car dealers

snowmen · 28 May 2008 at 5:11PM

following on from the previous thread about MH motors, can anyone recommend a car dealer and say why. I like in the glengormley area of newtownabbey and am going to start looking for a new car but also dont want to get stung. Places to avoid also welcome for everyone's benefit!

max5heads · 28 May 2008 at 5:24PM

Stephen Mawhinney, Top man and all his workers.
The straightest car dealer i have delt with, Hes in Ballyclare...

Francophile · 28 May 2008 at 5:38PM

Lisburn may be too far for you but we dealt with a guy called Mervyn in Roadside motors. He was very easy to deal with and we got a great car for the money.

Bigcammy · 28 May 2008 at 5:38PM

Phillips Autos on the Rosetta Road, Belfast. Dealt fairly with me and I've gone back to them for servicing and they're reasonable, in my opinion.

Jaime-V · 28 May 2008 at 7:09PM

I just bought a new car from Donnellys in Mallusk. They were recommended to me by 2 friends and my brother!

Stephen in sales was friendly and not pushy, very helpful (I ask a lot of questions lol). Service have been helpful as I had to get a small niggle fixed in the boot lid.

Out of all the car dealers I have been to they have been the most efficient so far.

almillar · 29 May 2008 at 10:23AM

Another vote for Donnellys in Mallusk (they have other branches around the province) bought a car for £3,000 with 0% interest free and reasonable £600 trade in. Quality servicing too.
Alan

nabbeybloke · 29 May 2008 at 10:44AM

I bought a 9 month old Civic from John Mulholland in Randalstown last June. I can't recommend them enough. I found them to be honest, down to earth guys and excellent customer service. They also gave me a really good trade in price for my old car.

The sales man told me that they can source cars too (maybe all dealers can do this tho!). My brother's girlfriend went to them and they found her a nearly new Golf in her price range.

I coudnt find a loan rate than was cheaper than the company they used either.

I'd definately buy another car from them.

Good luck finding one

mark_belfast · 3 June 2008 at 4:07PM

Depends what you are looking for, I have found Prentice BMW in Portadown very good to deal with and keen to deal unlike other NI BMW dealers, if interested I can give you the name of the person I have dealt with

motorguy · 3 June 2008 at 8:38PM

mark_belfast wrote: »

Depends what you are looking for, I have found Prentice BMW in Portadown very good to deal with and keen to deal unlike other NI BMW dealers, if interested I can give you the name of the person I have dealt with

I second that. we previously used bavarian but found prentices extremely keen to do business. They gave me a full £2500 more than bavarian recently for my x5 when i was selling it AND had given me £4500 off the car when i bought it - far more than any other dealer - even the internet brokers.

Not as glitzy as bavarian, but keen and enthusiastic - Laura was the sales person i dealt with and their finance guy Brett is fantastic - he really pushes hard to make the finance deal work for you - which is what its all about.

mark_belfast · 3 June 2008 at 8:49PM

I dealt with Laura too and found her keen but not pushy, she even offered to bring the car I was interested in to my office for me to have a look at as I couldn't get away.

Bavarian were great when I bought from them originally but when I wanted to change to a diesel 4 months later they offered me 4k less for it in a trade in, although I live 5 minutes from them I will drive the extra half hour to deal with Prentice in the future.

Ex-Spendaholic · 4 June 2008 at 12:06AM

I highly recommend Lowes of Larne. www.lowesoflarne.co.uk

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