Best time to get a used car?

kam1nsk1

Can anyone lend any advice on the best time and place to get a used car in the next few weeks?

I realise that the plates will changing shortly and so imagine that now woud be a reasonably good time to look for a used car, but is it best to wait until after they change or before?

I'm lookinf for something in around the £2000 mark, don't mind goin to auctions as have got good deals there before.

What do people advise?

Cheers

Rich

TiTheRev

Once september has been and gone, there will be some part-ex xars that dealerships will be looking to offload as sales or to the auction sites, so either way there will be a glut of cars from the 1st.

Auctions are good but they do charge fees and there not always local, so could mean a few trips?

JDMYOFAN

end of the month, friday, 5:00pm

or the same day the new plates come into action, get an 08

brazilianwax

nj106 wrote: »

or the same day the new plates come into action, get an 08

for £2k???

ArsenalFC

At your budget it probably will make no difference with the plate change. Just start searching now and buy the best price u can get when u need the car.

hewhoisnotintheknow

it will make no difference on a car for 2k

nows probably the worse time to buy a cheap car as everyone is after them!

sarah_elton

hewhoisnotintheknow wrote: »

it will make no difference on a car for 2k

nows probably the worse time to buy a cheap car as everyone is after them!

Unless you buy a cheap car with high CO2 emissions - everyone's offloading those. Save money on the car because demand and prices have dropped... Pay extra on road tax.... OK, maybe not that moneysaving in the long run.