[TW]Fox;17569216 said:
You are not going to get the 'deal' you want - you are trying to buy a car for thousands of quid less than its trade value, give up, it wont happen! Why would somebody sell you a sub 10,000 mile 1 year old car with a list price of 30k for £18k?
Because Dealers are knocking them out for 23k to try and shift them ?
I had noticed that & was thinking about it.
I phoned them earlier today & they said they wouldn't drop below £20k.
Problem is, i'm working solidly for the next 2 weeks so just turning up will have to wait. However if it's still there in 2 weeks time I probably will just turn up.
Does this mean there is no where else to check for deals?
lol do you know nothing about bargaining ?
Of course they are going to say that on the phone. By ringing up and asking "whats your best price" you just sound like every other deluded looser that rings up about cars that they have no intention or the means to buy.
If you want to start haggling, arrange a test drive, go down, meet the salesman and get to know him. Then push him till he cries like a baby. If he doesnt choke, walk away and give him your number. Do actually call his bluff and leave and see if he calls back. Which he will Because its a VXR, and the last dealership that had 2 vectra VXRs on the forecourt, still had the 2nd one, 6 months after they sold mine. And they had already knocked £500 of mine to try and sell it. And then i argued some more on top of that. And my car was only slightly more than half that price. Of course they will knock £500 off, if you play the game.
As for other deals, this is a rare car. To give you an idea they only made 1000 vectra VXRs, and that was in a 4 + year production run. Thats what ? 250 cars a year ? cars not even been on sale a year yet. You cant expect all 250 owners to sell straight away. There are a few places you can look. 1) autotrader, 2) pistonheads, 3) vauxhall network Q website. The car is too new to be at independant dealers in plentifull supply yet. The dealers dont even have a steady stream of used stock so the trade auctions wont either. Any cars you are likely to find 2nd hand will be at a vauxhall dealer. And they are unlikely to advertise outside of the above websites, and if they do, it will usually include the abovementioned methods as well.
If you want a bargain, you're either A) going to have to fight for it and go down there and play hardball, or B) wait for 6 / 12 months more used stock to appear. By which time the price will most probably have halved by then.
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