Ford dealer car advertised £100 cheaper than on forecourt

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takman wrote: »

I wouldn't take your car into a dealership for p/x because you can get so much more money selling it privately

There are very valid reasons why people trade in :-

They cant do without a car, so dont have the luxury of selling their own and then "doing without" until they get another.

Their car might be "too expensive" to sell privately. Once a car breaks the £5K threshold people tend to like to have dealer facilities such as warranty, finance, trade in options, etc, etc. So selling a £20K BMW privately could be difficult (though not impossible)

takman wrote: »

you can walk into the dealership and negotiate a bigger discount because they wont have to deal with selling on your old car.

Again, depends on the car. If its a cheapie they'll get it underwritten by another trader who'll simply come and pick it up when the handover has been done. If its a car they can retail themselves its another "bite at the cherry" as they can make profit on that car too without having to go looking for good stock.

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Another reason for trading in rather than sell privately is having to have insurance on both cars, if you can't sell before you buy.