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Sick of paying road tax on my three old cars & motorbike I planned to get something that doesn't need to pay it & sell at least two of my cars.
Looked at 4x4 Panda on web but that'll cost me £105 a year.
I've liked the Up! since it was a concept car but not wanting to spend £15,600 on a 'Rock Up' with extras I'd won't, chose to go for a car that a Dealer had all ready registered, searched vw.co.uk 'used car locator.'
Strictly speaking, even a car with zero miles on the clock once registered, is second hand.
Search options I chose, 'less than 1 yr old,' 'orange,' '5 door,' '75bhp,' looked at 28 cars available nationwide, opted for the 4 under £13,000, spent 12 hours looking at them & every online revue. (Wished the GT was out here, it's been out in Germany for a while now) Visited my local Dealer in Leeds, HE DIDN'T HAVE ANY 5 doors in, so I had to go to Huddersfield to actually check out rear head / leg room.
Returned home, rang two Dealers with 'Grove Up!' available 'used,' offered £1500 less than they wanted or said I'd take it at £1000 off screen price if they added spare wheel & side skirts. Both said they'd have to ask manager before bartering on price. Both salesmen rang me back within ten mins, saying same thing, their Manager reminded them that "there's a sub woofer in the space where the spare wheel would go on 'Grove Up' models, that's why you get the repair can rather than a spare wheel." Both Managers had said they weren't going to provide, fit & spray side skirts, one offered to knock £1200 off the price & fill the petrol tank & deliver the car free, the other offered £1150 off the screen price, full tank of petrol & free delivery. I stopped asking & TOLD the first salesman if he wasn't going to throw in a £30 spare wheel, I'll buy from another dealer & he said he'd put in on the back seat himself. Gave him debit card details for £10,500 in the end.
With some of
the saved cash from not buying new, lashed out on a special reg for it,
that cost almost £900. This maybe stupid to you but I think it's worth it. Still have enough cash left out of
my original budget to buy the side skirts & a rear spoiler & have them fitted & sprayed professionally.
Don't know why everyone doesn't go for a pre registered car, some have 6 miles on the clock some, like ex demos have 250, I saw some with over 1000 miles, but wasn't interested in them. You still get remainder of 3 year warranty, 142 point vehicle check, ensurance, & all the other stuff that gives piece of mind.
Details at http://www.volkswagen.co.uk/used/our-programme
Expecting delivery Monday. I'm feeling pretty pleased with myself.
Only drawback for me is, they'll valet car then drive it 200 miles up the M1, so it'll be manky when it gets here. (Thanks for reading, soz for going on, perhaps understabably, I'm a tad excited. I'm always like this with a 'new' car,)
Looked at 4x4 Panda on web but that'll cost me £105 a year.
I've liked the Up! since it was a concept car but not wanting to spend £15,600 on a 'Rock Up' with extras I'd won't, chose to go for a car that a Dealer had all ready registered, searched vw.co.uk 'used car locator.'
Strictly speaking, even a car with zero miles on the clock once registered, is second hand.
Search options I chose, 'less than 1 yr old,' 'orange,' '5 door,' '75bhp,' looked at 28 cars available nationwide, opted for the 4 under £13,000, spent 12 hours looking at them & every online revue. (Wished the GT was out here, it's been out in Germany for a while now) Visited my local Dealer in Leeds, HE DIDN'T HAVE ANY 5 doors in, so I had to go to Huddersfield to actually check out rear head / leg room.
Returned home, rang two Dealers with 'Grove Up!' available 'used,' offered £1500 less than they wanted or said I'd take it at £1000 off screen price if they added spare wheel & side skirts. Both said they'd have to ask manager before bartering on price. Both salesmen rang me back within ten mins, saying same thing, their Manager reminded them that "there's a sub woofer in the space where the spare wheel would go on 'Grove Up' models, that's why you get the repair can rather than a spare wheel." Both Managers had said they weren't going to provide, fit & spray side skirts, one offered to knock £1200 off the price & fill the petrol tank & deliver the car free, the other offered £1150 off the screen price, full tank of petrol & free delivery. I stopped asking & TOLD the first salesman if he wasn't going to throw in a £30 spare wheel, I'll buy from another dealer & he said he'd put in on the back seat himself. Gave him debit card details for £10,500 in the end.
With some of
the saved cash from not buying new, lashed out on a special reg for it,
that cost almost £900. This maybe stupid to you but I think it's worth it. Still have enough cash left out of
my original budget to buy the side skirts & a rear spoiler & have them fitted & sprayed professionally.
Don't know why everyone doesn't go for a pre registered car, some have 6 miles on the clock some, like ex demos have 250, I saw some with over 1000 miles, but wasn't interested in them. You still get remainder of 3 year warranty, 142 point vehicle check, ensurance, & all the other stuff that gives piece of mind.
Details at http://www.volkswagen.co.uk/used/our-programme
Expecting delivery Monday. I'm feeling pretty pleased with myself.
Only drawback for me is, they'll valet car then drive it 200 miles up the M1, so it'll be manky when it gets here. (Thanks for reading, soz for going on, perhaps understabably, I'm a tad excited. I'm always like this with a 'new' car,)
