I nearly fainted! An Audi discount.
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Audi in Stratford must be struggling for business. Today they phoned me up to tell me my S4 needed a new front driveshaft at a total cost of £280 to which I simply replied "No" followed by "can't afford that, I'll do it myself".
10 minutes later they phoned me back to tell me they would do the labour half price and knock 10% off the part price coming out at £160...
Gone are the days when dealer labour charges and parts cost are non-negotiable then.
Also they gave me a 3.0TDi Quattro S-Line as a courtesy car, usually it's some s
tty A4 1.6.
10 minutes later they phoned me back to tell me they would do the labour half price and knock 10% off the part price coming out at £160...
Gone are the days when dealer labour charges and parts cost are non-negotiable then.
Also they gave me a 3.0TDi Quattro S-Line as a courtesy car, usually it's some s
tty A4 1.6. Nobody You Know said:
Audi in Stratford must be struggling for business. Today they phoned me up to tell me my S4 needed a new front driveshaft at a total cost of £280 to which I simply replied "No" followed by "can't afford that, I'll do it myself".
10 minutes later they phoned me back to tell me they would do the labour half price and knock 10% off the part price coming out at £160...
Gone are the days when dealer labour charges and parts cost are non-negotiable then.
Also they gave me a 3.0TDi Quattro S-Line as a courtesy car, usually it's some stty A4 1.6.
they'd already started pulling it to bits before they realised they hadn't asked you?10 minutes later they phoned me back to tell me they would do the labour half price and knock 10% off the part price coming out at £160...
Gone are the days when dealer labour charges and parts cost are non-negotiable then.
Also they gave me a 3.0TDi Quattro S-Line as a courtesy car, usually it's some s
tty A4 1.6. Nobody You Know said:
Audi in Stratford must be struggling for business. Today they phoned me up to tell me my S4 needed a new front driveshaft at a total cost of £280 to which I simply replied "No" followed by "can't afford that, I'll do it myself".
10 minutes later they phoned me back to tell me they would do the labour half price and knock 10% off the part price coming out at £160...
Gone are the days when dealer labour charges and parts cost are non-negotiable then.
Also they gave me a 3.0TDi Quattro S-Line as a courtesy car, usually it's some stty A4 1.6.
So £160 or are you doing it youself?10 minutes later they phoned me back to tell me they would do the labour half price and knock 10% off the part price coming out at £160...
Gone are the days when dealer labour charges and parts cost are non-negotiable then.
Also they gave me a 3.0TDi Quattro S-Line as a courtesy car, usually it's some s
tty A4 1.6. To be honest I knew the Driveshaft was on it's way out but was expecting a £500+ bill and was just burrying my head in the sand.
They phoned me this morning to tell me I could collect today and the bill for Driveshaft and Long Life service was only £278! More money knocked off because they couldn't sort out the ignition problem that it went in for.
To be honest with the prices and the courtesy car I cannot fault their service, very impressed.
They phoned me this morning to tell me I could collect today and the bill for Driveshaft and Long Life service was only £278! More money knocked off because they couldn't sort out the ignition problem that it went in for.
To be honest with the prices and the courtesy car I cannot fault their service, very impressed.
Raven Flyer said:
Used car prices are definitely going up though. A mate just got the asking price for his £20k Merc. He was expecting to sell at £18k. Sold in 2 weeks as well.
TVR Sagaris prices have gone bananas in the past few months.
Is it me, is there generally and air of optimism about again?
i was looking for a few weeks and the cars i was looking at were selling quickly, and as new ones were replacing them on autotrader they were going on at higher prices.. not sure if it's seasonal or just the dip at the start of theyear was unecisarily harshTVR Sagaris prices have gone bananas in the past few months.
Is it me, is there generally and air of optimism about again?
chr15b said:
i was looking for a few weeks and the cars i was looking at were selling quickly, and as new ones were replacing them on autotrader they were going on at higher prices.. not sure if it's seasonal or just the dip at the start of theyear was unecisarily harsh
Its not seasonal or whatever, this has happened because the market has experienced great change in the past few months, never has anything like this happened before.va1o said:
chr15b said:
i was looking for a few weeks and the cars i was looking at were selling quickly, and as new ones were replacing them on autotrader they were going on at higher prices.. not sure if it's seasonal or just the dip at the start of theyear was unecisarily harsh
Its not seasonal or whatever, this has happened because the market has experienced great change in the past few months, never has anything like this happened before.Everything is negotiable whether times are good or bad. Before I have any work done on my car I ring around at least 5 dealers and a number of independents and then dangle them under the nose of my local dealer.
This recently resulted in my first service on the R8 going from £700 to £365!
This recently resulted in my first service on the R8 going from £700 to £365!
va1o said:
chr15b said:
i was looking for a few weeks and the cars i was looking at were selling quickly, and as new ones were replacing them on autotrader they were going on at higher prices.. not sure if it's seasonal or just the dip at the start of theyear was unecisarily harsh
Its not seasonal or whatever, this has happened because the market has experienced great change in the past few months, never has anything like this happened before.just what we've not seen in the past is price adjustments quite as much as we have seen this year. so whilst i dont disagree that the changes are because of the economy issues, i dont think seasonal can be fully ruled out too.
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