{"id":106,"date":"2026-07-30T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/template-preview.com\/wordpress\/avavamotors\/2026\/07\/30\/test-drive-checklist-12-things-to-try\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T09:00:00","slug":"test-drive-checklist-12-things-to-try","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/template-preview.com\/wordpress\/avavamotors\/test-drive-checklist-12-things-to-try\/","title":{"rendered":"Test drive checklist: 12 things to try"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph\">A test drive is the cheapest inspection you will ever get. Plan it, take your time and try these twelve things before you talk about price.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Before you start<\/h2><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ask for the car to be cold. Listen to the first start, look for smoke, and check that every warning light comes on and then goes out.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">In town<\/h2><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Try a hill start, tight turns at full lock and a few speed bumps. Listen for knocks from the suspension and feel for a clutch that bites too high.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">On the motorway<\/h2><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hold a steady speed and let go of the wheel for a moment on a straight road. The car should run true, quiet and without vibration.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Afterwards<\/h2><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Park, leave the engine running and look underneath for drips. Then check every switch, window and seat \u2014 the small things add up.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From cold start to motorway \u2014 what to listen, feel and look for.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":107,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_avava_byline":"C. Lee","_avava_car":0,"_avava_notes":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[38,44],"class_list":["post-106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buying","tag-buying","tag-test-drive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/template-preview.com\/wordpress\/avavamotors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/template-preview.com\/wordpress\/avavamotors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/template-preview.com\/wordpress\/avavamotors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/template-preview.com\/wordpress\/avavamotors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/template-preview.com\/wordpress\/avavamotors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/template-preview.com\/wordpress\/avavamotors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/template-preview.com\/wordpress\/avavamotors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/template-preview.com\/wordpress\/avavamotors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/template-preview.com\/wordpress\/avavamotors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/template-preview.com\/wordpress\/avavamotors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}