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mini1380cc said:
This is the way for old folk with plenty disposable income. They say they don't, but they must have.
My uncle has had 4 brand new CRV's one after the other. They hit the first MOT, which in his head means it could be dangerous and unreliable.....why else would the dealer suddenly MOT it?
At that point its time to sell. The last one had less than 10k on it.
Each time he pays full price and each time they give him rock bottom trade-in for a car they sold 3 years before. Despite all of this he still cant even negotiate free mats.
Old folk and Honda are a great opportunity for car salesmen.
LOL Honda, the perfect pensioners choice!My uncle has had 4 brand new CRV's one after the other. They hit the first MOT, which in his head means it could be dangerous and unreliable.....why else would the dealer suddenly MOT it?
At that point its time to sell. The last one had less than 10k on it. Each time he pays full price and each time they give him rock bottom trade-in for a car they sold 3 years before. Despite all of this he still cant even negotiate free mats.
Old folk and Honda are a great opportunity for car salesmen.
Other halfs nan has an astra twin top 2008 model, she only buys vauxhalls because her husband used to work for them so gets a discount. She recently decides she needs a new car. I look at her old one, it has original tyres and 4600 miles on it in 5 years. That basicaly is a new car, whats worse is she has had it serviced twice a year at the local vauxhall stealers. I do wonder.....
Bonefish Blues said:
...and yet those nice people who come to the houses of the elderly to quote for vital house maintenance are vilified.
Funny old world eh
Get many door to door Car salesmen selling you 20 year old bangers for 20x their worth do you?Funny old world eh
Or are you like the rest of the world, where, shock horror, some people buy new cars because they want them??
No?
Gfs parents are like this. New s class and SUV (currently Honda CRV) every 3 years. Dunno why, guess they just like that for 3 years they don't have to worry about anything as its all under warranty ( I know you can extend these with some marques).
However, being an ex CEO, he's pretty adept at the old negotiating table. The dealers don't get off lightly I don't think.
However, being an ex CEO, he's pretty adept at the old negotiating table. The dealers don't get off lightly I don't think.
My retired father-in law had a late 2007 - 57-plate black Ford S-max. A well-kept car garaged every night and used mainly for shopping and occasional trips away hillwalking.
Owned from brand new, regularly waxed and serviced. Same Ford-dealer-serviced since new with 56K miles on the clock (last summer).
He was offered £1800 as a trade-in against a new Ford. Fact.
Owned from brand new, regularly waxed and serviced. Same Ford-dealer-serviced since new with 56K miles on the clock (last summer).
He was offered £1800 as a trade-in against a new Ford. Fact.
Edited by quiraing on Monday 10th June 21:24
Benmac said:
My FIL is one of these. In the time I've known him (circa 12 years he has had 11 cars. Does he do massive miles? Nope, about 5k a year. Does he chop and change due to a love of cars and a desire to have a selection of interesting things before he stops driving? Nope, each and every one has been some low spec diesel dullness.
What irks me (notwithstanding the huge waste of money) is that he as with someone else mentioned above is always claiming to be skint and the justification for the purchase of these vehicles is always that the new one does 0.257mpg more and/or that the old one was needing some expensive work doing like new tyres or brake pads. The best ever was the qashwai he bought ass he "needed" a 4x4 (he lives up a small hill that got a bit icy one day). Thing is when I had a look underneath it there was a distinct absence of a propshaft going to the rear. He is a dealer's wet dream.
My analysis is that he's much more interested in the plate than the car itself in terms of bragging fits at the bowls club as keeping up with the jones' is very very important to him.
That last bit, I maintain is the reason our second hand cars are cheap as chips. The number plate marks out their ages ( and seemingly whether you're a tight arse or doing well) in sharp focus. If our cars weren't so easy to date/age, second hand cars would cost more. I don't get it, for instance the MKII audi TT came out in 2006 was it? It's still with us today and if you had private plates on both of them you probably couldn't tell which one was 7 years old and which was a week old. Soon as you put the 06 plate on the old car people suddenly don't want to know.... It's poor mans.What irks me (notwithstanding the huge waste of money) is that he as with someone else mentioned above is always claiming to be skint and the justification for the purchase of these vehicles is always that the new one does 0.257mpg more and/or that the old one was needing some expensive work doing like new tyres or brake pads. The best ever was the qashwai he bought ass he "needed" a 4x4 (he lives up a small hill that got a bit icy one day). Thing is when I had a look underneath it there was a distinct absence of a propshaft going to the rear. He is a dealer's wet dream.
My analysis is that he's much more interested in the plate than the car itself in terms of bragging fits at the bowls club as keeping up with the jones' is very very important to him.
Butter Face said:
Bonefish Blues said:
...and yet those nice people who come to the houses of the elderly to quote for vital house maintenance are vilified.
Funny old world eh
Get many door to door Car salesmen selling you 20 year old bangers for 20x their worth do you?Funny old world eh
Or are you like the rest of the world, where, shock horror, some people buy new cars because they want them??
No?
mercfunder said:
yonex said:
Tyre cover, good 'ol car dealers looking after everyone's interests as ever 
It replaced 2 of mine at £300 odd quid each, so no complaints from me, still this is PH's so never miss an opportunity to act superior.ch108 said:
mercfunder said:
yonex said:
Tyre cover, good 'ol car dealers looking after everyone's interests as ever
It replaced 2 of mine at £300 odd quid each, so no complaints from me, still this is PH's so never miss an opportunity to act superior.vincevega said:
My old Dad’s car buying priorities are: good fuel consumption, it must be Mercedes, good fuel consumption, it must be automatic, and most importantly of all good fuel consumption.
So he always buys a diesel for the 6k a year he drives and then delights in telling us how the new car is achieving at least 2 mpg more than the old one forgetting the fact it costs him at least £15 grand to change every two to three years. In fact whenever I ask him how his getting on with his car the first thing he mentions is the amazing fuel economy and the £30 a year road tax.
And, he always gets talked into buying Supaguard, GAP insurance, tyre insurance, stop chip insurance, bird s
t insurance and whatever else the salesman can earn commission on.
We must be related. That is my dad too.So he always buys a diesel for the 6k a year he drives and then delights in telling us how the new car is achieving at least 2 mpg more than the old one forgetting the fact it costs him at least £15 grand to change every two to three years. In fact whenever I ask him how his getting on with his car the first thing he mentions is the amazing fuel economy and the £30 a year road tax.
And, he always gets talked into buying Supaguard, GAP insurance, tyre insurance, stop chip insurance, bird s
t insurance and whatever else the salesman can earn commission on.Mercedes, diesel (mostly), low miles. Iridium Silver every time...
Madness, I have stopped discussing cars with him because if it's not a Mercedes in silver then he has little interest.
Edited by texasjohn on Tuesday 11th June 09:22
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