Cars (Buying of)

fastrac63

I have heard that certain days of the month are the best to purchase a car, can anyone inform me what days are best or is this only a myth.

Incyder

The 16th of the month has always been good to me, whereas the 22nd has been quite lacklustre.

vaio

Nah, I got my audi on the 22nd and it's been a really good car

Tinks74

Not strictly a day of the week but I found just before the end of the financial year is good, even better if it co-incides with new registration number time.

Dealers want to clear as much stock as they can to improve their year end figures. I bought my last car near the end of March and got a good deal.

bigjl

I always buy on the 13th. Hopefully, when timed correctly, you qualify for the Friday discount aswell.

Strider590

Dealers also spread such rumours themselves in order to boost end of month figure's

NeverAgain_2

Incentive plans for dealers can be based on numbers sold in a set period.

There may be the occasion when it is worth it for the dealer to sell a car cheaply to hit the target.

But there's no sure way of knowing when that might be, or the sales tally of an individual dealer.

A bad deal is a bad deal, and any stories you've heard of cars sold at giveaway prices are probably apocryphal.

KierNet

Tinks74 wrote: »

Not strictly a day of the week but I found just before the end of the financial year is good, even better if it co-incides with new registration number time.

Dealers want to clear as much stock as they can to improve their year end figures. I bought my last car near the end of March and got a good deal.

Might also be worth seeing what you can get a new old reg for as well, as not many people are going to want one.

pmm1981

I got my car towards the end of March 2010, i got a letter from my ford dealer (previous customer) asking me to ring to find out my reward, it turned out to be money off a new 10 plate car, i was going to replace my car 6 months later so took advantage of this offer and went along, i got nearly £1000 off, i worked out that they needed to hit sales figures for new cars in march as when i said i'd pick it up on 02 April he said it had to be completed in March, it turned out i could complete and collect on March so i got myself a nice bonus discount.

Strider590

^^ Personally I think that's all sales banter to secure a deal...... Make the deal sound like an unmissable one, pretend to be desperate to hit those sales figures, tell the customer you'll give them a discount...... I mean think about it, if you were selling anything, the last thing you'd want to do is let the buyer know your desperate to sell.

CharlieBilly

You could be right, I have heard this before but it could well be a sales ploy

Strider590 wrote: »

^^ Personally I think that's all sales banter to secure a deal...... Make the deal sound like an unmissable one, pretend to be desperate to hit those sales figures, tell the customer you'll give them a discount...... I mean think about it, if you were selling anything, the last thing you'd want to do is let the buyer know your desperate to sell.