Car clocking, can it be stopped?

Flyboy152

Kilty wrote: »

:rotfl:

I bought a white car for this reason :eek:

Oh dear.....oops. :rotfl:

Kilty_2

It was £405 for metallic paint on a £5550 car :rotfl:

Seriously doubt it'll affect residuals - it's a washing machine, they're supposed to be white!

Flyboy152

Kilty wrote: »

It was £405 for metallic paint on a £5550 car :rotfl:

Seriously doubt it'll affect residuals - it's a washing machine, they're supposed to be white!

Sadly, when most buyers are faced with the average two cars of similar mileage and age, exact variant and model year, one is white and one is a nice shiny metallic silver/red/blue etc., but the metallic one is three to five hundred pounds more than the white, they will invariably still buy the metallic one.

cepheus

Expense
Manufacturers almost always charge a premium for the "option" of metallic paint on a new vehicle, although metallics usually account for all but one or two of the colours from the palette available (only red, black, and white are available as solid colours from many makers). The price premium is around GBP £500 or USD $1000 for a large car. Most buyers choose to pay it, in some cases merely to maintain resale value. Given that having a car subsequently resprayed in a metallic colour is no more expensive than for a solid colour, many consider the price premium for metallic paint as a way to boost the base price of a new vehicle.

Seems the manufacturers have brainwashed the 'consumer sheep' again!

There are so many basic things which could be achieved to minimise expenses in a minor collision, such as having most car bumpers fitted with replaceable strips at a similar height to one another. However, when it comes to collective action consumers act more like cats than sheep, i.e. individualists! Divide and rule must be the official motto of the sales dept!