i like the idea of a sweepstake
cant see me getting mine
in fairness i think gibbo is right. a test drive would be the best idea but you can get a lot more looking at private sales. seen some nice examples for £6.5k whereas a trade equivalent is going for around 2K more.
Trust me mate, buy from trade, if you work at them hard, they will come to a fair price. I got my EVO below private sale price. I got 3k of the list price.
You can easily get 1k of an 8k car, that makes it 7k, only £500 more, then for your £500 notes extra you get them to give you as much warranty as possible, tax, fuel, absolutely anything.
I always try to get a dealer/garage whatever you want to call them to match a private price where possible. I'd only buy private now if it was a very special car or a very well known car.
With a garage/dealer, always go and look at the car, if you like it express lots of interest, when it comes to making the deal, simply tell them what you want to pay, they will either laugh in your face or try to come to some deal. Then when they think they have you, just turn and say its still a bit more than I was looking to pay and well leave (make sure you gave them your number earlier on). Most will call you back within 48hrs basically saying something like I've spoken to the manager/owner and they are willing to make you this offer. Then you either accept or try haggling more.
A garage always tries to get a higher price than they expect, because some pay it. So there is always movement, on some cars more than others it all depends on what the car owes them. Remember end of month is best time to purchase.
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