To the OP : I'll say now that places like BCA really aren't interested in private buyers anymore (whereas a decade or so ago, they were).

The fees for buying at BCA are, these days, quite high, the following data is 3 years old, so may not be accurate :

Hammer price : buyers fee

4000 : 373

5000 : 394

6000 : 416

7000 : 437

8000 : 458

9000 : 479

10000 : 500

Do note that the buyers fees are all PLUS VAT. In addition, BCA charge you a mandatory fee for them to send off the change of keeper to DVLA (used to be £26).

So for a £10k car, the buyers fee would be £500+VAT+£26 = £626

For a £5k car, the total fees would be £394+VAT+£26 = £508.80

You'd probably be able to buy a car as a retail buyer, and get a warranty, for minimal extra outlay.

EDIT : when I say 'retail buyer', I mean as a customer in a car dealership of some sort

Edited by RobJP on 21/01/2015 at 09:35

Thanks pd,

I didn't know thats how you get the info, otherwise I'd had provided more than just the reg! I didn't note down the whole specs at the time, but perhaps enough to get a few figures for some of them?

Alphabet:

BK64VWY - Black elite - 6902 miles

FL61CWU - Black elite stop start - 31k

FG60YTU - 37757 - elite silver

FG11OJZ - 51899

FN61OXW - 57784 - silver Eco Flex SE

Lex Autolease

FG61LOH - 130 SRI - 11270

KU14VFG - 140 SRI - 14459

FN59XSW - 46137

FN60WKM - 60376 exclusiv

KN61KTD - 66440 - grey 130 SRI - assuming this would be the one sold at £6100