Direct from Ford Motor Company?
Discussion
penryar said:
Its not unknown for manufacturers to register their own cars to bump up their sales figures.
Bought a car years ago with the manufacturer down as first owner, came with 7 miles on the clock and number plates on the back seat.
More likely the above, highly unlikely to be press cars as they sell thousands of cars through this channel as ex Ford cars and release very few cars to the press in reality to the numbers they sell this way.Bought a car years ago with the manufacturer down as first owner, came with 7 miles on the clock and number plates on the back seat.
Ex rental cars will be registered to the rental firms so visible as such.
I'd buy one.
P_J_R said:
Matt UK said:
Looks like DtD will do you a brand spanker for £11,239 + met paint if you want it.
Unfortunately £10k is the absolute limit as Dad's paying for it!HellDiver said:
Ford Direct means they peel the Hertz stickers off, clean them, and send them to the dealers.
Same applies to Network Q where they sometimes peel the Avis stickers off and might run the Hoover over them, "polish" them with a wire wheel and send them to the dealers.
Yes that's what bothers me if I'm honest. Don't really want something that's been thrashed to within an inch of its life! Do Hertz etc not register them in their own names then?Same applies to Network Q where they sometimes peel the Avis stickers off and might run the Hoover over them, "polish" them with a wire wheel and send them to the dealers.
HellDiver said:
Same applies to Network Q where they sometimes peel the Avis stickers off and might run the Hoover over them, "polish" them with a wire wheel and send them to the dealers.
I think that most Network Q cars are ex Vauxhall Fleet, the majority of which are from the employee car scheme. I drive one at the moment. One of the main advantages is that you tend to get extra options included over the standard specs.We bought our Galaxy Ford Direct through a dealer in Derby as we couldnt get a new one in a decent timeframe due to a shortage of diesel engines, sight unseen, it turned up and was totally pristine and we couldnt fault the service, car has been great.
They arent hammered ex rentals as far as I know, ours was an ex Ford management car, I think Ford and other manufacturers have things going with other companies where they run a brand new one for a few months and then it gets put into the used chain, a neighbour gets a new Mondeo every few months and this I think is what he said was the reason, makes sense as not everyone can afford a brand new one, they need a decent supply to their used arm as well.
They do seem to prepare the cars well, ours had two new typres on the front, they hadnt been illegal but were under their prescribed depth.
They arent hammered ex rentals as far as I know, ours was an ex Ford management car, I think Ford and other manufacturers have things going with other companies where they run a brand new one for a few months and then it gets put into the used chain, a neighbour gets a new Mondeo every few months and this I think is what he said was the reason, makes sense as not everyone can afford a brand new one, they need a decent supply to their used arm as well.
They do seem to prepare the cars well, ours had two new typres on the front, they hadnt been illegal but were under their prescribed depth.
P_J_R said:
HellDiver said:
Ford Direct means they peel the Hertz stickers off, clean them, and send them to the dealers.
Same applies to Network Q where they sometimes peel the Avis stickers off and might run the Hoover over them, "polish" them with a wire wheel and send them to the dealers.
Yes that's what bothers me if I'm honest. Don't really want something that's been thrashed to within an inch of its life! Do Hertz etc not register them in their own names then?Same applies to Network Q where they sometimes peel the Avis stickers off and might run the Hoover over them, "polish" them with a wire wheel and send them to the dealers.
They are usually leased through a third party or on a buy-back scheme, so the name of the hire company itself will not appear on the V5, more than likely some vehicle management company.
Guessing this is from Hyams?
I've had good service from them previously and wouldn't hesitate to recommend. Quite a 'local garage' feel, not much in the way of haggling but knew the value of their stock and priced keenly at the time. Might be worth asking them to dig out the V5 and tell you who is on it.
Assuming I'm right, they've got a Sea Grey 1.6 Zetec for £9K instead - '10 plate on 20,549 miles. (GJ10***) Might be worth saving that £1K for the sake of 6K miles. Service intervals are every 12.5K, so you do want to take that into account (i.e. 14K should have just been done, 20K has one coming up).
I've had good service from them previously and wouldn't hesitate to recommend. Quite a 'local garage' feel, not much in the way of haggling but knew the value of their stock and priced keenly at the time. Might be worth asking them to dig out the V5 and tell you who is on it.
Assuming I'm right, they've got a Sea Grey 1.6 Zetec for £9K instead - '10 plate on 20,549 miles. (GJ10***) Might be worth saving that £1K for the sake of 6K miles. Service intervals are every 12.5K, so you do want to take that into account (i.e. 14K should have just been done, 20K has one coming up).
Edited by simion_levi on Tuesday 8th February 13:11
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