Buying a used car from dealership, what % to haggle??

Rolandtheroadie

asbokid wrote: »

No problemo! I will head for the remaining 1% of dealers who need my cash to keep their creditors at bay.

Better still, I will buy a used car from somewhere reputable, like ebay!

Thats it, you get your "bargain" from those that need your custom. We'll wait for the "whats my legal rights" and the "how much will this cost to fix" posts.

Lemonade_Pockets

hehe. Legal rights is you'll be placed at the bottom of very long list of debtors, the administrators will call you on the 12th of never.

asbokid

scotsman4th wrote: »

Thats it, you get your "bargain" from those that need your custom. We'll wait for the "whats my legal rights" and the "how much will this cost to fix" posts.

Well.... when buying a used car on ebay, I don't expect much in the way of "rights", so I won't be troubling you on that score! And I never trust a garage to fix my car, so repair bills are basically nil.

In twenty years of motoring, excepting tyre changes and MOTs, I've only once paid a garage. Even now I cringe at the bill: a whopping £190 for breakdown recovery, and for fitting a £20 coil..

Whether it's a cambelt, a headgasket, a waterpump, turbo or a clutch, I'm a DIY mechanic, Arfur!

Currently driving a £400 ebay purchase of a fully loaded V6 Ford Probe, 88k, leather interior, new tyres, aircon, and now 12 months' MOT.... Work needed for the MOT? A "new" back box, salvaged from a scrapper..

And everyone thinks it's the canny Scotch who are the misers of these isles!

Watcha got on your forecourt for £400, scotsman?!

reduceditem

Buyer's market. DON'T get hung up on one car. Tell them if they can 'take a look' at the price then you might be interested. If they reply 'well, what were you thinking about'....then you know they will knock significant money off. Tell them 6k and you'll do it today. They will reject this, of course, but now they know that you are ready to buy a car TODAY, which gets them thinking about the lowest they can let it go for. Have an ABSOLUTELY FIXED highest price that you would pay in your head and stick to it no matter what....if you don't get it walk away, there are plenty more fish in the sea.

Another tip is to phone an autotrader seller and just ask them how fleible they are on price....from their answer you can get a fair idea of what the final price could be. If it is not low enough sounding, don't waste your time visiting.

sillygoose

What Car pricing is usually not very accurate.

You can access the Glass's guide price via the AA website here.

http://www.theaa.com/cbg/ManufacturerAction.do?SEARCH_CTGY=FOURTH_SEARCH&trade=&journey=fullValuation&manufacturerCode=