What mileage would you expect when buying a brand new car?
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I would expect a factory order to have less than 20 miles on it at your collection. However, if its one from another showroom, and the salesman has told you it will be driven, add that into the deal. Its going to get miles! Sometimes its a lot cheaper to send a salesman to pick a car up (or a driver) than it is to transport it once the customer has tried to get every penny out the deal!
benzito said:
I think the term the dealers tend to use is "delivery miles" so I suppose anything up to 200 miles (for the UK) would still be regarded as a brand new car
Why? They should be delivering it on a car-transporter.Put it this way, I wouldn't buy a new pair of shoes that had been delivered by the salesman walking to the shop in them!
dave0010 said:
My friend got his new Astra from the dealer and It had 480 miles on the clock. I said he should question this but he just said they drove it from another branch.
To give that some perspective, someone could drive your mate's Astra from Ellesmere Port (where it was built) to Trafalgar Square and back again... and still only cover 414 miles.Some choice swear words and copious amounts of manly disapproval are in order.
FunBusMk2 said:
mrmr96 said:
They should be delivering it on a car-transporter.
A single unit on a car-transporter is both very expensive, and a logistical nightmare. All this eats into margins, and when the customer is screwing the dealer the money won't be there.(I'm thinking that if I order a new car it should be moved on transporter to the dealer, and I pick it up. So it should have PDI miles only. Not too much to ask?)
FunBusMk2 said:
Single car transporter would be cheaper than trying to get it moved on its own on an 11-car wagon and drag. But even still, £100-£200 isn't unusual for a Sprinter based transporter moving a single unit.
I don't think you understand me. Why would it be moved on it's own at all? A transporter (FULL) would drive from the factory to the dealer and carry my car that I had ordered, plus a load of others at the same time.dave0010 said:
Speaking to a few people who have brought brand new cars and it seems to vary the mileage there "Brand new cars" come with. They appear to be anything up top a few hundred miles.
Personally If I was buying a brand new come car I would wont it to come with single digit mileage on it.
Mine had 7Personally If I was buying a brand new come car I would wont it to come with single digit mileage on it.
FunBusMk2 said:
Sorry. Misunderstood. What I meant is, dealer has a car - another dealer wants it so arranges an inter dealer transfer. Invariably a little ar transporter will be used or, mileage put on it.
OK, I'm with you now. Right, if it's a brand new car to my spec then it should be single digit. But if it's another car that's in stock elsewhere then I would be prepared to be much more generous with the mileage I'd expect to see on it. It may have been on previous test drives and things. And if I'd asked a dealer to get it from another branch for me then you're right, I'd either accept that it would have to be driven across for me, or I'd have to pony up a bit more to cover the cost of moving it, afterall it's me asking for the car that's not here. I still stand by my "single digit" opinion for cars built to order.
FunBusMk2 said:
A single unit on a car-transporter is both very expensive, and a logistical nightmare. All this eats into margins, and when the customer is screwing the dealer the money won't be there.
Very true. It was far cheaper for me to fly up and collect our California (VW NOT Ferrari!!) and I got to check it over first.The insurance on car transporters sounded dodgy and there was no way some goon was going to put the first miles on it by driving it down! Enjoyed the 350 miles drive too.
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