Ask a car salesman anything...anything at all.

[anonymous-user]

SO27 said:

It's different this time though. Back in March there was no deal in place and the prospect was just to crash out of the EU. This time there will be a deal, that's going to sail through in the next week or so. On 1st Feb we'll be in the transition phase where essentially nothing has changed.

The next deadline is at the end of 2020.

It's a withdrawal agreement that technically takes us out but leaves us under the same trade terms for 12 months whilst both sides negotiate a trade deal. In terms of the no deal cliff edge referred to, it has just pushed it back 12 months and we will potentially face all the same uncertainty prior to Feb 2021.

[TommoAE86]

Sorry if this has been asked but do franchise dealers care about the brand that comes to them via p/e? The car being replaced is a sorry for itself Fiat which has been an unloved workhorse, I'd rather set fire to it give it to WBAC etc for whatever they will give us for it once I've cleaned and serviced it. Car being bought is a Toyota.

[James_33]

amg master said:

Do you guys think cars will become more expensive when we leave the eu or do you think there will be a big crash in prices as seen in the big luxury car market?

I don't think it's in the manufacturers interests to make things more expensive for one of its biggest buyers of especially German cars, stand to be corrected?

[HTP99]

TommoAE86 said:

Sorry if this has been asked but do franchise dealers care about the brand that comes to them via p/e? The car being replaced is a sorry for itself Fiat which has been an unloved workhorse, I'd rather set fire to it give it to WBAC etc for whatever they will give us for it once I've cleaned and serviced it. Car being bought is a Toyota.

Most don't care, however I have had experience of people phoning us up asking if we will buy their car that is from the manufacturer that we represent as the dealer that they are buying their new car from doesn't want to take it in, however this tends to be BMW/MINI.

[Fast Bug]

James_33 said:

amg master said:

Do you guys think cars will become more expensive when we leave the eu or do you think there will be a big crash in prices as seen in the big luxury car market?

I don't think it's in the manufacturers interests to make things more expensive for one of its biggest buyers of especially German cars, stand to be corrected?

One way or the other the customer will pay for it, either via a higher list price or less discount. If there is an import tariff, it's a tax and they won't pay it. They don't pay the VAT for you, this will be exactly the same.

[Wooda80]

James_33 said:

I don't think it's in the manufacturers interests to make things more expensive for one of its biggest buyers of especially German cars, stand to be corrected?

Agreed. How much of any import tariff is passed on to the customer will be a balance between maintaining sales volume and maintaining profitability.

Of course almost every German manufacturer also has production facilities outside the EU in Asia, Russia, Africa, North and South America. If it was expedient ( although I doubt it would be in the case of cars ) they could always look to source more GB market production from those plants.

[evsky]

Ste372 said:

Anyone working for Honda able to tell me what the minimum deposit is for the 0% finance deals on a new jazz?

£0 minimum

[TommoAE86]

HTP99 said:

Most don't care, however I have had experience of people phoning us up asking if we will buy their car that is from the manufacturer that we represent as the dealer that they are buying their new car from doesn't want to take it in, however this tends to be BMW/MINI.

Thanks, will bear that in mind as a BMW is one of the options too.

[spreadsheet monkey]

HTP99 said:

the dealer that they are buying their new car from doesn't want to take it in, however this tends to be BMW/MINI.

Why are BMW and MINI viewed with such suspicion in the trade? I noticed this when I looked at the Car Sales Memes page on Facebook as well.

Is it because MINIs are unreliable and/or expensive to fix? Or because they attract "bad" owners?

[timmymagic73]

Thought I might as well post this here as it's car sales related.

I'm trying to do a good deed.... I sold a 2.5 year old car to WBAC which I then saw go through a BCA auction and come up for sale at a car supermarket online. Yes, I know I'm stalking it... :-)

It's first MOT was due on 20th October... but hasn't been done yet. I'm pretty sure it must have been sold by the trader as the advert disappeared from the internet and it was taxed for July - and is still taxed so I'm ruling out it being written off too.

Obviously this is none of my business and the new owner should check their documents! But I can imagine that as it was sold so close to the MOT there has been a mistake or miscommunication here with the assumption that the car would come with a year's MOT and this one slipped through the net...

Any thoughts? Forget about it could be one!

[PartOfTheProblem]

timmymagic73 said:

Thought I might as well post this here as it's car sales related.

I'm trying to do a good deed.... I sold a 2.5 year old car to WBAC which I then saw go through a BCA auction and come up for sale at a car supermarket online. Yes, I know I'm stalking it... :-)

It's first MOT was due on 20th October... but hasn't been done yet. I'm pretty sure it must have been sold by the trader as the advert disappeared from the internet and it was taxed for July - and is still taxed so I'm ruling out it being written off too.

Obviously this is none of my business and the new owner should check their documents! But I can imagine that as it was sold so close to the MOT there has been a mistake or miscommunication here with the assumption that the car would come with a year's MOT and this one slipped through the net...

Any thoughts? Forget about it could be one!

Frankly its none of your business any more, forget about it!

[shuzzy]

Appreciate this is only one side of the story, but if this even remotely resembles the chain of events, its truly shocking.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7qpUqwLS9o

[BrabusMog]

shuzzy said:

Appreciate this is only one side of the story, but if this even remotely resembles the chain of events, its truly shocking.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7qpUqwLS9o

40 mins video, any chance of some cliff notes as there's no way I am sitting through all of that lol

[Deerfoot]

BrabusMog said:

40 mins video, any chance of some cliff notes as there's no way I am sitting through all of that lol

As soon as the bloke said it was 30 mins of him gobbing off to the camera I lost interest..

[Lemming Train]

BrabusMog said:

shuzzy said:

Appreciate this is only one side of the story, but if this even remotely resembles the chain of events, its truly shocking.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7qpUqwLS9o

40 mins video, any chance of some cliff notes as there's no way I am sitting through all of that lol

I thought the same but it's actually a good watch.

[shuzzy]

BrabusMog said:

shuzzy said:

Appreciate this is only one side of the story, but if this even remotely resembles the chain of events, its truly shocking.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7qpUqwLS9o

40 mins video, any chance of some cliff notes as there's no way I am sitting through all of that lol

Too numerous to list, but after buying 2 cars, the service and attitude from Mclaren Manchester was appaling.

[jamoor]

Lemming Train said:

BrabusMog said:

shuzzy said:

Appreciate this is only one side of the story, but if this even remotely resembles the chain of events, its truly shocking.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7qpUqwLS9o

40 mins video, any chance of some cliff notes as there's no way I am sitting through all of that lol

I thought the same but it's actually a good watch.

Handbuilt british car in poor quality shocker.

He should have bought an LFA.

At 31:09 is the point the dealer doesn't want them as a customer and they just say everything is broken

Edited by jamoor on Wednesday 25th December 01:29

[quinny100]

timmymagic73 said:

Thought I might as well post this here as it's car sales related.

I'm trying to do a good deed.... I sold a 2.5 year old car to WBAC which I then saw go through a BCA auction and come up for sale at a car supermarket online. Yes, I know I'm stalking it... :-)

It's first MOT was due on 20th October... but hasn't been done yet. I'm pretty sure it must have been sold by the trader as the advert disappeared from the internet and it was taxed for July - and is still taxed so I'm ruling out it being written off too.

Obviously this is none of my business and the new owner should check their documents! But I can imagine that as it was sold so close to the MOT there has been a mistake or miscommunication here with the assumption that the car would come with a year's MOT and this one slipped through the net...

Any thoughts? Forget about it could be one!

Could it have been bought by a taxi driver? It would have a local authority taxi test rather than an MOT. Some LA’s will issue an MOT certificate if requested at an extra charge but there is no requirement to have one.

[Countdown]

jamoor said:

Lemming Train said:

BrabusMog said:

shuzzy said:

Appreciate this is only one side of the story, but if this even remotely resembles the chain of events, its truly shocking.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7qpUqwLS9o

40 mins video, any chance of some cliff notes as there's no way I am sitting through all of that lol

I thought the same but it's actually a good watch.

Handbuilt british car in poor quality shocker.

He should have bought an LFA.

At 31:09 is the point the dealer doesn't want them as a customer and they just say everything is broken

Edited by jamoor on Wednesday 25th December 01:29

I think he's got some fair points tbh.......

[lord trumpton]

The presenter really likes to milk the drama eh?

Whole thing could be done and dusted in 5 mins and far less laborious to boot. Fat bd