Audi r8 Spyder
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Just to add to this, I've recently bought a gen 1 v10 privately. It was a decent price so took a gamble.
Arranging a ppi inspection with Audi sounded like it was going to be difficult, but they were happy to give me a summary and confirm it's service history tied up with what I had reviewed in its file.
Arranging a ppi inspection with Audi sounded like it was going to be difficult, but they were happy to give me a summary and confirm it's service history tied up with what I had reviewed in its file.
Envy stricken here. Future car for me with the blind hope of the optimist!!
One thing that has struck me from this thread is the need for PPI.
Is there a website where people that are buying great cars can lodge their PPI's to inform others of the report? Keep the dealers honest?
Congratulations. Enjoy.
One thing that has struck me from this thread is the need for PPI.
Is there a website where people that are buying great cars can lodge their PPI's to inform others of the report? Keep the dealers honest?
Congratulations. Enjoy.
Trophy Husband said:
Envy stricken here. Future car for me with the blind hope of the optimist!!
One thing that has struck me from this thread is the need for PPI.
Is there a website where people that are buying great cars can lodge their PPI's to inform others of the report? Keep the dealers honest?
Congratulations. Enjoy.
Not that I'm aware of. IMHO, rightly or wrongly, I would always get my own PPI for any exotic car I purchased regardless of whether there was a website with documented previous PPIs. Whilst that might be great in some respects, it won't cover the existing seller's time with the car.One thing that has struck me from this thread is the need for PPI.
Is there a website where people that are buying great cars can lodge their PPI's to inform others of the report? Keep the dealers honest?
Congratulations. Enjoy.
Buying an exotic car? Get your own PPI. Ideally with someone who is independent of the sale and is a specialist on the car you're purchasing. Unless of course you're loaded in which case purchase away
barriejames said:
Yeah i just called again and explained the situation!! I've been treated better when buying a pub meal I could buy a house up north for this dosh!! Lets hope its just coincidence as to be fair I've offered a little lower than screen price but not much and if I can't get a little I will likely pass and continue to wait or buy another make etc
I tried to buy a DB9 Manual in Navy / Cream (ideal spec) from these guys, was chasing them for, literally, weeks, then the car came to market and they sold it to someone else whilst I was arranging a PPI, the other buyer failed the credit check and it took them 3 further weeks to email me to see if I was interested, I thought if it is that hard for them to take my money I'd dread to think how difficult it would be trying to sort a claim, etc. Their loss.
I had similar when trying to buy a F430 from a dealer (not Romans, but same mentality) once. I had the audacity to suggest that I would like to get a PPI done on the car by Ferrari. Their response was basically to just keep repeating variations of "it's a lovely car" presumably in the hope that I would just take that as gospel and say "oh well if you say it's lovely then it must be". They too wouldn't return my calls.
Never really understood the mentality of dealers like that. If I was spending any reasonable amount of money I'd want to do my due diligence. What kind of customer, as in your case, takes a punt with £65k?
Regards PPI from main dealers - what I would say is, as with everything, that there is a PPI when they're looking to buy the car from you, and a PPI when you're buying it from them. They may will be the same document, but different emphasis would be applied. Like, when you're buying a car the fact it has tyres at 4mm is normal, but if you were chopping it in they'd be all "we'll need to change those for our Approved Used process, so we're gonna chip you down £X"...
I had similar when trying to buy a F430 from a dealer (not Romans, but same mentality) once. I had the audacity to suggest that I would like to get a PPI done on the car by Ferrari. Their response was basically to just keep repeating variations of "it's a lovely car" presumably in the hope that I would just take that as gospel and say "oh well if you say it's lovely then it must be". They too wouldn't return my calls.
Never really understood the mentality of dealers like that. If I was spending any reasonable amount of money I'd want to do my due diligence. What kind of customer, as in your case, takes a punt with £65k?
Regards PPI from main dealers - what I would say is, as with everything, that there is a PPI when they're looking to buy the car from you, and a PPI when you're buying it from them. They may will be the same document, but different emphasis would be applied. Like, when you're buying a car the fact it has tyres at 4mm is normal, but if you were chopping it in they'd be all "we'll need to change those for our Approved Used process, so we're gonna chip you down £X"...
Edited by Durzel on Wednesday 22 November 10:19
Yep they have you at every turn in some respects but I guess that's business the real scam I think is the paint and interior protection package pretty sure it was way over 500 I declined as I like to polish once in a while but as up I say their loss I think the owner would sack that sales guy on the spot if he knew how I had been handled with money to spend didn't even try and reach any compromise with me
barriejames said:
It was awful with Romans i offered 64k for a 65k car theyve had since july they declined but getting any response from them by phone or email was a nightmare. Audi West London called and emailed many times yesterday when the deal was being done so far top notch customer service
One of the dealers mentioned here are a joke. I'm very calm by nature, but once I called about a car for sale and the sales lady started arguing about standard vs optional spec. At first contact! Maybe caught her on a bad day, but if that's how they conduct themselves before they have your money, just imagine further contact once you've driven away.
barriejames said:
The search goes on deal is off as Audi checked the car and said it was a crock needs 7 k spending on it so they won't sell it on do buyers beware it will pop up somewhere
no way they advertised it before they'd done the prep work? did they say whats was wrong with it?thats a shame...... did seem a rather good deal at that price. ... If you are at all interested in a black with grey leather v10 manual spyder in top condition my father may put his up for sale soon as he is getting a bit old for it (75 next month). approx 35k miles but has had in the last 5000 miles, new clutch and flywheel, new disks and pads all round, new rear window mechanism and a few other bits totaling 7k spent...would be 60k ish...will have to confirm with him if he wants to sell...but just thought i would put it out there... red ones are crazy rare in any spec.
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