Govnt scheme - 1k for new car

I think the general consensus is that you can easily get over £1000 off a new car, so no point being restricted to the crap eco cars they are trying to force people into (which of course are not eco really, due to the amount of energy used to scrap your old car and build the new one anyway).
 
Well we were getting a new car anyway so if the government wants to give us an extra grand off for something worth about £400, it's a good idea as far as I'm concerned.

On Monday we're planning to order.
 
Its a con anyway, the deduction can ONLY be made off the RRP, and as such, you can quite easily negotiate a better deal yourself.

The scheme will just encourage idiots to sign up to finance deals they cant afford.

Or in the case of our friend up above, just sign up to a worse deal then they should.
 
Robbie G said:
What do you mean by this? Of course it has to be made fom the RRP, what else can they discount? Any discount is a discount from the RRP. That doesn't mean however that manufacturers can't themselves offer substantially more, e.g.: http://www.volvocars.com/uk/All-Cars-MY10/Volvo-C70/offers/Pages/C70_Scrappage.aspx.
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Oh dear.

2k is probably less discount than you would get by negotiating yourself, The BBC did a large report on it, you are worse off in some cases by as much as £1500 taking the government scheme as negotiating yourself.

What should happen, is you walk into the dealer, say hey whats the best you do this XXXXX for, he knocks of a couple off grand as normal, you then scrap your car through them, and the government knocks another grand off.

What actually happens is you walk in, pay the ticket price bar the 2k deduction and end up being out of pocket.

Its Meercats really, but then, thats why you are doing it.
 
atpbx said:
Oh dear.

2k is probably less discount than you would get by negotiating yourself, The BBC did a large report on it, you are worse off in some cases by as much as £1500 taking the government scheme as negotiating yourself.

What should happen, is you walk into the dealer, say hey whats the best you do this XXXXX for, he knocks of a couple off grand as normal, you then scrap your car through them, and the government knocks another grand off.

What actually happens is you walk in, pay the ticket price bar the 2k deduction and end up being out of pocket.

Its Meercats really, but then, thats why you are doing it.
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I don't understand your reference to 'Meercats' (sic), but why do you keep saying £2k is the maximum discount? Did you look at my link? I bet you couldn't get almost £6k off a new C70 from Volvo directly before the scrappage scheme.
 
atpbx said:
Oh dear.

2k is probably less discount than you would get by negotiating yourself, The BBC did a large report on it, you are worse off in some cases by as much as £1500 taking the government scheme as negotiating yourself.

What should happen, is you walk into the dealer, say hey whats the best you do this XXXXX for, he knocks of a couple off grand as normal, you then scrap your car through them, and the government knocks another grand off.

What actually happens is you walk in, pay the ticket price bar the 2k deduction and end up being out of pocket.

Its Meercats really, but then, thats why you are doing it.
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You got a link to this report?
 
Duke said:
I think the general consensus is that you can easily get over £1000 off a new car, so no point being restricted to the crap eco cars they are trying to force people into .
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It is a fairly pointless scheme, but there are no limitations on the cars it applies to.
 
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