Pros & Cons of pre-registered car

MORPH3US

30111987 wrote: »

I got a 6 month old grande punto with 3.3K on the clock (ex courtesy car)
got more than £1200 of the new price

you should also get the balance of any breakdown cover (RAC/AA/etc)

Would you mind telling me more about this deal? I like the Grande Punto and wouldn't mind knowing a bit more:

1. How long have you had the car and how have you found it / any problems etc?

2. Would you mind saying what model you got and what you actually paid.

3. Was it £1200 saving off the "list price" or of the "best available price (including internet dealers)?

M

mjr600

30111987 wrote: »

I got a 6 month old grande punto with 3.3K on the clock (ex courtesy car)
got more than £1200 of the new price

you should also get the balance of any breakdown cover (RAC/AA/etc)

(ex courtesy car) the fastest cars on the planet, the least economical and will go places 4x4 will never go.

Never buy an ex courtesy car, they have been thrashed within an inch of their lives.

MORPH3US

mjr600 wrote: »

(ex courtesy car) the fastest cars on the planet, the least economical and will go places 4x4 will never go.

Not sure what you are getting at there, can you expand?

louidog

mjr600 wrote: »

Never buy an ex courtesy car, they have been thrashed within an inch of their lives.

I have an ex courtesy car, fully loaded and about £2,000 off list price, 3,000 mlies on the clock. Wish I had done that when I got my previous one and ended up paying stupid amounts to get every extra I wanted!

Ex demo or courtesy cars are great bargains and backed up with full warranty etc!

zappahey

alanrowell wrote: »

I wouldn't assume that because the dealer is discounting that it means that the car is a "bad 'un".

Nor would I but the point is to do your homework.

colin79666

MORPH3US wrote: »

Would you mind telling me more about this deal? I like the Grande Punto and wouldn't mind knowing a bit more:

1. How long have you had the car and how have you found it / any problems etc?

2. Would you mind saying what model you got and what you actually paid.

3. Was it £1200 saving off the "list price" or of the "best available price (including internet dealers)?

M

Had it for just over a month, paid just under £7000, got some road tax mats etc after haggling.
It's a 1.2 active with metallic paint. Only problem with the car so far is a leaking windscreen wash bottle which is being replaced tomorrow and a few issues with the dealer (not the car though).

MarkyMarkD

Whilst it may not bother most people, you do lose an insurance benefit by buying pre-registered.

Most insurers will replace a car which has damage amounting to over (something like) 60% of list price, if it's less than 12 months old and you are the first registered keeper.

If you are not the first registered keeper, they'll just pay you their value for the car, which may be a lot less than what you can then replace the car for.

lic

Why buy a nearly new car, ex demonstrator, or one the dealer wants to get shut of, when you can buy brand new for less.
I have just bought a brand new C3 from https://www.Broadspeed.com for less than I could have bought a second hand one for.
I couldn't beleive my luck, but that is what this site is about.
I researched on here and found out about the on line way to buy a car.
I did a search and saved over £1500 off my local Citroen dealer. What's really surprising is the car was supplied to me by Citroen Birmingham, via Broadspeed. Although my local dealer could not match the price.
Apparantly companies like Broadspeed do deals with various dealerships in the Country and obtain major discounts.
I will always buy my cars this way in the future.
I can throughly recommend Broadspeed, thee service was excellecnt.

dnc1781

Fiat Grande Punto

New from £6430:
http://www.broadspeed.com/fiat/grande-punto-1-2-active-white-3-door-13771.shtml
or
"used" 0656 109 or 133 miles £5995:
http://atsearch.autotrader.co.uk/www/cars_search.jsp?searchform=&modelexact=1&lid=search_used_cars_full&photo=1&state=none&sort=3&hassearched=Y&make=FIAT&min_pr=75&source=0&model=GRANDE+PUNTO&max_pr=&miles=1500&agerange=6&mileage=1&postcode=w12+7rp&variant=&bodyid=0&trim=&fuelid=0&colour=&transmissionid=0&keywords=&ukcarsearch_full.x=29&ukcarsearch_full.y=4&ukcarsearch_full=SEARCH

Inactive

Pre Reg, and Ex Demo are 2 different entities.

Pre Reg = Virtually no miles, as Brand New.

Demo means probably a courtesy car that any Tom / !!!!!! or Harriet has driven before.