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over a year ago
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"Can anyone give me a ball park figure on how much discount I should expect to negotiate on a used car priced at around £8,500 ?"
A lot depends on whether you are looking to buy private or from a dealer and id your planned purchase involve trading-in a car as part of the deal  |
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Look at Autotrader for similar cars of the same age, mileage, condition, specification and service history and see how this car compares.
Make sure that you compare like with like, so if the £8,500 car is at a dealer, then look at trade only adverts, as private sellers will not offer finance or a warranty.
Have a look at the tyres. How worn are they? Will they need to be replaced soon? Is a major service due? How much time is left on the MOT?
You will then find out if the car is competitively priced, such that you cannot expect any discount, or whether it is massively over-priced and there is work required to the car, such that you can negotiate a large discount. |
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If you are willing to spend £8500 it might be a good idea to search for cars priced up-to £10,000 and put the onus of offering discounts on the seller which you can then counter with the maximum offer you can afford ....
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If your talking main dealers remember pretty much all sales reps work on monthly commission i.e. the more cars they sell in a month the more they earn and most have a quota they have to meet. So go in and do your deal close to the end of the month as they are more likely to balls a car out for you at that time. Another thing to remember is 1s you've got the price as low as you can see what else you can get out of them ie mats a service it's next mot even a tank of fuel every little bit helps. Good luck and always remember there's always another car if they refuse to play the game and that's all it is a game.... |
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Look around and don't rush.
I went on the hunt specifically for a type R a few months ago.
Had a budget of £6k - £7k and second hand dealers were selling cars with anything from 60,000 miles to 93,000 miles in that price range.
I settled on one with 62k on the clock which had the infamous bubbling along the line where the windscreen meets the roof. Known issue where Honda used rubber that was too hard.
I knew Honda would repair it for free but the second hand dealer didn't....he knocked me £300 off to get it sorted.
Learn to look for things like that and play on them  |
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Thanks for all your advice found a car on auto trader at a main dealers for £8,000 rang spoke to the salesman asked if he could find out when the next service was due to keep the manufacturer warranty valid and what his best price would be.
He emailed me that the car was a marketing car and although for sale at that price it could not be released to me for another 2 months. They did however have a slightly newer one available for £9000.
I rang the head office I then received an email from the sales manager offering me the car at the advertised price.
It has to say the least left a nasty taste in my mouth I didn't expect that from a large motor group from a main franchise dealer |
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