Am I Expecting Too Much?

pimento

I went to see a car I liked the look of today. Took a test drive, took my current car with me and was ready to do a deal but the salesman and I were way apart with what we expected of each other.

The car was a Mazda MX5 Venture edition on a 13 plate with 3650 miles. The price on the screen was £16995 and I have a Hyundai i30 09 plate with 22500 on the clock which I was told was worth between £3000 and £3500 in part exchange. He would only knock £500 off the price on the Mazda.

I said I had £10k and the Hyundai but might have moved a bit on that if he had but he wouldn't.

Am I likely to get a better deal than that somewhere else? I will admit to being a bit surprised that they were so inflexible considering that I told him I wanted to buy the car.

Foxy-Stoat_3

Yes I think you were expecting too much.

You could probably of knocked off another £250 and maybe some free mats...but saying you have £10k cash plus a £3.5k chop means he needs to come down over 20% on his screen price.

Your better off selling privately and buying privately for the best deal.

Theres a red one on ebay with 5,000 miles for £15,595....saved you £1500 there....your welcome

gilbert_and_sullivan

Advertise your Hyundai privately, it'll sell easily with that sort of mileage, worth seeing what WBAC will offer as a straight purchase for a base figure.

Buy another MX5 without the hassle of a trade in from someone else..

Come winter when its minus 4 no one will be in the least interested in buying a convertible, thats when i'd be shopping for a bargain..

force_ten

I think you are being a little ambitious, what value did they put on your car?

I think you will have to come up quite a bit to close that deal

pimento

Foxy-Stoat wrote: »

Yes I think you were expecting too much.

You could probably of knocked off another £250 and maybe some free mats...but saying you have £10k cash plus a £3.5k chop means he needs to come down over 20% on his screen price.

Your better off selling privately and buying privately for the best deal.

Theres a red one on ebay with 5,000 miles for £15,595....saved you £1500 there....your welcome

Thanks but I don't want a red one, or a white one or a black one.

Picky? Moi?

arcon5

I think this is way beyond ambition, bordering on taking the mickey. Had you said £12k at an absolute minimum I think you would have been closer but i'd still expect the price to have moved north wards by another £500-£1k.

arcon5

pimento wrote: »

Thanks but I don't want a red one, or a white one or a black one.

Picky? Moi?

To be fair, when you're spending this sort of money you have every right to be a little picky

pimento

force_ten wrote: »

I think you are being a little ambitious, what value did they put on your car?

I think you will have to come up quite a bit to close that deal

He showed me an Experian check that said three figures depending on the condition. Mine is in almost mint condition and the top figure was about £3600.

Not sure what I could ask if I put a sign in the car window.

pimento

Can I ask. If I went in with cash in My pocket, what could I expect to pay?

Foxy-Stoat_3

pimento wrote: »

Thanks but I don't want a red one, or a white one or a black one.

Picky? Moi?

What colour do you want then?

Grey one for £13,795
Blue one for £14,495 with a tan hood, looks quite nice!!

pimento

arcon5 wrote: »

I think this is way beyond ambition, bordering on taking the mickey. Had you said £12k at an absolute minimum I think you would have been closer but i'd still expect the price to have moved north wards by another £500-£1k.

So in effect, I would have to pay £12000 plus my car valued by them at £3600 making a total of £15600?