Buying a car during lockdown

Time is of the essence. Car finally packed up on Saturday night and I have replaced it with a new Dacia Sandero Stepway. Never thought I'd buy a new car but the price I got and the value for money that Dacia offer, it made sense. Knowing my luck I'll total the thing or have it stolen within a matter of weeks, but I'm expecting a fair upgrade in spec to what I'm used to.

Scrapping the old car on Friday, going to be a sad day, been a good 4 years and a good few scrapes and near misses.
You can't beat doing the new car thing at a dealer - one thing for certain there won't be anything ugly hiding. The only thing to watch (which won't apply to the OP) is any trade in shenanigans - new car dealers are not interested and give you bottom dollar

I ordered a new Land Rover between Christmas & New Year and the dealer would only offer me just under £12K for my pick up truck on the trade-in - a quick WBAC quote on New Years Day came out at £16,500 - kerching, they knocked off (as expected) a grand for little dings but still, over £3,500 better from them - as I saw someone else post here, second hand market is strong at the moment. It's always worth getting a baseline from WBAC
 
There’s more scams than ever going on in lockdown and if it doesn’t feel right then it probably isn’t right.
 
Just watching Salvage Hunters - Classic Cars. £20k for a Mk1 Fiesta S. The worlds gone fucking mad.

I stand corrected - sold for £24,250.......£24,2 fucking 50 for a Mk1 Fiesta. I wouldn't normally advocate buying a brand new car but a brand new base model Fiesta which will beat that Mk1 S in any way you consider is listed at £16,645
 
run it into the ground. Fancy cars are a pain in the arse. Always telling you off and beeping at you.
Good point. For anyone out there considering new, for fucks sake don't buy a Volvo, a mate asked me to move one from his drive, whilst he put his Mrs' car
in the garage. No key, just a fob, which after turning lights on and off finally opened, then I'm peering and pissing about trying to find how to start it, I finally find that, the dash lights up like a Christmas tree, something beeping away like crazy, and an auto box I've never seen the likes of. Then, after jerking and hopping like a bastard kangaroo with the beeping now at 500 decibels because of the fucking seat belt, I got to the road and he put the other car in.
I told him to put the Volvo back.
 

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