has anyone bought from 'big motoring world'?
Discussion
Alan9127 said:
They seem to get a steady supply of well priced and well specced cars. Seen a few I like but when you zoom in you start to see kerbed alloys and things. I suppose it depends on the car you are looking at. I’ve phoned about a couple over the last week and the sales people have been helpful and looked at the car for me. They told me about one that had bodywork repairs so naturally I left it.
I wouldn’t discount buying from them but perhaps the quality may be sacrificed compared to other examples elsewhere.
I think you're pretty much buying unprepared trade ins at a price between trade and retail.I wouldn’t discount buying from them but perhaps the quality may be sacrificed compared to other examples elsewhere.
That might suit some people, others it wont.
Not sure which side i'd fall on there, but if they had the right car at the right price i'd have a go.
I have
My understanding is that they buy cars in bulk at auction, tart them up a bit and flog them on.
Their sales practices are very pushy, you have to hand over details before you are even allowed onto the forecourt to look at the cars and the wideboy salesman are just interested in shifting the cars for as much as they can, their knowledge about the cars history is non existent as they rely on bulk turnover.
Their reviews online are to be taken with a pinch of salt, most of the bad ones are genuine as they usually mention an actual purchase and the good ones are often generic, i.e. written by their staff so fake. You can see it from a mile off 'Oh Big Motoring World is great, large stock of cars and salesman are awesome'. No actual specifics, just generic marketing talk so clearly not an actual customer.
My experience was poor.
Bought an E90 318D for £9k.
Seemed ok on the test drive.
Had it 4 days and the DMF went.
Their warranty didn't cover this as its wear and tear, they were not interested in helping me at all and quoted me £1200 for a new DMF + Clutch
The alloys were also fake, i.e. not genuine BMW but they buy at auction so not their fault as such but none the less.
There are umpteen horror stories online about them and I would guess they do have some cars which are absolutely fine but personally I would not touch them with a barge pole, I have met at leas 4 other people who have had bad experiences with them in one way or another and none who have had positive ones.
My understanding is that they buy cars in bulk at auction, tart them up a bit and flog them on.
Their sales practices are very pushy, you have to hand over details before you are even allowed onto the forecourt to look at the cars and the wideboy salesman are just interested in shifting the cars for as much as they can, their knowledge about the cars history is non existent as they rely on bulk turnover.
Their reviews online are to be taken with a pinch of salt, most of the bad ones are genuine as they usually mention an actual purchase and the good ones are often generic, i.e. written by their staff so fake. You can see it from a mile off 'Oh Big Motoring World is great, large stock of cars and salesman are awesome'. No actual specifics, just generic marketing talk so clearly not an actual customer.
My experience was poor.
Bought an E90 318D for £9k.
Seemed ok on the test drive.
Had it 4 days and the DMF went.
Their warranty didn't cover this as its wear and tear, they were not interested in helping me at all and quoted me £1200 for a new DMF + Clutch
The alloys were also fake, i.e. not genuine BMW but they buy at auction so not their fault as such but none the less.
There are umpteen horror stories online about them and I would guess they do have some cars which are absolutely fine but personally I would not touch them with a barge pole, I have met at leas 4 other people who have had bad experiences with them in one way or another and none who have had positive ones.
I think one positive I've used both them and cargiant for is to take a friend who is unclear on what they are looking for. If you're relatively local then being able to see lots of makes and types in one place is helpful. I have to say personally though I found it very much what you see is what you get. Things weren't really tarted up so scuffs and scratches are evidence of how a car had lived. Some ex fleet (some) does look as though it's been cared for and some well it's very much been a tool.
Wagonwheel555 said:
I have
My understanding is that they buy cars in bulk at auction, tart them up a bit and flog them on.
Their sales practices are very pushy, you have to hand over details before you are even allowed onto the forecourt to look at the cars and the wideboy salesman are just interested in shifting the cars for as much as they can, their knowledge about the cars history is non existent as they rely on bulk turnover.
Their reviews online are to be taken with a pinch of salt, most of the bad ones are genuine as they usually mention an actual purchase and the good ones are often generic, i.e. written by their staff so fake. You can see it from a mile off 'Oh Big Motoring World is great, large stock of cars and salesman are awesome'. No actual specifics, just generic marketing talk so clearly not an actual customer.
This. I bought from them and had an unpleasant experience and terrible after sales when I had a problem.My understanding is that they buy cars in bulk at auction, tart them up a bit and flog them on.
Their sales practices are very pushy, you have to hand over details before you are even allowed onto the forecourt to look at the cars and the wideboy salesman are just interested in shifting the cars for as much as they can, their knowledge about the cars history is non existent as they rely on bulk turnover.
Their reviews online are to be taken with a pinch of salt, most of the bad ones are genuine as they usually mention an actual purchase and the good ones are often generic, i.e. written by their staff so fake. You can see it from a mile off 'Oh Big Motoring World is great, large stock of cars and salesman are awesome'. No actual specifics, just generic marketing talk so clearly not an actual customer.
They had a terrible online reputation which they have managed to overcome by fake reviews (just read the generic reviews on auto trader).
Someone with no previous posts will be along soon to say how good they are.
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