Unbelievable

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f1nn

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2,693 posts

193 months

Monday 10th June 2013
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Unforunately, I had reason to visit my Mother in law yesterday.

Upon leaving, she asked if I liked her new car. I looked round confused, as I could only see her Silver RAV4 with the stty vanity plate on it.

Obviously, she proceeded to tell me that her last RAV4 was knackered as it was old with too many miles, and would become unreliable, so the lovely guys at Toyoya had done her an amazing deal on a new car, identical to her old one.

The age and mileage of the car that was old and unreliable? 34 months old with 26.5k miles. I was speechless.

To be fair to the salesman, what a deal! It isn't even the new model, so they've flogged one of the run out models from stock, and looking at the figures, have well and truly, ahem, "protected margin".

One born every minute/fools and money etc etc!!!!!!

f1nn

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2,693 posts

193 months

Monday 10th June 2013
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Madness.

if people want to change cars just because they want a different car, I get that, but to change to an identical car that has less than her already low mileage car for the sole reason than it will be unreliable, and pay 14k plus an immaculate trade in? Bonkers.


f1nn

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2,693 posts

193 months

Friday 28th August 2015
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It's happened again!

The MIL's "old" RAV4 has just been replaced by a new one, she works part time now, and the mileage of her trade in...9.5K.

In her own words "I don't really like the new RAV4, but my old one was getting to the stage where it would likely have problems (9.5k old let me remind you) and David at the dealer has done me a really good deal"

It would transpire that the really good deal was what I'd consider a reasonable trade in against a new car sold at full list price, delivered a week before the new registration came out.

stroll on!