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For those of you in the Seattle area, shopping for a car just got a whole lot easier with the help of Tred.com. Tred.com is an at home test driving and buying service. You no longer have to head to the dealer to shop and test drive cars, you can have a car you are interested in delivered straight to your door! Just think of all the time you can save with this service. Tred.com is extremely reasonable too, the cost to have a car delivered to your door is $19. I also love the fact that you can test out the car without having to visit a high pressure dealer. Plus, with Tred.com the test drive is hassle free. Dealerships will not follow up or pursue you if you don’t buy or like the car.
One of the things that I really like is the Tred.com employees are knowledgeable about the cars, but their Auto Experts are independent of any car dealership or car manufacturer, so they aren’t paid to sell cars. I found this quote directly on their site and I love it!
While we’re knowledgeable about cars, we’re not the experts on your life. You are.
Here is an example of how they helped a customer:
We worked with a mother of four who was testing two minivans side by side. She asked us, “You guys are the experts, which car should I buy?” Instead of providing an opinion, we started a conversation about what she needed from a minivan. We probed for her priorities and she spoke of safety, backseat configuration flexibility, cargo space, fuel economy, all wheel drive, and interior finishes. She stated that she needed a car that could go to the mountains occasionally, but that MPGs were more important. When she realized that one minivan offered four wheel drive whereas the other offered better MPGs, her choice became clear to her.
Here is how Tred.com works:
Pick a car: Choose a car or two online at Tred.com that you want to test drive. Searching is super easy, you can choose by category (sedan, minivan, etc) or by brand (Toyota, Honda. etc) You can even have 2 competitive brands delivered to your home to compare them side by side. You can’t do that at a dealership!
Pick a time & place: You pick the time and let them know when and where you want to test drive the car. They will deliver the car to your home or office. Delivery hours are Monday through Friday from 9:30am to 6:30pm, and Saturday and Sunday from 11am to 5pm.
Test drive: You get to test out the car in your enviroment, you can see how the car fits in your driveway or in your garage. You get to check if it’s a comfortable fit for you and your entire family. Test drive the car in a neighborhood that’s familiar to you. The typical test drive lasts 20-30 minutes.
Tred: How it works. from Tred.com on Vimeo.
My personal thoughts: I am in the market for a car in the very near future and I think this is a service I might actually use. We have done our research and narrowed down our list of potential cars to 3. It would be great to check out each of the cars in person at my home instead of driving to each individual dealership. Time is money! Plus, I love the fact that Tred.com will give you no haggle offers on the cars that you test drive. There is no pressure to accept the offer, you are more than welcome to buy a car somewhere else or even not at all.
You can visit their website at Tred.com and you can also connect with them on Facebook and Twitter.
This post was sponsored by Tred.com. All opinions are my own.
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