Tips for buying new or nearly new car - UPDATE

Kilty_2

hethmar wrote: »

They usually offer you the chance to extend a warranty (well VW does)

I assume they offer the same kind of aftermarket warranty cover as Skoda do - which is actually very good (I've claimed twice since January with no problems)

DCFC79

gemmy26wales wrote: »

just a question..i have no idea with cars but know that the vw golf is pretty well thought of. why is this and why are they sooo much more expensive than other smallish cars???
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your paying for the name so i believe plus they dont do 3 year free finance

DCFC79

Kilty wrote: »

Might still be hire cars but it's low mileage for them.

Europcar de-fleet their cars at 13,800 miles usually (well, the last car I had, a 1.2 Polo had a sticker on the dials saying "If this car is returned after 13,800 miles then a penalty will be charged). I had a Polo E however a couple of colleagues had Match spec ones so hire firms don't just use base models

It was < 6 months old at the time and wasn't far off that mileage (I put 4k on it in 2 months using it for business)

So 10k in a year probably isn't daily hire. Might still be something similar though.

EDIT - if the number plates haven't been changed to dealer ones and they say "CAMDEN FLEET SOLUTIONS" on them then I'd think they'd be ex-hire - my Europcar Polo was from them

for some reason i got confused by what the sales guy told me at vw,