What sort of discount on a £39k pre-reg?

[Roofas]

As above, wife has seen a 3-series cab in the local showroom and was just wondering what sort of discount I should expect as it's a pre-reg, pretty much fully-loaded cab in the colour combo that she wants. It will be a straight cash deal.

TIA

[B16JUS]

Id want the usual discount plus a little more for having 1 owner.

Id be looking to pay £35k - 37k prob

[V8mate]

B16JUS said:

Id want the usual discount plus a little more for having 1 owner.

Id be looking to pay £35k - 37k prob

TBH, I don't see that happening. Assuming it's simply pre-reg, rather than having 1,000+ miles on the clock, if the OP gets more than £500 off he'd be doing well.

[Roofas]

That small a discount?! I was hoping for at least 5k off and an extra set of wheels or maybe I'm living in Lala Land...........

[B16JUS]

i agree £500 off for the 1 owner but surly you would haggle on any car to start with ?

[Victor McDade]

What the brand new list price of the car is minus 8- 10 % minus another 2-3% due to it being pre-reg.

[daemon]

V8mate said:

B16JUS said:

Id want the usual discount plus a little more for having 1 owner.

Id be looking to pay £35k - 37k prob

TBH, I don't see that happening. Assuming it's simply pre-reg, rather than having 1,000+ miles on the clock, if the OP gets more than £500 off he'd be doing well.

+1. That would be typical of any dealerships i've tried.

Thats why i often cant see the value in going for a pre-reg. You can get 8-10% off a new car anyway, often a pre-reg car has options you dont want (or hasnt options you do want), you cant benefit from the preferential finance rates on new cars (and cash injections from BMW), and its likely to have had a load of people driving it.

[daemon]

B16JUS said:

i agree £500 off for the 1 owner but surly you would haggle on any car to start with ?

Are we assuming the pre-reg car has a sticker price of £39K or that it had a £39K list price?

Edited by daemon on Friday 19th November 13:12

[V8mate]

daemon said:

B16JUS said:

i agree £500 off for the 1 owner but surly you would haggle on any car to start with ?

Are we assuming the pre-reg car has a sticker price of £39K or that it had a £39K list price?

I was in an MB showrom shortly after the new C-Class came out. They had a pre-reg for sale - zero miles as it was in the showroom. The model that it was, was £28k but with all the options they'd dressed it up with meant a sticker price of £38k. I asked what the overall discount was and they said £500.

[Roofas]

daemon said:

B16JUS said:

i agree £500 off for the 1 owner but surly you would haggle on any car to start with ?

Are we assuming the pre-reg car has a sticker price of £39K or that it had a £39K list price?

Edited by daemon on Friday 19th November 13:12

List is £44k and sticker price is £39k.

[V8mate]

Roofas said:

daemon said:

B16JUS said:

i agree £500 off for the 1 owner but surly you would haggle on any car to start with ?

Are we assuming the pre-reg car has a sticker price of £39K or that it had a £39K list price?

Edited by daemon on Friday 19th November 13:12

List is £44k and sticker price is £39k.

I might be wrong; but that looks like a discount.

Edited by V8mate on Friday 19th November 13:49

[daemon]

V8mate said:

Roofas said:

daemon said:

B16JUS said:

i agree £500 off for the 1 owner but surly you would haggle on any car to start with ?

Are we assuming the pre-reg car has a sticker price of £39K or that it had a £39K list price?

Edited by daemon on Friday 19th November 13:12

List is £44k and sticker price is £39k.

I might be wrong; but that looks like a discount.

Edited by V8mate on Friday 19th November 13:49

And its back to my point above, you should be able to get 8-10% off list price anyway, so that takes you back to around £39.5K - £40K anyway - and again, chances are the ex demo car has more options that the O/P wants anyway, so the O/P could probably get the exact car they want for the same price or less.

Edited by daemon on Friday 19th November 20:02

[Roofas]

V8mate said:

Roofas said:

daemon said:

B16JUS said:

i agree £500 off for the 1 owner but surly you would haggle on any car to start with ?

Are we assuming the pre-reg car has a sticker price of £39K or that it had a £39K list price?

Edited by daemon on Friday 19th November 13:12

List is £44k and sticker price is £39k.

I might be wrong; but that looks like a discount.

Edited by V8mate on Friday 19th November 13:49

Aye, but I WANT MORE!!

Anyone have an idea of how much play the Salesman would have on that price?

Edited by Roofas on Friday 19th November 15:33

[5678]

As others have said, I'll be surprised if you get more than £1k off it. More like a token gesture of £500 and a smile. If you don't buy it for that money then someone else will.

[Roofas]

Good thing I asked as I was going to offer £30k with a spare set of wheels thrown in. Oh my, now that would've been embarrassing.....

[daemon]

V8mate said:

Roofas said:

daemon said:

B16JUS said:

i agree £500 off for the 1 owner but surly you would haggle on any car to start with ?

Are we assuming the pre-reg car has a sticker price of £39K or that it had a £39K list price?

Edited by daemon on Friday 19th November 13:12

List is £44k and sticker price is £39k.

I might be wrong; but that looks like a discount.

Edited by V8mate on Friday 19th November 13:49

Its only a discount in the same was as buying a second hand pair of shoes as opposed to a new pair would be at a 'discount'.

You're not comparing like with like if comparing new to used, so its not a discount per se.

[daemon]

Roofas said:

V8mate said:

Roofas said:

daemon said:

B16JUS said:

i agree £500 off for the 1 owner but surly you would haggle on any car to start with ?

Are we assuming the pre-reg car has a sticker price of £39K or that it had a £39K list price?

Edited by daemon on Friday 19th November 13:12

List is £44k and sticker price is £39k.

I might be wrong; but that looks like a discount.

Edited by V8mate on Friday 19th November 13:49

Aye, but I WANT MORE!!

Anyone have an idea of how much play the Salesman would have on that price?

Edited by Roofas on Friday 19th November 15:33

Not much at all. Whats the exact model and spec you really want, as opposed to whats on this demo car?

[G-P]

Roofas said:

Good thing I asked as I was going to offer £30k with a spare set of wheels thrown in. Oh my, now that would've been embarrassing.....

What world do you live in? You wanted to pay 30k for a car that has a list of 44k and has already had 5k taken off for being a pre-reg. I suppose you would want 25k p/x for it after owning it for 3 years as well!

Edited by G-P on Friday 19th November 20:10

[Roofas]

G-P said:

Roofas said:

Good thing I asked as I was going to offer £30k with a spare set of wheels thrown in. Oh my, now that would've been embarrassing.....

What world do you live in? You wanted to pay 30k for a car that has a list of 44k and has already had 5k taken off for being a pre-reg. I suppose you would want 25k p/x for it after owning it for 3 years as well!

Edited by G-P on Friday 19th November 20:10

Now that's an idea...............

[robsti]

Roofas, I think you have never bought or even been in a BMW showroom if you think a 30%+ discount can be achieved!