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Armorica

Zandoni wrote: »

I can't believe you bought a 3 month old car for half the price of new.

Why? It's well known that at least 25% of the value of a car drops off as soon as you take it off the forecourt?

Zandoni

Armorica wrote: »

Why? It's well known that at least 25% of the value of a car drops off as soon as you take it off the forecourt?

A new car does lose a lot of money the second it goes on the road but that's if you want to sell it. You certainly can't buy a three month old car for half the new price.

gik

Zandoni wrote: »

I can't believe you bought a 3 month old car for half the price of new.

New model was out and the dealer had 20+ of the previous model discounted on the forecourt...I was lucky I accept... bargains are there to be had. I am not a car tart and was happy to accept 3 years warranty and servicing in the price! Got a similar deal on a Meriva for my wife 8.5k 2 years ago so not that unusual I think.

Zandoni

gik wrote: »

New model was out and the dealer had 20+ of the previous model discounted on the forecourt...I was lucky I accept... bargains are there to be had. I am not a car tart and was happy to accept 3 years warranty and servicing in the price! Got a similar deal on a Meriva for my wife 8k more 2 years ago so not that unusual I think.

And you call me a liar, there's no way you paid half price for a 3 month old car.

gik

Zandoni wrote: »

And you call me a liar, there's no way you paid half price for a 3 month old car.

The car was the previous model and they had shed load of them. I got a bargain undeniably. The car is sitting on drive. Astra G

Zandoni

gik wrote: »

The car was the previous model and they had shed load of them. I got a bargain undeniably. The car is sitting on drive. Astra G

I'm sure you bought a nearly new car, but you certainly didn't get if half price. They wouldn't sell them with that much loss.

gik

Zandoni wrote: »

I'm sure you bought a nearly new car, but you certainly didn't get if half price. They wouldn't sell them with that much loss.

They did...with a three year manufacturer warranty and six months road tax 7.8k ish....I'd need to dig out the actual invoice.

Zandoni

gik wrote: »

They did...with a three year manufacturer warranty and six months road tax 7.8k ish....I'd need to dig out the actual invoice.

Get digging then, or apologise.

You accuse me of being a liar then you come out with a whopper.

gik

Zandoni wrote: »

Get digging then, or apologise.

You accuse me of being a liar then you come out with a whopper.

You have admitted you are a liar...no accusation is necessary.

unholyangel

Zandoni wrote: »

I'm sure you bought a nearly new car, but you certainly didn't get if half price. They wouldn't sell them with that much loss.

While I do find it unlikely a dealer would do it, it is possible. Dealers do give quite big discounts off demo cars - and they've not even usually got many miles on them.

Then there are also car auctions. Perhaps a bit of hit and a miss but if you know what to look for, you can pick up huge bargains at less than half the price a dealer will charge. Years ago I picked up a car with only 2600 miles on it - despite being 18 months old at a third of the price dealerships were charging for cars of the same age with 30K+ miles! It went through 6 MOT's without needing any major work (ie not counting wipers, tyres and the stuff that needs replacing anyway) before I parted with it

I admit brand spanking new cars (6 months or less) aren't the main bulk of the cars that go through the auction, but I've never been to an auction where there wasnt at least a handful.