Picking up new car

tom_e

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Had a call this morning to say my new car is in the country and will be ready to pick up in a couple of days. Happy days well in advance of the 3 weeks I/they thought I'd be waiting.

The only issue is due to work and general life commitments I won't be able to get to the dealer to pick it up before 2nd March but the salesman is insistent that paperwork must be signed, deposit must be paid and car registered prior to month end because the car arrived this month.

Now I'm sure like most people I don't have the deposit just sitting around (I do but that's not the point) and I was financing it by selling my current car but I can't be without a car for a week again due to work/life.

Cazoo are offering me nearly £1k more than the dealer offered in part ex so my plan was to drop car with them, get wife to take me to the dealer and pick up my new car. None of this is doable mid week and I don't want to give away a grand for the ease of handing it over part ex.

Now to the question, am I right in thinking that there's no real need for all this prior to month end and he just wants it in his figures for this month and therefore if I tell him I'm no longer interested and he'll lose the sale if they're not prepared to be flexible that they'll suddenly become much more accommodating?
 
He is doing this for his own benefit. Whether its for branch figures or commision.
My wifes new car has arrived early, and I have told the dealer I do no want it registered until March 1st or after, as understandably, she wants it as a 24 plate. (Women!)
Conversations were had, but in the end, not a problem.
 
Have you paid any reservation deposit? Might be worth asking if you can sign the paperwork remotely but pay the remaining deposit on the 2nd march. They might let you do this if you've paid something and their sales admin approve, more likely if you've bought from there before. You may need to pay tax now though for them to register it. Would keep salesman happy and keep everything remote but it may or may not actually be doable.
 
Thanks all, completely as I expected then.

It's also the fact that when I ordered it they kept saying "if you want it on a new reg then we've got this one already ordered that you can have" and now it's "well it's here so you've got to have it paid for and registered before the end of the month".

I'll call him tomorrow and give him the good news that he can have the commission next month or not at all.

I'm generally not fussed about it being a 24 plate but for the sake of a day and the fact that if I go to sell it 24 is automatically a whole year newer than a 73 to a lot of people I'd rather wait.
 
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Why do people care so much about the number on the plate? It doesn't change the age of the metal underneath and the car's mileage will dictate its re-sale value, not its age from registration. It really boggles my mind.
 
tom_e said:
he just wants it in his figures for this month
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Yup, but more likely it'll be the sales manager pushing the sales guy to get it reg'd this month, it's very common practice.
Missing new vehicle registration targets can cost an awful lot of money for the sales manager and dealership in discounts from the manufacturer etc.
I could have picked up my new bike this month, but am waiting until March 1st for the new reg, and despite what anyone says, it makes it worth slightly more and is more desirable on the 2nd hand market when I sell it.
 
Feb is a slow month traditionally for car sales. People will be wanting to push back into March to get the new plate.

Salesman is probably way off target for this month so wants it in this month's figures. This is his problem, not yours!
 
could turn situation to your advantage ... ok salesman give me a part exchange at the cazoo level or some monetary compensation for my inconvenience.
 
Mekrel said:
Why do people care so much about the number on the plate? It doesn't change the age of the metal underneath and the car's mileage will dictate its re-sale value, not its age from registration. It really boggles my mind.
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Happy wife happy life. I don't care what number is on the plate. As said above though, it can affect the resale value.
 
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[TW]Fox said:
Except this isn't true. it is a combination of these.

Value two identical cars, one registered in February and one in March. The March car will have a slightly higher value.
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Obviously if the cars are identical or have no discernable mileage, then of course.

I'm sure that value diminishes when someone's choosing between an 8 and a 8.5 year old car (going by average age of passenger cars in the UK) with a typical milage of 48,000.
 
jpaul said:
could turn situation to your advantage ... ok salesman give me a part exchange at the cazoo level or some monetary compensation for my inconvenience.
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Exactly the train of thought I was going down, it would make my life a little easier and he can get his figures in this month.
The question is whether it's worth £1k to him.
 
Mekrel said:
Obviously if the cars are identical or have no discernable mileage, then of course.

I'm sure that value diminishes when someone's choosing between an 8 and a 8.5 year old car (going by average age of passenger cars in the UK) with a typical milage of 48,000.
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But this car is brand new, not a decade old.

The difference will only be £200-300 but that's probably not worth throwing away is it?
 
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We get this at work every 6 months (large leasing company). Lots of customers wanting to wait until 1st March/September before collecting their new car in order to have the prestige of a new reg. Sometimes we get complaints regarding this in January when a dealership understandably tells them they aren't prepared to hold the car for 2 months!

Leasing is different to buying obviously as no financial interest in the asset, but it's still annoying.
 
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