Used car broker in the style of drivethedeal?

walwyn1978

As the title says - two questions I have. I suspect I know the answer to both but Google is not being my friend here.

1) I'm aware that brokers such as Drivethedeal and Lings secure big discounts for new cars. Does such a thing exist for the used market - you specify what you're after and they come back to you with a dealer who can do it for the best price?

2) if such a thing does exist, have any MSE users done it and would recommend a broker or not?

Thank you in advance!

bigjl

Lings isn't a new car broker, they are a vehicle leasing company.

There used to be a couple of used car brokers that advertised in the back of WhatCar.

They would source the car from Auction and charge you a fee.

There is no such thing as a huge discount on a used car, as there is no manufacturer incentive to be offset against the price of the car.

motorguy

walwyn1978 wrote: »

As the title says - two questions I have. I suspect I know the answer to both but Google is not being my friend here.

1) I'm aware that brokers such as Drivethedeal and Lings secure big discounts for new cars. Does such a thing exist for the used market - you specify what you're after and they come back to you with a dealer who can do it for the best price?

2) if such a thing does exist, have any MSE users done it and would recommend a broker or not?

Thank you in advance!

Your best bet is to go to the likes of the autotrader site, plug in the details of the car you want and sort by price.

Be prepared to travel though for the right car, so you'll need to do a lot of your checking up front so as not to end up looking at a dud. Statistically, the newer the car, the less chance there is of that.

I always aim to be buying a car at a price of in the lowest 10% of the pricing on autotrader. Its worked out well this past few time and i havent needed to travel massively to do that.

StaffieTerrier

I used Carwow to get prices for a new car that I was interested in. I was then able to use that price to negotiate a better price with my local dealer.

walwyn1978

bigjl wrote: »

Lings isn't a new car broker, they are a vehicle leading company.

There used to be a couple of used car brokers that advertised in the back of WhatCar.

They would source the car from Auction and charge you a fee.

There is no such thing as a huge discount on a used car, as there is no manufacturer incentive to be offset against the price of the car.

Didn't know that about Lings, thanks.

I guessed as much tbh - agree there's not as much discount available which is obviously why there's no broker able to set it up and get a fee.

walwyn1978

motorguy wrote: »

Your best bet is to go to the likes of the autotrader site, plug in the details of the car you want and sort by price.

Be prepared to travel though for the right car, so you'll need to do a lot of your checking up front so as not to end up looking at a dud. Statistically, the newer the car, the less chance there is of that.

I always aim to be buying a car at a price of in the lowest 10% of the pricing on autotrader. Its worked out well this past few time and i havent needed to travel massively to do that.

Roger that. Was just seeing if there was a quicker way, but obvs not.

We're both on the same page with the aim of going for the lower % price wise for the car. This isn't anything exotic or rare so hopefully there's what I'm after. Ideally I want 18 months/2 years old so again, less chance of a pup.

straighttalker

Being a used car broker wouldn't be a great business model as the end customer may not be happy with the car's service history, condition, previous owners, mileage history etc etc and refuse to take the car once it was sourced. None of these issues would affect a brand new unused car.

saveallmymoney

straighttalker wrote: »

Being a used car broker wouldn't be a great business model as the end customer may not be happy with the car's service history, condition, previous owners, mileage history etc etc and refuse to take the car once it was sourced. None of these issues would affect a brand new unused car.

Indeed. Having just shopped for 2 used cars i found the price generally reflected the condition and history of the car. Cheap cars were cheap for a reason!

mark5

Ling does do pcp aswell although lease hire is her main thing.

bigjl

walwyn1978 wrote: »

Roger that. Was just seeing if there was a quicker way, but obvs not.

We're both on the same page with the aim of going for the lower % price wise for the car. This isn't anything exotic or rare so hopefully there's what I'm after. Ideally I want 18 months/2 years old so again, less chance of a pup.

Plenty of chances of a pup with newer stuff.

Especially when a car has been problematic and eventually the owner got fed up and did a deal to get into a new car.

Check every car out carefully.

If for example a car has been traded in at 18/20months you have to ask why as most Contract Hire or PCP deals would be 24 or 36 months.

I still think 3 yr old stuff with lots of history from a large leading company the leased the car including maintenance are a good shout.

If you buy from Auction and target higher miles vehicles you should get a lot of car for your money.

Many on this forum, including me, have bought several high miles ex lease cars from Auction and had almost depreciation free motoring for 2/3 years.

forgotmyname

There are brokers around who will find teh exact car that you want, teh price is likely to be higher because you have to pay them.

For your average everyday runaround its not worth the effort. Check the autotrader etc and goto the local dealer and get it down to the cheapest you have seen one.