Mercedes Dealer Said Extended Test Drive, The Judge Said Tha’ll Be $20,270

A judge awarded the customer more than $20,000 in the case. GPS alerts caught the Mercedes leaving the shop for two bars. The technician insisted the outing was just a long test drive. When you leave your car at a dealership for service, you expect it to stay in the shop. If it’s not there, maybe it’s on a short test drive. One Tennessee judge says that certainly doesn’t include a night out at local bars. Now, a Memphis-area Mercedes dealership and one of its technicians have been ordered to pay more than $20,000 after a customer tracked her car to two drinking establishments instead of the service bay. var…

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