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What Car target price for new car - achievable?

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  • Flyboy152
    Flyboy152 Posts: 17,118 Forumite
    emmell wrote: »
    What car says 'If you can't find a dealer to match their target price, they will put you in touch with a dealer who will'. So you've got nothing to lose.
    Go into the dealer with the What Car magazine tucked under your arm, it's worked for me a few times.
    ML.

    I'd take that with a large pinch of salt. If you live in London and the dealer is in Aberdeen, it might cost you more than you will save and all the hassle when things go wrong.
    The greater danger, for most of us, lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low and achieving our mark
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