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Car Brokers

Hiya, can anyone recommend any online car brokers? Been searching on line to buy a new car, but some deals are about 4k cheaper than local dealer, and I am being sceptic? Has anyone had any experience? Also the car I am looking at has a build date of September, so some of the finance deals they are offering, will they be valid then? Cheers! :j

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  • BenL
    BenL Posts: 3,189 Forumite
    Drivethedeal and Broadspeed are the main ones that get recommended on here.

    The difference of £4000 does sound a lot, have you done any negotiations with the dealer or is this just their first price/list price?

    Ben
    I beep for Robins - Beep Beep
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  • Hotspur
    Hotspur Posts: 528 Forumite
    I've used Carfile twice and would use them again. I would, however, get the best price from one of the 'recommended' brokers and see how close the local dealer can get to that. I did that with my last VW Golf and the price to change was only a couple of hundred more when they took my old car in px and none of the worry of selling that privately. To me that was worth doing the deal locally.
  • vikingaero
    vikingaero Posts: 10,920 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    I'm a happy customer of Carfile. Local dealer would give 1.5k discount and I got 4k from Carfile. Factor in £200 to collect the car/hotel and that's still a huge saving.
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