Buying a new car advice needed

Carnmore

What's the cheapest way to buy a new car- online car buyer, broker, dealer etc?
I've never bought a new car before so never had to choose optional extras - which extras are the most useful to have?

Browntoa

Carwow allows you to build your car and then dealer's basically bid with their best price

NaughtiusMaximus

Something I've always wondered about Carwow, if the best offer you get is from a dealer 100 miles away and you take it to a local dealer to ask if they can match it, how likely are they to say yes?

EssexExile

I got some prices from Carwow, the nearest wasn't the cheapest. After keeping quiet for a week or two the nearest has come back with better prices.

Navigator123

Carwow looks OK but begs one simple question.

You spec the car you want and the dealers come back to you with a price. Does that mean that they have that car in stock and, if so, is it a pre reg or will they order it for you and you have the normal 8 -12 week wait?

Alanp

I bought a new car in 2013, a Ford Fiesta, I used orangewheels , I gave them the model and any extras I wanted , the dealer rang me to confirm the order, it was built to order so had a few weeks to wait, but it was brand new not from dealer stock..

Carnmore

Thanks for the replies.

The car is the unfortunately named new Peugeot Rifter.

I'm looking at the 130bhp diesel version for towing and overall power. It has a 6 speed manual or 8 speed auto gearbox - the auto does appeal but am I correct in saying automatic gearboxes are unsuitable for towing?

Has anyone used Carwow? The buyer chooses the car and spec then dealers bid for the order.

Svein_Forkbeard

Carnmore wrote: »

the auto does appeal but am I correct in saying automatic gearboxes are unsuitable for towing?

Not necessarily I tow with an Auto but you need to think carefully about what weight is suitable to tow. If you tow above about 85% of your vehicle weight then you may start to get problems.

On your model (diesel) the maximum towing weight is only 1,000kg (that is quite low) and the car weighs 2,100kg. I reckon an auto would be fine.

This is a useful website http://www.uktow.com/towing%20capacity.asp

(Your car isn't on it yet)

almillar

Something I've always wondered about Carwow, if the best offer you get is from a dealer 100 miles away and you take it to a local dealer to ask if they can match it, how likely are they to say yes?

I think this is an excellent start to buying a car - how likely are they? Too much of a variable. I've had it done for me though. If they want to sell a car at that price, they will, if they don't they won't. Saves a lot of haggling though!

You spec the car you want and the dealers come back to you with a price. Does that mean that they have that car in stock and, if so, is it a pre reg or will they order it for you and you have the normal 8 -12 week wait?

You're ordering a car from the factory. They'll contact you with offers from stock, ex demos etc.

hollie.weimeraner

The cheapest way to buy is simply the best deal you can get. How are you financing it, have you got a part ex? When I've bought new cars I've checked the brokers that I trusted and also rang round all the dealers that I could find that were independents as they seemed to offer better deals than the large franchises and were a lot easier to deal with.

I have been lucky in so much as I was able to sell my old cars privately and manage until the new car arrives and finance the new car with cash although I had to take out a small finance deal with a Ford to get the best deal.