KerryS Posted February 5, 2005 Posted February 5, 2005 Looking to change the everyday car from make A to make A. Just before Christmas I was offered £11K against a secondhand 9 month old car at £26K. Thought about it for too long and I missed out, someone else bought it. The particular car I am after is a bit scarce, though it is a mainstream manufacturer, the spec I wanted was scarce. So I start to think about a new one. Now ordinarily, I do not buy new cars and let some other mug cop the initial depreciation. Nevertheless, I ask what the cost to change would be. Of course they now realise they "valued my car incorrectly" and against a £30.6K new car, I am now offered £8.3K! Cost to change £22.3K. Speak to nice man in Halifax at a non-franchised dealer, cost to change £18K! Same car, still new, full 3-yr manufacturer's warranty. Deal done - save £4K at the cost of a few phone calls and I have to travel 100 miles to go and get it. Bonkers! How can a non-franchised dealer get a brand new car to a specific specification? And in a month's time. So I presume it's not an import - or is it? I thought import's didn't carry full UK warranty. Kerry S Quote
Major Stare Posted February 5, 2005 Posted February 5, 2005 I thought import's didn't carry full UK warranty. They dont ! Alfa's have a 3yr warrenty, imports only 2. Plus, if your import goes capput under the warrenty, it takes longer to fix and its more grief. We get loads of Alfa "imports" at work, one took 6 weeks to get fixed under warrenty when it should of took 2 weeks. Wot ya bought then ? Quote
KerryS Posted February 5, 2005 Author Posted February 5, 2005 Volvo V70 D5 SE AWD with a few goodies on. Warranty seems to be same as that from franchised dealers - 3-years 60K miles. Kerry S Quote
Major Stare Posted February 5, 2005 Posted February 5, 2005 Warrenty should be the same as a franchised dealer, just check the log book or speak to Volvo direct if you unsure. Nice mota by the way Quote
KerryS Posted February 5, 2005 Author Posted February 5, 2005 Cheers Jon See you next week? Kerry S Quote
the bear Posted February 5, 2005 Posted February 5, 2005 We are going through the same at the moment, two dealers from the same franchise in two different towns offering differing prices for the same spec new car and stating different delivery dates. The local one has also offered £8k on a 2002 Golf 150 PD TD GTI with 22k on the clock. The other dealer offered £9k against my car with exactly the same purchase date and spec, the only difference between the two cars is mine is in worse condition and has done twice as many miles. Go figure Quote
Major Stare Posted February 5, 2005 Posted February 5, 2005 It depends how much profit in the "metal" the dealer is willing to give away. I had a family looking to buy a Fiat Ulysse worth just over £27K. They wanted my best figuire for the car and there 155K miles Mazda 626. They had a quote of £600 for the Mazda and just over £23,000 for the Ulysse. I gave them £22,500 for the Ulysee and £1000 for the Mazda, ( the Mazda's only worth £600) they think they have a better deal when actually the extra discount in the Fiat has been put to the Mazda. i.e. if i gave them £600 for the Mazda, they can have the Ulysse for £22,100. There are so many combinations to buying a car. Quote
cidersurfer Posted February 5, 2005 Posted February 5, 2005 ...worth just over £27K. ...they can have the Ulysse for £22,100. If anyone else has something that is worth £4,900 more than they're willing to sell it for, I'll have it. Quote
Major Stare Posted February 5, 2005 Posted February 5, 2005 You can have 6 seater Ullysse for £18500 reduced from just over £25,000. Spec:- 54 Plate, delivery milage (Pre Reg) 2.2 JTD 6speed 6x leather seats with arm rests Driver & passenger heated and electric with memory. Electric everything. Full 7" screen display with SatNav, CD, Radio, Phone and DVD inputs. Sun blinds on all windows. 4x zone climate. NCAP 5 stars. Cruise Control reverse sensors Auto lights and wipers. etc etc etc Quote
Nick A Posted February 5, 2005 Posted February 5, 2005 also if the dealer is behind it quota and needs to shift some metal quick they sometimes sell to car supermarket places very cheap to meet there targets, supermarket then passes on the saving to the customer the dealer then get's the bonus for meeting the targets sound silly but it happens Quote
Major Stare Posted February 5, 2005 Posted February 5, 2005 Not as common practice now, most dealers to meet targets buy a load of cars and register them. Your the second owner but its a new car saving a few ££££ Quote
jonlewis Posted February 5, 2005 Posted February 5, 2005 I had a similar thing when buying my Volvo V70 D5... I ended up with a very high spec one for less than other dealers wanted for a basic one. The local dealers simply seemed to assume they would get the business. Quote
KerryS Posted February 5, 2005 Author Posted February 5, 2005 At the end of the day - it's the difference you pay that matters. Like Jon says, the figures can be manipulated to give a warm feeling to the punter, but it's what you have to fork out to change that hurts the wallet. Kerry S Quote
KerryS Posted February 5, 2005 Author Posted February 5, 2005 Hey Nick, I like the signature smilie thing. JonLewis - even getting a price out of local dealers was impossible, went 18 miles down the road, at least they gave me a price even if it was pooh. Kerry S Quote
Major Stare Posted February 5, 2005 Posted February 5, 2005 Oh, some salesmen say:- "Your car is worth TEN THOUSAND POUNDS and the difference you have to pay for the car you want is four nine nine five". Makes your sound like its worth more and the difference to pay is less. Quote
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