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When is it the best time to be a used car?

geek84
geek84 Posts: 1,140 Forumite
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Hi Folks

I am thinking of buying a usd car from a show room.

Can someone advice when would it be best to buy a used car from a show room i.e. any particular week/month in the year?

Thanks in advance for your response.

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  • verityboo
    verityboo Posts: 1,017 Forumite
    Sales people usually have monthly & quarterly targets so you might get a slightly better deal then if business has been slow.
  • VfM4meplse
    VfM4meplse Posts: 34,269 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker I've been Money Tipped!
    I've been looking for the right deal on a year-old car from a showroom while (over 2 years), but there hasn't been a glut of the kind of vehicle I am interested since I started looking, and I certainly haven't come anywhere near to negotiating the price I want to pay.

    In the meantime, I have saved thousands by not motoring, although I do miss it and family have been happy to lend me their vehicles when I've been in genuine need. I'd love to know if there's a right time to snap up a bargain from a showroom, sadly I think it's a thing of the past.
    Value-for-money-for-me-puhleeze!

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  • s_b
    s_b Posts: 4,464 Forumite
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    anytime if you look for the landmark on the pitch
    just sold mine only had it since september thought i was going to have it forever
    the record is 14 months on an escort
  • Last working day of the month when sales people want to meet targets.
    Save £200 a month : [STRIKE]Oct[/STRIKE] Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr
  • sheslookinhot
    sheslookinhot Posts: 2,449 Forumite
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    When it is being driven by a naked women.
    Mortgage free
    Vocational freedom has arrived
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