S_94 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 11, 2022 3:45 pm
Had a call from VW today. They offered me a chance to go in and have a 'consultation' with the sales teams regarding a new car. 7 months away from the Polo GTI being 4 years old.
They kept mentioning being in good equity which I was aware of due to the price of second hand cars. Part of me would like to upgrade to the new model but think I'll be holding out for the Cupra Urban Rebel.
The face lift model has grown on me though! Suppose it would be interesting to see what the offers would be.
A ‘consultation’ with a car sales team can be a dangerous thing to do unless you’re ready to change your car, as some sales people can be quite persuasive!
I’ve always really disliked the whole process of face to face car buying, with the sales person too-ing and fro-ing between you and their sales manager because they don’t have the authority to do the deal you want. Maybe that’s changed now with less discount generally available, although no doubt there are still deals to be done.
I had a ‘we want your car’ letter recently from the VW dealer I use, and that went straight into the recycling bin. Also, when I had my car serviced last month, I waited at the dealers while it was serviced (free coffee courtesy of the dealer) and the sales person I dealt with when I bought it came and had quite a lengthy chat about changing my car. I told them I wasn’t ready to change.
I think most dealers are very keen to get their hands on good quality, good condition used cars that they know they’ll be able to sell. With very long lead times on some new models (e.g. 18 months to 2 years on some performance Golfs
), there’s still a shortage of good part exchange vehicles for dealers to put on their forecourts.
The Cupra UrbanRebel is also on my shortlist for next time.