Omega Owners Forum
Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Lawman on 24 September 2006, 13:36:09
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Went to the dealers to see how much my car was worth in a trade in.
"Okay" the guy says, "Come inside till I take some details". So walking to the showroom he says in a very chit-chat way, "What are you thinking of getting?" so said that I was quite keen on an Astra Coupé.
Once in the showroom he asked for my keys to "look around" my car. I look out the window to see him driving away :o
I point this out to my friend who imediately said, "oh no, he better not try to make a gap!" because my car's got a problem that means it sometimes lags under heavy acceleration. He didn't crash it and comes back in. "We can source a silver 1.8 or a blue 2.2" both £7,999. "Cool" I said, and he types more into his computer, He'll give me £1000 for my car with payments of £44 a month, then asked if he could get my business today..."no"...through the week..."no"...next few months..."no" gets his manager over, trying to be really intimidating, but i wasn't for taking it, so he's giving it all "you've wasted our time" etc... He even offered £500 cash back to cover the insurance increase cost.
All in all they were going to be giving me a cracking deal:
53 reg 2.2 Astra Coupé
2 years parts and labour warranty
Cheap weekly payments
£500 Cashback
But all I wanted to know was how much my car would be worth in a trade-in so that I could budget for next year. At no point did I say I wanted to buy a car. Also the salesman didn't introduce himself, despite saying "Chris" after every sentance. At no point did he say that he was going to take my car for a drive.
So even if I was going to buy a car...It wouldn't be from Reg Vardy Vauxhall in Motherwell :)
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I assume the £44 per month is per week, otherwise it'll take you about 13 years to repay it ;)
You could get a 53 plate meega for that money [smiley=thumbsup.gif]
I suspect that if you had picked a car from their stock and not another dealers stock then you may have been offered more tradein wise.
Plus what meega have you got?
Cheers
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Yeah it would take ages to pay that and would rather have an omega than an astra
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TD - I actually have a 5-door Corsa GLS :-[
Yes, per week, silly me!
Well it wasn't in their stock and they were wanting to sell it to me there and then...NO! :D
The astra coupe was just a fictional car due to his lighthearted way of asking what I was interested in. I'm still keen on getting an Omega and I'd rather sell my car for £2250 than trade it in...it wouldn't make sense
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Went to the dealers to see how much my car was worth in a trade in.
"Okay" the guy says, "Come inside till I take some details". So walking to the showroom he says in a very chit-chat way, "What are you thinking of getting?" so said that I was quite keen on an Astra Coupé.
Once in the showroom he asked for my keys to "look around" my car. I look out the window to see him driving away :o
I point this out to my friend who imediately said, "oh no, he better not try to make a gap!" because my car's got a problem that means it sometimes lags under heavy acceleration. He didn't crash it and comes back in. "We can source a silver 1.8 or a blue 2.2" both £7,999. "Cool" I said, and he types more into his computer, He'll give me £1000 for my car with payments of £44 a month, then asked if he could get my business today..."no"...through the week..."no"...next few months..."no" gets his manager over, trying to be really intimidating, but i wasn't for taking it, so he's giving it all "you've wasted our time" etc... He even offered £500 cash back to cover the insurance increase cost.
All in all they were going to be giving me a cracking deal:
53 reg 2.2 Astra Coupé
2 years parts and labour warranty
Cheap weekly payments
£500 Cashback
But all I wanted to know was how much my car would be worth in a trade-in so that I could budget for next year. At no point did I say I wanted to buy a car. Also the salesman didn't introduce himself, despite saying "Chris" after every sentance. At no point did he say that he was going to take my car for a drive.
So even if I was going to buy a car...It wouldn't be from Reg Vardy Vauxhall in Motherwell :)
Where are these dealers, I still wait for my local ignorant dealer to give me a call about the Vectra VXR test that i requested the dealer is Sherwoods in Darlington by the way. Absolutely useless.