Buying new C3 Picasso

rogertb

My wife has done the deal on a new C3 Picasso for delivery 1st Sept. (well she's given them £500 deposit) ... the basic 1.2 Puretech 110. The OTR RRP is £16,575. She has asked for a 48 month pcp deal and handed in an old car PX. The bottom line is, after all the stuff about px, cash deposit, dealer contributions etc and including the balloon payment after 4 years she will be paying out £14,800 ... I've heard that there are some good deals out there is it worth her shopping around even more than she has (she is not a good negotiator and doesn't like me "poking my nose in") ! ie is it far off what would be expected from a main dealer please ?

Thanks Roger

AnotherJoe

Have you looked at carwow? No actual experience myself but having had a play for a potential purchase it looks good. Also drive the deal.

You'll have to sell the old car yourself in those cases.

F1F93

Drivethedeal says £10,595.
Yes, it's worth shopping around.

rogertb

F1F93 wrote: »

Drivethedeal says £10,595.
Yes, it's worth shopping around.

Thanks chaps, is it possible to do a pcp deal at those sort of figures though ?

loskie

time for negotiating was before paying the deposit. Technically she has now entered into a contract and could be sued for breach if she were to back out of the deal.
Why did you not assist her during negotiations instead of now?
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201607316350183?search-target=usedcars&make=citroen&model=c3_picasso&fuel-type=petrol&radius=1500&postcode=dg71tr&page=1&sort=default&body-type=mpv&onesearchad=new%2Cnearlynew&logcode=p&adPos=5

plenty like this. with £500 optional paint too.

AdrianC

The deal's already done, you say?
And the person doing it is happy with the deal, and would like you not to get involved...?

Ooookay.

rogertb

yes you're totally correct, I was distracted but should have got involved, she is happy with the deal so yes end of story, I don't know why I even posted it ... I guess I woke up early with feelings of horror !

AdrianC

<phew> Thought we were going to get blamed for a divorce...

rogertb

Yes, it almost came to that, I mentioned my doubts when delivering her morning cup of tea and was met with ... you F*&^%%$$£ idiot, bit late now !

bigjl

rogertb wrote: »

Thanks chaps, is it possible to do a pcp deal at those sort of figures though ?

Yes

As very often the fully discounted price is only available if you take out a manufacturers PCP or finance deal.

I must admit that the C4 Cactus seems to be not much more than the C3 Picasso.

AdrianC

rogertb wrote: »

Yes, it almost came to that, I mentioned my doubts when delivering her morning cup of tea and was met with ... you F*&^%%$$£ idiot, bit late now !

...followed by a cup of flying tea...