Quickest purchase of car?

[StanleyT]

Went to showroom yesterday having previously told salesman my trade in, paramaters for new car, any offers on the table please advise before, any rearrangements please advise, funding etc and sent a couple of docs prior to visit.

I didn't need a test drive as the vehicle I was buying we have on work fleets anyway.

42 minutes from in showroom to payment and out with confirmation of order for a car of £xx, with £2k discount as they didn't realise my trade in had a rare option only 5% of those cars had that increased it's resale (neither did I so had nowt been said I'd have been none the wiser).

Not going to say the value, but they say that houses are the most expensive item you look at in the least time. Well I reckon our house was £xxx and we spent about six hours in total looking at it on three visits, so in terms of cash sppaffed / minute this car beats it.

[Butter Face]

I’ve had quicker, some people walk in, say ‘that one please’ and leave in 10 mins.

[av185]

Auctions are quicker still.

[Nickp82]

Butter Face said:

I’ve had quicker, some people walk in, say ‘that one please’ and leave in 10 mins.

When I started in car sales, that was known as a ‘Mexican’ as the customer walks in with their hands up

[Red 5]

Not bad going!

I once had a call from a mate, while I was still asleep on a day off.
He said he’d heard one side of a call describing a car, possibly for sale.

I asked him to get the number of the fella looking to sell.
I called him chatted briefly and agreed to buy it immediately.

All under 10mins, before I even got out of bed
I wasn’t even looking to buy a car at the time either!


However, it did take a while longer to complete, as we were 500 miles apart!

[Jamescrs]

I bought a Focus RS in far quicker time than that, I'd say under 20 minutes from walking into forecourt, meeting salesman doing deal and leaving. Collected about a week later.

First time I drove it or even got inside it was when I left the forecourt in it.

[joropug]

StanleyT said:

they didn't realise my trade in had a rare option only 5% of those cars had that increased it's resale (neither did I so had nowt been said I'd have been none the wiser).

Curious, what on earth was it ?

[StanleyT]

Diesel manual version of a Merc model - my buying garage had someone wanting to pay the odds. When I got the car 4 years ago I waited 5 months for a build slot (as that is what the wife wanted in terms of car - then she never sodding drove the thing in the end as she didn't like the seats)!

[OMITN]

5 minutes over WhatsApp while I was on the train home last night.

Haven't seen it yet. Only found out what colour it is today.

[Krikkit]

StanleyT said:

Not going to say the value, but they say that houses are the most expensive item you look at in the least time. Well I reckon our house was £xxx and we spent about six hours in total looking at it on three visits, so in terms of cash sppaffed / minute this car beats it.

Six hours?! We spent about 20 minutes in each of the pair we've bought beforehand.

[wiliferus]

A lot of these deals don’t involve the car being acquired...

This weekend, drove to a driveway dealer in the girlfriends car, have a walk around the car she was looking to buy. 15 minute test drive. 5 minute discussion about part exchange. Deal done, paperwork done.
1hr 10 mins from arriving in a Fiesta and leaving in a Mini.
Not bad going really.

[ScoobyChris]

My experience is it seems to be the salesman who wants to spend hours dragging out the whole process, dithering about the price (including the "need to run it past my manager" dance), showing me videos of cars having coatings applied, and trying to sell me finance and extras even when I've said from the outset I'm not interested.

Think my quickest sits at around 3 hours

Chris

[StanleyT]

Krikkit said:

Six hours?! We spent about 20 minutes in each of the pair we've bought beforehand.

Averaged 5 minutes per room and then perhaps about 15 minutes in each acre of the grounds when looking round the house, once her, once me, once both.