Did i do the right thing?

andyg · Post by **andyg** » Fri Jul 23, 2004 5:01 pm

Hey guys, lookin for advice here.

I called up a VW dealer regarding a GTi they had for sale, she said it had gone but had a look on their databse for the same model under different dealers. She found a similar car at a different dealers and basically wanted me to put a non-refundable deposit on the car of Â£600.00.

I told her i wanted to see the condition and to drive the vehicle before laying a deposit down, after which she proceeded to twist my arm on how i wasn't going to find a polo if i didn't do it this way. I politely declined and now in hindsight im wondering if i made a bad decision. She started to get pretty pushy towards the end of the call.

Did i do the wrong thing? I'm in two minds about it, Im of the opinion that you have to drive the car before making a decision on laying out 3 years of savings. What do you guys think?

cheers

nothin2lose · Post by **nothin2lose** » Fri Jul 23, 2004 5:22 pm

yeh man! u did the right thing that sounds kinda dodgy if they get pushy they always trying to skank u! u must see the car and drive it before u put any sort of deposit down!

metz · Post by **metz** » Fri Jul 23, 2004 7:19 pm

I'll sell u a brand new GTI...just send me a check for Â£600....

You wunt fall for it would ya so why are the stealers trying same game?
You did right thing!

GTi_Girl · Post by **GTi_Girl** » Sat Jul 24, 2004 5:12 pm

Dealers said the same thing to me when I was looking. nothing in Lincoln or surrounding area for at least 2 months.

Local VW garages told me they would get one sent from anotehr dealer but I would have to pay the Â£500 "deposit" if they did and the only reason I would be able to reject the car was if it was not in 100% pristine condition.

I was not prepared to do this and waited and waited. Eventually a car came up at a dealer approx 40 miles away and I travelled over to see it. It's perfect and now mine.

All I can say is I know how desperate you feel when you want a GTi and there's none around but wait and the right one will come up.

Also haggle with the dealers, I walked away twice from their deal and ended up getting Â£2K off forecourt price.

Buy at the end of the month this is when they are mosre desperate to meet their targets, and remember to ask to get MOT, Servie and RFL thrown in. I did!!!!

Happy hunting!!

hurricane · Post by **hurricane** » Sat Jul 24, 2004 6:17 pm

i have just done what gti girl says haggle and they will budge looked at loads take your time .,getting mine from a vw main dealer, x plate in red 12months mot and tax new mats and alloys refurbed .ALL at a bargan price not telling !!! .

TO be honest i had a deposit on a silver one but it had 55000 + on the clock and it had leather and sat nav in . The car had been on a private plate and was tranfered on to an x plate by the dvla by a mistake but i was told it was a y 01 thats the basic story . i had been waiting over a month now and still not sorted .the wheels where blitzed aswell and they wont sort them.so sod that one.

anyway now waiting on this red one (the colour i wanted first choice)
with much less miles .costing me less and with 12months warrenty also.

find a good one for your hard earned dosh !!!
haggle they are used to it !!
must have full service aswell !

sorry to go on

jay

pettsy · Post by **pettsy** » Sat Jul 24, 2004 7:24 pm

try this

http://www.vw.co.uk/used_cars

10 shown for sale in the uk

andyg · Post by **andyg** » Sun Jul 25, 2004 6:17 pm

Thanks for the replies guys

I'm just gonna be patient and keep looking, no rush to have it although it is frustrating calling and hearing "sorry mate, sold".

Oh yeh also, when i asked her if the car had had its pedal box replaced as per the recall she claimed there was no recall and that I had read the wrong information! Them dealers will do anything for a sale it seems

Prash · Post by **Prash** » Sun Jul 25, 2004 6:34 pm

pls someone get a red 1 !

Post by **Josh_PoloGTi** » Mon Jul 26, 2004 7:46 am

Why not just look on the www.vw.co.uk website and do a search for GTi's... Then go and visit a load of the dealers to view the cars...

It'll be cheaper than 600 quid to do that, surely!

andyg · Post by **andyg** » Mon Jul 26, 2004 8:51 am

Josh,

It was a VW dealer wanting me to put a 600 quid deposit on a car, because they wanted to buy it from another dealers. Obviously she wouldn't tell me which dealer it was so i could take a look at it

I'm a patient guy, i waited a while to get this cash saved up, so I dont mind waiting another couple of months to find the right motor.

thanks for the replies

pettsy · Post by **pettsy** » Tue Jul 27, 2004 3:27 pm

pettsy wrote: Try this

http://www.vw.co.uk/used_cars

10 shown for sale in the uk

Josh_PoloGTi wrote:Why not just look on the www.vw.co.uk website and do a search for GTi's... Then go and visit a load of the dealers to view the cars...

It'll be cheaper than 600 quid to do that, surely!