Curious About Tesla? Places to Test Drive First

If you are looking for a place to first meet a Tesla in Seoul, put the Gangnam Store on Eonju-ro on your list. It is an official store that is good to visit after comparing specs online, to check the real car's size and the feel of the driver's seat. Adjust the seat to your usual posture, check your field of view, and see how easily you can judge the front and rear ends of the car when parking. Whether controlling things through a screen will feel familiar is something you only sense by sitting in it.

The operating hours in the official store guide are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. every day. If you plan to visit after work, first check that your booking leaves room to finish the consultation and test drive. Rather than trying to fit every feature you want to check into a short experience, pick two or three priorities such as parking visibility and low-speed driving. Before visiting, tell the person in charge the model you want, and if you will bring your own car, ask about entering the store and parking, to spend less time on site.

If you are choosing a car with your family, consider the store at Starfield Hanam. According to the official guide, the store is in the center of the 2nd floor, so it is easy to combine a mall visit with checking a real car. Rather than only the driver looking around quickly, having the person who usually rides along sit in the back seat and check the knee room and getting in and out helps the choice. This is because the height and posture that feel comfortable can differ for each person who uses the car.

The store's operating hours are announced as 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. every day. Do not assume they match the mall's overall hours; move according to your booking time. For test drives at a store in a mall, you first check in at the store and are then guided to the car's location, so head to the store rather than looking for the test car in the parking lot. If you want to try out a stroller or your usual cargo, ask in advance whether bringing it in and loading it is possible, and note the trunk and seat configurations you actually checked.

If you want to see a Tesla in person in Busan, go to the official store at Centum City Mall. It is on the 1st floor of Shinsegae Centum City Mall at 15 Centum 4-ro. With shopping facilities clustered around, it is easy to walk into a different building by the name alone, so checking the store's building on the map before visiting helps. Have the driver and passengers take turns sitting in the seats, and look at the car while imagining everyday scenes like grocery shopping and weekend outings.

Official hours are 10:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday and until 8:30 p.m. Friday through Sunday. If you want a test drive, give priority to the booking confirmation rather than thinking you can drive right away any time in these hours. Rather than testing many functions on unfamiliar roads, it is better to have the basic controls, such as changing gears and the wipers, explained thoroughly before departing. After the experience, ask the person in charge what else to check about the width and slope of the parking lot you normally use.

In Daegu, make the official store on Dongwon-ro in Suseong-gu your starting point for a test drive. The store is in Ambition Tower, and through the real car and consultation you can sort out what you wonder about before buying. On a first visit, look around the exterior, then adjust the seat and mirrors to your usual posture and check the distance to the screen first. Thinking about whether it will be comfortable to repeat every day, not whether the new controls seem novel, lets you gain more information even from a short visit.

According to the official guide, it is open every day from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. The available test drive models may change, so it is better to tell them in advance the model you want to compare. When driving yourself, take your time noticing the feel of stopping and starting and the process of adapting to regenerative braking. Rather than accelerating hard at first, it also helps to ask whether the speed changes feel comfortable to your passenger. Recording the wheel and tire specs of the test car reduces the chance of later confusing it with the ride of another trim.

If you are looking at Teslas in Daejeon and the Chungcheong region, look at the store in Juk-dong, Yuseong-gu. It is the store whose address, 597-1 Juk-dong in Tesla's official location guide, matches 188 Bukyuseong-daero on the map service. Before traveling to a showroom in a far region, you can experience the car's size and interior controls in person at a nearby base. Look in turn at where your hand reaches from the driver's seat, how the doors open and close, and the space felt in the back seat.

Operating hours are announced as 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. every day. Once you have a visit date, first ask about the kinds of display and test drive cars. When comparing the Model 3 and Model Y, rather than assuming you can drive both on the same day, it is easier to check the available time for each. If you are looking for a family car, switch seats yourself to gather opinions, and for a commuter car, spend more time on the driving posture and parking visibility. After the consultation, recording the options of your actual purchase candidate separately from the test car's specs makes it easier to judge.