[cloudsinthesky]

> without even being able to try the product?

People can still try it, just not for free and from Tesla. I test drove a Model S P90 in 2012 from the store in Toronto and it changed my life. I can't afford the car, but it was an incredible experience for me. The test drive storeperson told me at the end of the (safe) trip that I could not drive back into the car basement parking lot. The last person they let test drive it into the parking lot totalled the car. So now for test drives they limit it to street-level. Anecdote and maybe irrelevant.

But if I want to test drive one today, I'd just go to Turo and rent one for like $50 and then not have to worry about someone over my shoulder telling me I'm gonna be a bad driver.

I'm not suggesting Turo or whatever is a replacement for a test drive! But it's also not the case that interested buyers have to buy without trying first.