The Car Salesman's Thread

[Butter Face]

OldJohnnyYen said:

Is this why your all so keen to get our details as we walk through the door?

Pretty much

[robsco]

OldJohnnyYen said:

Is this why your all so keen to get our details as we walk through the door?

You must be a James fan.

[OldJohnnyYen]

robsco said:

You must be a James fan.

[Adam_W]

Buying a 5 series from a used car dealer at the moment.. might be able to redeem the trade after my last experience.. maybe.

Bought an M3 a few months back and the guy told me plenty of stories and lies, I dont think a single thing he said was true, and I ended up paying for it with a total lemon.. and how many "new MOT's" are actually done properly? must be a special rubber stamp ready for these things as I doubt they actually look at the car.. just my experience of course I'm sure.. although having owned 26 cars and bought a good percentage from dealers it's not something that im just assuming from 1 bad experience.

[Jip]

Definitely need more days off, swear I sell more cars when I'm out the dealership than when I'm actually in it!

[Court Jester]

BigTom85 said:

Wollaston BMW in Northampton have a Z4 sDrive28i stickered up on the front display area at £349 deposit and £349/month.

Its definitely the 28i as I was sorely tempted myself, but a little out of reach for me at the moment in all honesty.

Thanks ever so much for this info Tom. I spoke to Bob Thompson at Wollaston this week who seemed a top guy. Not sure what the deal is on that s28i, but unfortunately my s23i seems to have lost about £7k in the last year, so the 'part ex deposit' was a lot less than I was expecting, and when you spec one of these up to the equivalent spec (connectivity packs, pdc, heated seats ...) the monthly price rockets.

In the end wasn't going to work for me, but for anyone who is happy with the basic spec (which to be honest isn't bad) and an 8k pa mileage allowance it is a cracking deal!

[markmullen]

17 cars for £515,000 so far this month, it really is busy.

[LHD]

markmullen said:

17 cars for £515,000 so far this month, it really is busy.

Can i have some of your customers please?

Not seen a soul today.

[POORCARDEALER]

Me neither....however we dont open sundays now!! Too many quiet ones.

[LHD]

POORCARDEALER said:

Me neither....however we dont open sundays now!! Too many quiet ones.

We're opening for Sundays in the registration months.

We've done 29 used and just hit the wall. New has been an utter disaster.

[POORCARDEALER]

LHD said:

POORCARDEALER said:

Me neither....however we dont open sundays now!! Too many quiet ones.

We're opening for Sundays in the registration months.

We've done 29 used and just hit the wall. New has been an utter disaster.

What franchise?

[LHD]

POORCARDEALER said:

LHD said:

POORCARDEALER said:

Me neither....however we dont open sundays now!! Too many quiet ones.

We're opening for Sundays in the registration months.

We've done 29 used and just hit the wall. New has been an utter disaster.

What franchise?

Jag.

[SubaruSteve]

markmullen said:

17 cars for £515,000 so far this month, it really is busy.

The clue is in the detail. Average sales price of 30K on, I am assuming, used stock? It paints a fairly predictable picture of the rich are less affected by the rising cost of living and are buying up stuff while it is at a good price? Or am I reading too much into it?

[POORCARDEALER]

LHD said:

POORCARDEALER said:

LHD said:

POORCARDEALER said:

Me neither....however we dont open sundays now!! Too many quiet ones.

We're opening for Sundays in the registration months.

We've done 29 used and just hit the wall. New has been an utter disaster.

What franchise?

Jag.

Do you think Jag are lacking a cheaper end car these days??

We have been very quiet this month, quality used stock is a nightmare at find at the right money

[LHD]

POORCARDEALER said:

LHD said:

POORCARDEALER said:

LHD said:

POORCARDEALER said:

Me neither....however we dont open sundays now!! Too many quiet ones.

We're opening for Sundays in the registration months.

We've done 29 used and just hit the wall. New has been an utter disaster.

What franchise?

Jag.

Do you think Jag are lacking a cheaper end car these days??

We have been very quiet this month, quality used stock is a nightmare at find at the right money

Totally.

Stuff at the closed auctions is selling for daft money (over retail in some cases)

We've take on a lot of non-franchise gear (sports cars, hot hatches) that do sell well but quality used Jag stock is almost impossible to buy at sensible money.

[After_Shock]

Autotrader Scam, anyone had this happened:

Suddenly started getting loads of calls from Autotrader today from customers on cars I dont have, took reg numbers etc then checked online and someone has uploaded about 10 cars to our site, Fiat 500 for £3990 and loads at ridiculous prices.

Also cleverly changed the footnote on the site to say we are busy and must E-mail direct on their E-mail address to get details about the car.

Causing no end of chew and hassle today.

[Zwolf]

markmullen said:

17 cars for £515,000 so far this month, it really is busy.

Turnover for vanity, profit for sanity.

So which is it?

[markmullen]

Zwolf said:

Turnover for vanity, profit for sanity.

So which is it?

£515k turnover, profit? Well I'm happy.

[Butter Face]

I did my first new of the month today!!





And my 17th used. Nice

[kentmotorcompany]

Zwolf said:

markmullen said:

17 cars for £515,000 so far this month, it really is busy.

Turnover for vanity, profit for sanity.

So which is it?

Deals for show. Handovers for dough.