no trade in discount

[jonny996]

Without giving to much away, whats the thoughts on how much I should expect off the sticker price of a car with no trade in.

It is a large petrol 4x4, 6 year old and retailing at £16000. The sticker price is ball park with rest

[Petrolize]

I'd hope for upwards of 1k discount.

[Thankyou4calling]

Offer £10,500 and see what happens.

[Kong]

jonny996 said:

Without giving to much away..

Why the need for secrecy?

I don't think its makes a big difference if you don't have a trade-in. About a grand sounds reasonable but you never know, some dealers won't even shift by a penny.

[daemon]

How is the car priced compared to other dealers cars?

I'd rather have £10 off a car priced at £16,000 rather than £1500 off the same car at £18,000.

[Skipraider]

daemon said:

How is the car priced compared to other dealers cars?

I'd rather have £10 off a car priced at £16,000 rather than £1500 off the same car at £18,000.

I'm going to guess that the sticker price is ball park with rest :-P

[kentmotorcompany]

daemon said:

How is the car priced compared to other dealers cars?

I'd rather have £10 off a car priced at £16,000 rather than £1500 off the same car at £18,000.

^^This.

If the car is already cheap the dealer might be very confident in giving you nothing off, knowing full well he will sell it at full price to someone else. On the other hand the car you are looking at might be easily available at lots of dealers for similar or less money, then you should get a decent deal.

A grand off is very very rare nowadays in my experience.

[LuS1fer]

With used cars, there are three factors - market value (irrelevant in a dead market that hates petrol engines), what he paid for it (likely to be way below market value) so relevant and how badly he wants to get rid of it. Check what's about and go in low.

[ewan221]

Kong said:

I don't think its makes a big difference if you don't have a trade-in. About a grand sounds reasonable but you never know, some dealers won't even shift by a penny.

This time last year I offered a local dealer £7800 for a Z3m roadster with a sticker price of £7995 and he would not budge a penny. Just checked and car still in his stock for sale at £7.5

[Harpo]

£300 saved to your next car Ewan!

[Kong]

ewan221 said:

Kong said:

I don't think its makes a big difference if you don't have a trade-in. About a grand sounds reasonable but you never know, some dealers won't even shift by a penny.

This time last year I offered a local dealer £7800 for a Z3m roadster with a sticker price of £7995 and he would not budge a penny. Just checked and car still in his stock for sale at £7.5

That dealer sounds like an idiot, £195 off is hardly an unfair offer.

I accept that dealers are there to make money and each car has a markup, but sometimes its better just to get the old stock moved on even if they only break even. Theres a few cars in the classifides which have been there over a year, imagine the depreciation sat on the forecourt!