Buying the first car you see
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So you decide on a new motor and settle on a model/spec.
The first one you go to see is in top condition, the right colour combo, is top spec with all the toys, has full main dealer servicing, will come with a top spec after market warranty, below average milage which ties up with service history. Long test drive shows it to be good.
The dealer is prepared to sell at the price you want to pay.
The question is do you buy or carry on looking as your mantra is don't buy the first you see?
The first one you go to see is in top condition, the right colour combo, is top spec with all the toys, has full main dealer servicing, will come with a top spec after market warranty, below average milage which ties up with service history. Long test drive shows it to be good.
The dealer is prepared to sell at the price you want to pay.
The question is do you buy or carry on looking as your mantra is don't buy the first you see?
Do it! I've done it a few times.
Often it's the case, especially with the internet now, that you've done so much research and have so much knowledge that you only go and see one because you know to rule others out, for whatever reason.
So, my last 2 cars, I've bought the first (and therefore only) car I've gone to see - purely because I'd done so much research.
Often it's the case, especially with the internet now, that you've done so much research and have so much knowledge that you only go and see one because you know to rule others out, for whatever reason.
So, my last 2 cars, I've bought the first (and therefore only) car I've gone to see - purely because I'd done so much research.
Do you pick up the first can of beans on the shelf? Or do you rifle through them all until you've realised that the first one is the best you'll get and go back to it anyway? Sometimes what you want is right at the front 
Plus you might keep looking, find that the first one is the best, only to find that someone else has bought it in the meantime.
Plus you might keep looking, find that the first one is the best, only to find that someone else has bought it in the meantime.
TonyHetherington said:
Do it! I've done it a few times.
Often it's the case, especially with the internet now, that you've done so much research and have so much knowledge that you only go and see one because you know to rule others out, for whatever reason.
So, my last 2 cars, I've bought the first (and therefore only) car I've gone to see - purely because I'd done so much research.
Snap, 2 cars viewed, 2 cars boughtOften it's the case, especially with the internet now, that you've done so much research and have so much knowledge that you only go and see one because you know to rule others out, for whatever reason.
So, my last 2 cars, I've bought the first (and therefore only) car I've gone to see - purely because I'd done so much research.
I quite often buy the first I see. As someone else has said, you can do so much from home/work anyway that you basically know what else there is and which you prefer etc. You pick your favourite, go and see it before your least favourite (obviously) and if it is as you want it to be, you buy it.
I've done this with every car I've bought with only one exception (and in that case I made an offer on the first car which the seller refused). The last two acquisitions were bought online, sight unseen.
Not through any particular principle or prior intent (I do think it's best practice to view as many cars as possible) but I'm impatient and probably due to luck more than design, haven't been burnt yet. Although my cars aren't worth a huge amount of money and I would probably be more methodical if investing a really significant sum.
Not through any particular principle or prior intent (I do think it's best practice to view as many cars as possible) but I'm impatient and probably due to luck more than design, haven't been burnt yet. Although my cars aren't worth a huge amount of money and I would probably be more methodical if investing a really significant sum.
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