Drive the Deal

Skyenet · Post by **Skyenet** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 8:34 pm

Andy G wrote:I'd be scared of an ex-dem. Who know's which Se'ers may have test driven it

and had a close encounter with a kerb

Couldn't really say no to Graeme after that, not that I wanted to

boyner · Post by **boyner** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 12:05 pm

Well graeme has been on the blower to me a fair bit lately.. The only reason i was asking about that Drive the deal thing is that an identical car as the one graeme is trying to sell me is £1100 cheaper plus you deal directly with a main dealer anyway?!?!..

i know it's not huge money but it's still worth enquiring about..

cheers

boyner

Gareth · Post by **Gareth** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 12:37 pm

You want to be buying private...

boyner · Post by **boyner** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 12:40 pm

I know, it would make sense.. although i am struggling to find a Black, sport pack and A/C - they all seem to have the touring pack..?!?!?

cheers

boyner

Gareth · Post by **Gareth** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 12:49 pm

boyner wrote:I know, it would make sense.. although i am struggling to find a Black, sport pack and A/C - they all seem to have the touring pack..?!?!?

cheers

boyner

Sports pack or just harnesses? Does the twin oil cooler mean anything to you? It didn't me but I wanted harnesses for track. I still use the harnesses everyday but I'm only driving a mile to work.

If you want to save some cash, Ed from here is selling a black Exige.
OK, so it's a touring but you could maybe add the seats and harnesses later.

As a fellow SE'r, I'm just looking out for you. I've been there and paid far too much for cars only to loose £5K in 10 months by buying from a dealer.

If you are fixed on a black one with sports pack....good things come to those who wait. You could get a great private deal with winter approaching

There will be those with the Exige looking to upgrade to the Exige S

jj · Post by jj » Fri Oct 20, 2006 12:51 pm

Eds is great value as it does have the 12 months warranty left. Boring colour, but a good buy at the money

boyner · Post by **boyner** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 1:27 pm

I have spoken with ed re his car and my car but without going into details i think we both came to the conclsuion that a swap wasn't the best way to go.. ed?

Gareth - cheers bud, i appreciate the advice and if i were to go brand new i would be holding out for a very good deal..

cheers

boyner

Post by ed » Fri Oct 20, 2006 1:34 pm

yeah thats correct.

Not had 1 call about it and aint going any lower.

Gareth · Post by **Gareth** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 1:35 pm

ed wrote:
Not had 1 call about it and aint going any lower.

No competition there.....
Drink booze...you loose

Post by ed » Fri Oct 20, 2006 1:45 pm

too true!

Baggy · Post by **Baggy** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 10:30 pm

Dunno if this is still the subject.......we seem to have hit a big thread drift here...

Aaaaanyway. bought a car through drive the deal in jan & it was all absolutely fine.

You are basically buying off of a dealer....they only act as a broker (getting big discounts off of dealers by guaranteeing big order qtys).

we got our car trailered up, delivered to the door (aberdeen) absolutely no problem.

Ours was a vw & we saved about 3k on our car (compared to local vw dealer) & that was a on a poxy £15k car.

Dunno if you get the same % savings on loti (low vol) but be rest assured that all warranties & come back is as per dealer & there's none of the pre-registered nonsense.

they don't do trade ins tho.

good luck.

boyner · Post by **boyner** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 11:42 am

Baggy,

Cheers for your comments, i was hoping someone would say that as DtD it is quite a bit cheaper than MMC..

cheers

Boyner