Cargiant

[Simpo Two]

There haven't been any threads on this for a while so I thought I'd post anew.

Here's a page of S-Type Jaguars: www.cargiant.co.uk/Jaguar/S_Type/results-Jaguar-S_...

However I'm not sure if the prices are any better than yer average dealer. How do they compare, both in terms of price and also general service and attitude?

[Small Car]

I pointed a friend there and held his hand on some viewings / drives. In essence I found the prices very good and the attitude poor.

They were making it difficult to buy - for example one of the cars was mobility and they wanted us to buy the car, drive it away untaxed and sort out the change of the tax class with the DVLA ourselves before we could tax it. My mate was not willing to do this so we paid a little more elsewhere, with some service.

So in summary, if you have plenty of time and patience you can save some money, but otherwise go elsewhere.

[Fleckers]

not with a barge pole

[DaveL86]

Jesus it seems like Jags are 'free to a good home' nowadays, a fully loaded 3.0 Sport with low mileage for under £10k

[Noel]

I've been twice a few years apart. I can safely say the cars I saw were in awful condition.

Looking for a C-Max last year for my wife, prices were competitive but the 3 they had in our price range all looked like they'd been owned by Freddie Kruger - a phenomenal no.of scratches inside and out.

Wouldn't ever consider buying a car from them and would actively discourage anyone I knew from taking a trip down there.

[Simpo Two]

Interesting, thanks. I wonder if they specialise in poor examples or whether, if you go with an expert, there are good ones to be had?

I visited my local car auction last week and the week before. Although they only had one S-Type each time, each was absolutely immaculate. Mind you that's probably more to do with the seller than the action house I suspect.

[Sir Bagalot]

Noel said:

I've been twice a few years apart. I can safely say the cars I saw were in awful condition.

Looking for a C-Max last year for my wife, prices were competitive but the 3 they had in our price range all looked like they'd been owned by Freddie Kruger - a phenomenal no.of scratches inside and out.

Wouldn't ever consider buying a car from them and would actively discourage anyone I knew from taking a trip down there.

But isn't this a positive? Or would you prefer to see an example that has all the bad bits sorted and let you think it was owned by someone who really cared for the motor?

Car Giant are a high volume seller of cars, high turnover, low profit. If you want customer service then go elsewhere, but you'll pay more.

I bought my last one there and would be more than happy to return.