2 New Abarths - Discount?

[irish boy]

The £199 is a settlement fee. Fairly standard.

Doesn't matter what the quote says as it is only a quote, it will have your address on the actual agreement.

Looks like a decent discount considering you are trading in as well…….

[Martin_M]

Thanks very much.

[HTP99]

The £199 extra will be the "option to purchase fee".

[Martin_M]

Thanks again. Will update if I go for it.

[MrsFallon]

Is it Research Garage?

Quite well known so wouldn't worry about dealing with them.

[Martin_M]

I wanted to buy from Research and Adam was very good but they didn't have what I was looking for in stock.

I've taken the plunge today with Meridien Milano and have no complaints so far. All going to plan, I pick up the car next Staurday (after a 7 hour drive to get there!).

Spec:

595 competizione
gara white (nice two tone colour from the pics)
tints
blue tooth
read leather sabelts
optional 17 inch white 5 petal alloys - much nicer than the standard wheels imo.
black abarth stickers on sides

Starting to get quite excited.

[loskie]

Get them to stand the trade cost of a vinyl wrap in the colour of your choice. Or you pay trade cost. Then everyone's happy

[Martin_M]

loskie said:

Get them to stand the trade cost of a vinyl wrap in the colour of your choice. Or you pay trade cost. Then everyone's happy

I don't understand that.

[Alucidnation]

You were lucky getting anything at all out of them, tighter than a nuns ****.

Westover are good to do a deal with usually.

[Martin_M]

Alucidnation said:

You were lucky getting anything at all out of them, tighter than a nuns ****.

Westover are good to do a deal with usually.

I was surprised myself - especially since I've now noticed the part leather seats as well. I guess I got lucky. Hope I like the car - certainly looks the part (imo of course) but will probably be a big change in terms of comofort for me. That said, I do very little miles due to commuting for a new job now.

[Rocksteadyeddie]

We had a 500 diesel which was painfully slow but reasonably economical. We chopped it in for a new 500C Abarth about 3 years ago and it has now covered about 34,000 miles. We get about 35mpg out of it and most of the time is spent nipping around locally. Pick up is slow in normal mode, but sport sorts that out and it goes pretty well. We get about 15,000 miles out of a set of front tyres and it's still on the original rears. Servicing at main dealer is pretty ridiculous - I was quoted as much as £600 for the 32,000 mile service including the lifelong spark plug change. Ignore them and get it done at your local garage. There's nothing that complicated about them. The gearbox is ok once you get used to it, but is pretty basic compared to a DCT or a normal auto. There was no manual option when we got ours or that would have been a better choice. All in all we like it for what it does. We haven't changed it mainly for the reason that I don't know what we would change it for.

[Hitch78]

Martin_M said:

Thanks guys.

The car is advertised in the showroom for over £20k and the finance quote shows £17300 so quite a discount for an unregistered 64 plate.

The numbers you provided on what you will pay to them (if you pay it all of course) added up to almost £21k - where's the deal in that? Is it in getting the car financed for four years? I presume they move the line between unit and finance to make it work.

Edited by Hitch78 on Saturday 6th September 04:49

[MrsFallon]

Rocksteadyeddie said:

We had a 500 diesel which was painfully slow but reasonably economical. We chopped it in for a new 500C Abarth about 3 years ago and it has now covered about 34,000 miles. We get about 35mpg out of it and most of the time is spent nipping around locally. Pick up is slow in normal mode, but sport sorts that out and it goes pretty well. We get about 15,000 miles out of a set of front tyres and it's still on the original rears. Servicing at main dealer is pretty ridiculous - I was quoted as much as £600 for the 32,000 mile service including the lifelong spark plug change. Ignore them and get it done at your local garage. There's nothing that complicated about them. The gearbox is ok once you get used to it, but is pretty basic compared to a DCT or a normal auto. There was no manual option when we got ours or that would have been a better choice. All in all we like it for what it does. We haven't changed it mainly for the reason that I don't know what we would change it for.

I don't understand Fiat's service costs to be honest. We had quotes for servicing a Twinair that were also not on this planet.

[Rocksteadyeddie]

MrsFallon said:

Rocksteadyeddie said:

We had a 500 diesel which was painfully slow but reasonably economical. We chopped it in for a new 500C Abarth about 3 years ago and it has now covered about 34,000 miles. We get about 35mpg out of it and most of the time is spent nipping around locally. Pick up is slow in normal mode, but sport sorts that out and it goes pretty well. We get about 15,000 miles out of a set of front tyres and it's still on the original rears. Servicing at main dealer is pretty ridiculous - I was quoted as much as £600 for the 32,000 mile service including the lifelong spark plug change. Ignore them and get it done at your local garage. There's nothing that complicated about them. The gearbox is ok once you get used to it, but is pretty basic compared to a DCT or a normal auto. There was no manual option when we got ours or that would have been a better choice. All in all we like it for what it does. We haven't changed it mainly for the reason that I don't know what we would change it for.

I don't understand Fiat's service costs to be honest. We had quotes for servicing a Twinair that were also not on this planet.

When I pointed out that they were more expensive than Range Rover, I was greeted with an Italian inspired shrug.

[Martin_M]

Hitch78 said:

Martin_M said:

Thanks guys.

The car is advertised in the showroom for over £20k and the finance quote shows £17300 so quite a discount for an unregistered 64 plate.

The numbers you provided on what you will pay to them (if you pay it all of course) added up to almost £21k - where's the deal in that? Is it in getting the car financed for four years? I presume they move the line between unit and finance to make it work.

Edited by Hitch78 on Saturday 6th September 04:49

Of the other finance quotes I've looked at, the total amount payable was significantly more than the cost of the vehicle. what I was offered for my p/x and the fact I'm paying less in finance than the car retails at struck me as a pretty good deal..unless I'm missing something of course...

[MrsFallon]

Is it pre-registered Martin?

[ORD]

Martin_M said:

Of the other finance quotes I've looked at, the total amount payable was significantly more than the cost of the vehicle. what I was offered for my p/x and the fact I'm paying less in finance than the car retails at struck me as a pretty good deal..unless I'm missing something of course...

You're missing that nobody would pay anything like the supposed retail price for an outright purchase. Discounts of 10-20% are possible on most new cars.

[Martin_M]

ORD said:

Martin_M said:

Of the other finance quotes I've looked at, the total amount payable was significantly more than the cost of the vehicle. what I was offered for my p/x and the fact I'm paying less in finance than the car retails at struck me as a pretty good deal..unless I'm missing something of course...

You're missing that nobody would pay anything like the supposed retail price for an outright purchase. Discounts of 10-20% are possible on most new cars.

I wasn't referring to those buying with cash - I was merely stating that I thought my particular deal was a good one given the significant discount and competitive finance. No other dealer that bothered to reply could get close.

Mrs Fallon - brand new :-)

Edited by Martin_M on Sunday 7th September 23:01

Edited by Martin_M on Sunday 7th September 23:04

[Martin_M]

Gutted - dealer has just called to advise that they don't have the Monza exhaust or accessory pack for the car yet.

Apparently it all arrives within a week of the dealer taking the delivery of the car but in this case, it's going to be delayed until next week because apparently the monzas are on back order.

Hate that feeling when you're all geared up for something and it doesn't go to plan.

The dealer sounded genuine enough but I find myself questioning why on earth Abarth don't send the parts that essentially make up the standard kit with the car in one go!

Bizarre!