October 2015
Just some advise people .
Went into Vauxhall yesterday looking at a second hand ( sort of ) car at the main Eden Vauxhall in Exeter.
This Astra gtc bi-turbo priced at £15999. Obviously going in with a price in mind of how much I want to pay a month.
Anyway after the talk , test drive and playing it safe the figures started to come out and they were well over what I wanted at £300 a month . Played this down for awhile and got this price down to £260 with about £500 marked off the car a few of the extras knocked off and asked for a lower APR.
Ideally I don't want to be paying any more than £250 per month . Do you think there will be anymore play in there figures . Looking at what the cars are up for on autotrafer private and dealers there all marked around or near the price they have listed .
Any input would be great as this was the first time I've haggled any price down..
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Just to say that you should probably check out deals on new cars, rather than 'nearly' new. Basically, the manufacturer will give pretty decent finance conributions on brand-new cars where, those deals will not be available on anything that has already been registered for the road unless you are incredibly lucky.
As an example, just had a little look Vauxhall's website. They are quoting brand-new GTCs with monthly payments of £269 - though some of the plans have dowmpayments too.