Car Giant - Opinions?

LB1985

Just a very quick question. Does anybody here have any experiences of dealing with Car Giant located in White City, London? My dad is tempted by a number of cars there, but I just wanted to see if anybody here had an experiences to share... Thanks!

rdwarr

Yes, I've bought a few there and would recommend. Brief history:
1990 - Bought a Jaguar V12 Saloon for £5999 (book value was about £10k). Had an oil leak so they took it back and lent me a Granada while they fixed it. No further problems.
2000 - Bought a Lexus GS300 Sport for £15999 (book value was about £19k). They replaed two tyres which were the wrong size. I still have the car and love it.
2005 - Brother-in-law bought a Vauxhall Omega Estate for £4999. Great deal and no problems.

Sometimes there will be minor issues with a car but they will fix if you complain so don't worry about that. Trade-in values are poor though.

And it's a great place to go and look at cars! Friends have been using them regularly since the early 80s. They used to have a two branches on the A40 (one is now Acton Homebase) but have now consolidated into a single site.

michaels

I have looked their a couple of times but all the cars seem to have some little problem (blemish/missing paper work/...) and givne the higher than average milages and minor issues they no longer seem such a bargain axcept for nearly new cars, plus cos the site is so large it can be difficult to get a salesman to let you look at / hav more info about several different cars if you are not sure what you are after - plus for me a car is a large purchase but cos they have/sell so many they make don't make you feel like your purchase is a big deal...
However I didn't actually buy from them so can't really comment on how well things do if you do. I did buy from trade sales in slough who also are very big but only really do nearly new cars.

FakeIrish

I've not personally bought cars from car supermarkets. This is mainly due to most of their cars being ex-fleet or bought from auctions. I would rather go to an auction and pay the same prices they paid rather than paying extra.

Also as Michaels state - they tend to be of a higher mileage.

But I cannot give an opinion on Car Giants reputation except from other people who will not recommend them.

vansboy

Most are ex-fleet, similar to what you COULD buy, yourself in auction.

But they'll let you have a more thorough inspection, than auction does & better 'staturatory rights' if there is a problem.

& in many cases, perhaps only £5-800 more than auction (depending on it's selling price. So depending on how you value your time & auction buying skills, could well be a worthwhile place to buy!!

VB