ToonArmyMick
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Hi All,
My wife and I are in the process of replacing her 09 plate Hyundai i10, she's had it since brand new, full Hyundai service history and only 33k miles on it in nearly 8 years, it was bought as a second car which rarely gets used (as you can tell by the miles) and is still in outstanding condition.
So over the last couple of weekends we've been visiting different dealers looking at used cars in the 0-2.5 year old bracket, not with a specific car in mind, but just seeing what takes her fancy, her only requirement is something bigger (virtually every car out there lol) and something with a higher seating position (easier to get in/out as she has a dodgy back at times).
The cars weve looked at and test drove so far are;
* Mercedes B180 (too 'van' like apparently, lol)
* Ford Ecosport (felt cramped inside)
* Ford Kuga (too large)
* Vauxhall Mokka (didnt enjoy the test drive)
* Hyundai IX35 (too large)
* Nissan Juke (awful, just awful)
* Renault Captur (surprisingly nice to drive!)
So my wife has test drove all of the above over the last couple of weeks, and to both of our surprises the Renault Captur came out on top, so she's test drove a further two since and is intent on now getting one.
So, at a local dealer yesterday, we were ready to part ex. the i10 and go ahead and finance a 2016 Captur 1.5 Dci MediaNav (19k) until the salesman ruined it and lost out on his commission.
The car was advertised at £9,498. My wifes car was valued as a part ex. at just £600, I know the book value for 'average' is £1,400 and hers is above average, so that was annoyance #1 (at this point I knew I would'nt let my wife proceed unless there was some outstanding finance offer).
So we go into the showroom and crunch the numbers and all the sales patter started;
Cost of car £9,498 (-£600 trade in) = £8,898
24 month extended warranty for £30 a month (no thanks I'll buy my own)
£20 of fuel (no thanks, theres a fuel station next door to the dealership, i'll do it myself)
Breakdown cover £13 a month (no thanks, already covered)
Alloy wheel cover £12 a month (no thanks)
Scotch guard for the seats £8 a month (no thanks, the seat covers are removable and washable)
Tyre cover £11 a month (no thanks)
The salesman explained that we'd be one of the very few customers who opt to not take all of the above and tried to persuade us to take it (which I can understand, he's there to sell).
The quote for finance (without all of the add ons) was, drum roll....................
£232 a month! (over 5 years) total amount payable would have been £13,920 + The i10 trade in!
Needless to say we promptly left.
Dealer 2, about a mile down the road;
2015 (65 plate) Captur 1.5 Dci MediaNav (21k) for £9,088
We managed to get £1,500 for the i10 as a trade in, free 24 month warranty, no hard selling, no hassle, even managed to blag a set of mats and a full tank of diesel!
The quote for finance was;
£170 a month (over 4 years) total amount payable is £8,160 + The Hyundai trade in.
So my wife signed on the dotted line and collects the car this coming friday.
In a little over a mile we managed to save £5,760 and get £900 more for our trade in.
It just goes to show to shop around as theres still some really bad deals out there!
My wife and I are in the process of replacing her 09 plate Hyundai i10, she's had it since brand new, full Hyundai service history and only 33k miles on it in nearly 8 years, it was bought as a second car which rarely gets used (as you can tell by the miles) and is still in outstanding condition.
So over the last couple of weekends we've been visiting different dealers looking at used cars in the 0-2.5 year old bracket, not with a specific car in mind, but just seeing what takes her fancy, her only requirement is something bigger (virtually every car out there lol) and something with a higher seating position (easier to get in/out as she has a dodgy back at times).
The cars weve looked at and test drove so far are;
* Mercedes B180 (too 'van' like apparently, lol)
* Ford Ecosport (felt cramped inside)
* Ford Kuga (too large)
* Vauxhall Mokka (didnt enjoy the test drive)
* Hyundai IX35 (too large)
* Nissan Juke (awful, just awful)
* Renault Captur (surprisingly nice to drive!)
So my wife has test drove all of the above over the last couple of weeks, and to both of our surprises the Renault Captur came out on top, so she's test drove a further two since and is intent on now getting one.
So, at a local dealer yesterday, we were ready to part ex. the i10 and go ahead and finance a 2016 Captur 1.5 Dci MediaNav (19k) until the salesman ruined it and lost out on his commission.
The car was advertised at £9,498. My wifes car was valued as a part ex. at just £600, I know the book value for 'average' is £1,400 and hers is above average, so that was annoyance #1 (at this point I knew I would'nt let my wife proceed unless there was some outstanding finance offer).
So we go into the showroom and crunch the numbers and all the sales patter started;
Cost of car £9,498 (-£600 trade in) = £8,898
24 month extended warranty for £30 a month (no thanks I'll buy my own)
£20 of fuel (no thanks, theres a fuel station next door to the dealership, i'll do it myself)
Breakdown cover £13 a month (no thanks, already covered)
Alloy wheel cover £12 a month (no thanks)
Scotch guard for the seats £8 a month (no thanks, the seat covers are removable and washable)
Tyre cover £11 a month (no thanks)
The salesman explained that we'd be one of the very few customers who opt to not take all of the above and tried to persuade us to take it (which I can understand, he's there to sell).
The quote for finance (without all of the add ons) was, drum roll....................
£232 a month! (over 5 years) total amount payable would have been £13,920 + The i10 trade in!
Needless to say we promptly left.
Dealer 2, about a mile down the road;
2015 (65 plate) Captur 1.5 Dci MediaNav (21k) for £9,088
We managed to get £1,500 for the i10 as a trade in, free 24 month warranty, no hard selling, no hassle, even managed to blag a set of mats and a full tank of diesel!
The quote for finance was;
£170 a month (over 4 years) total amount payable is £8,160 + The Hyundai trade in.
So my wife signed on the dotted line and collects the car this coming friday.
In a little over a mile we managed to save £5,760 and get £900 more for our trade in.
It just goes to show to shop around as theres still some really bad deals out there!