There is actually a few golf shops near me (not pro shops) where you can hit on a real range, which helped me in picking out my driver a ton.
Update on my driver, just got it re shafted with UST AXIVCORE Green (high kick point low spin) Shaft, and on my first day out it turns out that the shop did not attach it right and i sent my R9 Supertri Head about 100 yards on to the first hole at my local course didnt find it and didn't see if it went in the lake... what a day.