Options for buying a car from a faraway dealership with no home delivery option

dh9988

Hello everyone. Got a question with regards to purchasing a new(er!) car.

I've been browsing through car adverts looking to treat myself as I've been very lucky due to work picking up very suddenly after the first and second Covid19 related lockdowns hit.

Some vehicles I've seen I would be very interested in and would be willing to discuss a possible part exchange deal for them.

Unfortunately, I'm located up in the Greater Glasgow area of Scotland and the dealerships whose adverts I've seen are basically in various parts of England and don't seem to do home delivery.
What are my options, if any, for the most cost effective way to get them to my doorstep and what would I need to be aware of.
Simply going to said dealerships in person would be difficult especially as the Covid restrictions create a lot of uncertainty and safety risks for longer distance travel even inside the UK. Also complicated by me wanting to part exchange my current vehicle which I would need to use to get there in the first place, so if any sale falls through I might be left stranded at least temporarily.
I would look at dealerships closer to home but they either have no stock of the particular vehicle I'm interested in or the ones they do have are not necessarily in my price range and/or do not have the optional equipment fitted to them that I am looking for.

Thanks in advance.

The_Fat_Controller

There are no Covid restrictions that are preventing you from travelling to view a vehicle, despite NS trying to isolate Scotland, LOL.

Either find a dealer who will deliver and then sell your to the likes of WBAC or get on the road.

There are numerous transportation options available and at least one website where companies can bid for your business.

dh9988

The_Fat_Controller said:

There are no Covid restrictions that are preventing you from travelling to view a vehicle, despite NS trying to isolate Scotland, LOL.

Either find a dealer who will deliver and then sell your to the likes of WBAC or get on the road.

There are numerous transportation options available and at least one website where companies can bid for your business.

I was going to ask "What the heck 'WBAC' is" and then it dawned on it who you were talking about lol.

Grumpy_chap

dh9988 said:

 Also complicated by me wanting to part exchange my current vehicle which I would need to use to get there in the first place, so if any sale falls through I might be left stranded at least temporarily.

If you drive to see the vehicle in the PX and then don't complete the purchase, you still have the PX and can drive home.

What is so rare about the type of vehicle you wish to acquire that requires the purchase from far away?
It can be easier to have a "local" supplier in the event of any post-purchase queries.

Carrot007

I look forward to your next thread when you are moaning about the distance required to return the car that mysteriously has somwthing unexpected wrogn with it and is too far away by your own choice.

Go there and buy it and accept the concequences or do not, those are your options.

force_ten

most dealers will give a PX value over the phone or by e mail 

l live in wales saw a car in oxford and rang to enquire. and an hour later they came back with a PX value so a week later l drove to oxford and after inspecting the trade in the dealer paid the price agreed for part ex 

last month l sold the car to a dealer in Shropshire again value agreed over the phone and l drove the car to them and after inspection they paid the agreed price 

so in my experience dealers are prepared to give a valuation without seeing the car and as long as the car is as described they are happy to pay the agreed price 

Marmaduke123

I live in Berkshire and bought my current car from a dealer in Maidstone. We were outside their free delivery area but we could have paid for delivery.

However, they were clear that they didn't  do distance selling and would need me to visit them at some point. All paperwork was done online and we simply drove to them to collect the car. No part exchange was involved, and we sold the old car the following week to WBAC

dh9988

Grumpy_chap said:

dh9988 said:

 Also complicated by me wanting to part exchange my current vehicle which I would need to use to get there in the first place, so if any sale falls through I might be left stranded at least temporarily.

If you drive to see the vehicle in the PX and then don't complete the purchase, you still have the PX and can drive home.

What is so rare about the type of vehicle you wish to acquire that requires the purchase from far away?
It can be easier to have a "local" supplier in the event of any post-purchase queries.

Just certain options on it which seem to be lacking on more locally sourced vehicles for some reason. Probably not helped by the second hard car market being a bit of a mess price wise at the moment.

dh9988

Carrot007 said:

I look forward to your next thread when you are moaning about the distance required to return the car that mysteriously has somwthing unexpected wrogn with it and is too far away by your own choice.

Plan B on that is to use a trusted local mechanic that is near by.

marlot

I've done deals with dealers a distance away.

For a new or nearly new car, I've done the deal including describing my trade-in in detail - including faults.  On arrival to collect they've checked the trade in.

For a car older than a few months I'd go and see it first, then strike the deal.

KimJongUn88

dh9988 said:

Carrot007 said:

I look forward to your next thread when you are moaning about the distance required to return the car that mysteriously has somwthing unexpected wrogn with it and is too far away by your own choice.

Plan B on that is to use a trusted local mechanic that is near by.

That’s all well and good if you’re expecting to pay for all the repairs out of your own pocket. However, if you expect the dealer to foot the bill, you’ve got to give them the opportunity to effect a repair which will probably be at a garage close to them.