Drive The Deal - any good?
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As per title really - they can get me a new built-to-spec car for the same price as a one year old with 15k miles on it, which would seem like a no-brainer in terms of choice.
Can anyone positively recommend this outfit (or any others in the same game), or would you rather run a mile than deal with them?
Can anyone positively recommend this outfit (or any others in the same game), or would you rather run a mile than deal with them?
As much as it pains me to say it (I'm a Sales Manager for a car dealership) I haven't heard anything bad about them. As you can imagine I've been given print outs from every conceivable web based 'dealer' and DTD always seem to be the cheapest.
Give your local dealer a go though, print out the quote and take it in to them and ask what is the closest they can get to that figure. IMO it's worth a few hundred extra to have person to speak to face to face and a dealership open 7 days a week if there is an issue.
Give your local dealer a go though, print out the quote and take it in to them and ask what is the closest they can get to that figure. IMO it's worth a few hundred extra to have person to speak to face to face and a dealership open 7 days a week if there is an issue.
I used them for a Skoda Fabia VRS, and my Dad used them for a Audi S4, He managed a £5k saving with them, when no dealer locally would give him any discount at all.
Really easy to use and have been going a few years now.
My local Skoda dealer wouldnt budge on price, niether would the local Audi dealer despite showing them quotes.
You would have to be a fool to pay more money to go "face to face" when drive the deal put you through to a supplying dealer anyway, in my case Simpson Skoda who were fantastic.
The service from my local dealer was no different that if I had bought the car there as I serviced the car and had a warranty repair done.
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Really easy to use and have been going a few years now.
My local Skoda dealer wouldnt budge on price, niether would the local Audi dealer despite showing them quotes.
You would have to be a fool to pay more money to go "face to face" when drive the deal put you through to a supplying dealer anyway, in my case Simpson Skoda who were fantastic.
The service from my local dealer was no different that if I had bought the car there as I serviced the car and had a warranty repair done.
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Edited by nottyash on Wednesday 31st October 21:42
Edited by nottyash on Wednesday 31st October 21:43
rehab71 said:
As much as it pains me to say it (I'm a Sales Manager for a car dealership) I haven't heard anything bad about them. As you can imagine I've been given print outs from every conceivable web based 'dealer' and DTD always seem to be the cheapest.
Give your local dealer a go though, print out the quote and take it in to them and ask what is the closest they can get to that figure. IMO it's worth a few hundred extra to have person to speak to face to face and a dealership open 7 days a week if there is an issue.
Not to mention the convenience of p/x, assuming the numbers are fair.Give your local dealer a go though, print out the quote and take it in to them and ask what is the closest they can get to that figure. IMO it's worth a few hundred extra to have person to speak to face to face and a dealership open 7 days a week if there is an issue.
I bought a car a few years ago through DtD. Scarily easy - pick the car, tick the options. Job done.
The only thing I would say is that if you are thinking of going down the lease purchase route, the monthly payments were cheaper than a dealer but the balloon payment at the end was consequently higher. Not an issue if you are going to buy the car but if you are going to p/x it the amount of equity you'll have will be lower.
The only thing I would say is that if you are thinking of going down the lease purchase route, the monthly payments were cheaper than a dealer but the balloon payment at the end was consequently higher. Not an issue if you are going to buy the car but if you are going to p/x it the amount of equity you'll have will be lower.
How can you find out where the dealer who is supplying the car is from without committing to buy?
Found a good deal on a Hyundai i10, but the small print states that it is necessary to visit the supplying dealer to sign finance paperwork and obviously this could be anywhere in the UK!
Found a good deal on a Hyundai i10, but the small print states that it is necessary to visit the supplying dealer to sign finance paperwork and obviously this could be anywhere in the UK!
skahigh said:
You can't, otherwise you would just bypass DTD and go straight to the dealer.
Our finance paperwork was sent via email by the dealer and I signed and posted back with ID etc. which, they then returned.
Ah I get it - shame then as the small print specifically states in person - or might that vary as to what the supplying dealer is happy with?Our finance paperwork was sent via email by the dealer and I signed and posted back with ID etc. which, they then returned.
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