Best way to negotiate a second hand car

doningtonphil

CocoM2020 said:

sweetsand said:

Hi OP
If you looking for a great colour like black all our cars are black and then top spec, all our cars are top spec, almost top spec, then hardly a discount if mileage is low and one owner and FSH.
If you go for a run of the mill, ford, vauxhal, pegout, renault, etc etc and a colour like white that does not wear well, red, blue etc and mid range spec with non dealer service history mixed with dealer stuff and especially if the car is one ownner and the one owwner was a rental etc, you will get more money off.

look at the car, if you like it, drive it, if you still like it, negotiate a bit then walk out and call them the next day just after lunch time when they are less busy and tell them you are going to be buying another car but prefer that as you like they way they spoke with you and stuff like that (lol) and then goo below your best price and meet in the middle. if the young man/woman is having to consult their "manager" with every offer tell them you want to speak to him/her as you do not have time to waste.
Don't worry about being slightly abrupt as car dealers IMHO fall into the same cat as estate agents, block paviours and solicitors

HTH

What in the world is a block paviour? Seriously anyone got a clue? 

I think a block paviourd drive is where you park your 'vauxhal' or 'pegout'

sweetsand

frost500 said:

I wouldn't buy a 1 year old car period. It can only be a lease, hire or demo car, unless it was bought privately.

So you would buy one if it was bought privately then.. Therefore you have contradicted yourself.
Even at many dealers most cars one owner cars are rentals etc - ask them "is it one owner" yes it is - they are right as it may have belonged to xray rentals but under the name of something completely different and most buyers are non the wiser other than feel why does this car rattel when its only a year old

Grumpy_chap

sweetsand said:

frost500 said:

I wouldn't buy a 1 year old car period. It can only be a lease, hire or demo car, unless it was bought privately.

So you would buy one if it was bought privately then.. Therefore you have contradicted yourself.

You seem to have conflated what Frost said.

noitsnotme

sweetsand said:

frost500 said:

I wouldn't buy a 1 year old car period. It can only be a lease, hire or demo car, unless it was bought privately.

So you would buy one if it was bought privately then.. Therefore you have contradicted yourself.

That’s not what they said at all.

waamo

Talk of bankers drafts. Good grief I remember them from the olden days.

burlingtonfl6

Statistically there are more dishonest private sellers out there than dealers.

sweetsand

burlingtonfl6 said:

Statistically there are more dishonest private sellers out there than dealers.

Important to note that one has little address with a private seller should things go belly up. 
In recent years we have saold our cars to family for the same prices as webuyanycar etc and the cars are not more than 18 months old if that FSH main dealer and arranty on car. In the past when friends family found out we were selling our car they knew we looked after them we would not sell to them as car was out of waarnty and we did not want to be blamed for faults do the road or snide comments but now its different.
The S class, one of my OH's sibling want that and we told them they could look and the price would be webuyanycar an d car looks and drives like new.
Bottom line decent private sellers and dealers but usally people sell a used car more than a few years old and often neglect the car in the last year or so.

onlyfoolsandparking

sweetsand said:

burlingtonfl6 said:

Statistically there are more dishonest private sellers out there than dealers.

Important to note that one has little address with a private seller should things go belly up. 
In recent years we have saold our cars to family for the same prices as webuyanycar etc and the cars are not more than 18 months old if that FSH main dealer and arranty on car. In the past when friends family found out we were selling our car they knew we looked after them we would not sell to them as car was out of waarnty and we did not want to be blamed for faults do the road or snide comments but now its different.
The S class, one of my OH's sibling want that and we told them they could look and the price would be webuyanycar an d car looks and drives like new.
Bottom line decent private sellers and dealers but usally people sell a used car more than a few years old and often neglect the car in the last year or so.

If one doesn't get the sellers 'little address' how do you find the car they are selling?

facade

onlyfoolsandparking said:

If one doesn't get the sellers 'little address' how do you find the car they are selling?

Didn't we establish on another thread that the only "safe" way to sell a car is to arrange to meet the buyer some distance from your house, to expunge your address from any paperwork, and then when paid by an untraceable moneylaundering style method, to only hand over the new keeper slip, then immediately throw the sim chip from your 'phone away?