Is it safe to buy a car from a dealership 100 miles away?

WellKnownSid

GoldenOldy said:

Oh, Stateofart has worried me now!

In almost 35 years of car buying, I never once took a car back to the supplying dealer for a repair or service. I’ve even had warranty claims when the car was in a different country to the supplying dealer, they are hardly going to send it on a boat to the supplying dealer are they 😄

Don’t know why that should be an issue.

Stubod

..as above. You are overthinking it, it won't be a problem!!....if it's the car you want, and its "brand new" just go for it....before somebody else does!!

motorguy

Stateofart said:

There is no reason at all to be concerned with buying a brand new car from a dealer that is not immediately local.

Any warranty or service issues can be dealt with by the local Dealership.

It's almost always easier to deal with the original supplier.  Believe me, I've dealt with franchises in different towns all supposedly the same...it all goes back to the original supplier and not going to them for any faults can lead to massive delays.

Not so for cars.

Dont forget the franchise - irrespective of which one - are getting PAID by the manufacturer for any warranty work.  

They could make more off warranty work and servicing of a car than the supplier did in profit on the new car.

motorguy

GoldenOldy said:

Oh, Stateofart has worried me now!

Dont be.  Hes wrong.  End of.

GrumpyDil

GoldenOldy said:

Oh, Stateofart has worried me now!

As an example I purchased a land rover from Nottingham. It has been serviced and warranty items resolved in Peterborough and never gone back to the Nottingham dealership. There was never any issue with that 

force_ten1

Stateofart said:

There is no reason at all to be concerned with buying a brand new car from a dealer that is not immediately local.

Any warranty or service issues can be dealt with by the local Dealership.

It's almost always easier to deal with the orginal supplier.  Believe me, I've dealt with franchises in different towns all supposedly the same...it all goes back to the original supplier and not going to them for any faults can lead to massive delays.

that is not the case with a new car under manufacture's warranty it is the company that built the car that pays for warranty repairs not the selling dealer

the dealers maje very low margins on a new car hence they will always try to up sell gap insurance lifetime paint protection and ally wheel insurance any any other extras they can think of

dealers make more money on servicing and warranty repairs than they do selling new cars   

force_ten1

GoldenOldy said:

Oh, Stateofart has worried me now!

don't be worried what he said is not true 

l had a 2019 BMW 440i bought from a dealer about 220 miles from me after 9 months one of the very expensive headlight units failed so l rang my nearest BMW dealer that is about 60 miles from me and they booked the car in completed the repair and all costs were covered under warranty 

it was zero fuss and the dealer was not interest in where the car was purchased or why l was taking it to them for repair they knew that the BMW were paying the bill and that is all they were interested in   

400ixl

To give a Hyundai example.

Bought one from a main dealer in Cambridge as a pre-reg, Live 60 miles away, so serviceing and warranty work was done at the Norwich dealer. 3 years with one franchised dealer, they then lost the franchise to another local franchise so it went there.

No issues what so ever.

Does mean you get double the notifications for servicing being due and marketing trying to sell you a new one. Thats about it.

Don't be put off by people applying secondhand out of manufacturer warranty opinions, or just no clue what they are talking about.

GoldenOldy

Thanks all, I feel much more reassured now . Goodnight .

photome

GoldenOldy said:

Oh, Stateofart has worried me now!

I would ignore what he said

franchised dealers will sort any warranty issues on cars bought from anywhere 

 company/ lease cars will rarely be looked after by the supplying dealer

I think you are overthinking the issue