen. Not always though - I was offered a Toyota Verso for half a day, and apparently you can get a Skoda Octavia (nice car, really) for 24 hours though I haven't bothered with this one.

I've been doing this too, and one hint is to order brochures for new models rather than old standards, since these are where the marketing money is likely to be concentrated.

So far (since Christmas), the models I've tried are Mitsubishi Colt (£15 of M&S - offer is now ended I think), New Ford Focus (£25 of Nectar points, still running I think - not all dealers participate, but I think you can find info on the Necta site), Toyota Corrola Verso (free DVD, one of Harry Potter, Shrek II, Finding Nemo - I ordered a Verso brochure on their web site and the offer came with it), and Renault Modus (£10 argos type voucher).

Oh yes, and the best of the lot, which was a free Bonio dog biscuit from Mazda (in a very exciting box) - didn't even have to drive the car for this one.

It's great fun because of the freebie element, and you do get to try the cars out which is useful when you do get to the point of buying one, though as a hard core moneysaver I would always look for nearly new and let some other poor s** pay for the depreciation.

[edit.. link to the Focus promo:]
http://www.nectar.com/earnpoints/fordBonusPointsOffers.nectar

brass_monkeys_2

wish i could drive...