Hi chaps!
New to the board but been a lurker for a little while - I'm just finalising getting a Mk7 GTD as my next car after a couple of test drives. I do around 20k a year, sticking around £2k down and then financing the rest over 36-48 months via PCP (in line with my company car allowance).
As I'm in need of changing pretty sharpish (within the next month) I've had a wide variety of quotes on 'nearly new' GTDs - most of which come in around the £500 a month mark due to the higher APR on used of 10.9% - 11.9%. However, I've noted recently that Windrush (think it's Slough) have a couple of pre-registered GTDs in stock which are available immediately, and have reasonable spec.
However, they were both registered in mid-November (17/11/2014 to be precise) and they have been static cars ever since. As such they can do a closer to finance for a new model of 7.6% APR and I get the added benefit of the 3 year / 30k service, which in my case would need to be done every 10k. Works out a little better at £450-£460 a month which is about perfect given my car allowance (plus considering the mileage which ramps monthly costs up). I'm being given around £7650 as GMFV for these cars based on 80k on them at the end of the agreement.
Has anyone else ever bought a pre-reg car? Should I be concerned that it was pre-reg'd in November and still hasn't been shifted? Seems a long time for a car to be sat there, especially given the 5 month wait I've been quoted by two VW dealerships for a new GTD order... What should I be battling for in terms of a decent finance rate from VWFS?
Any help greatly appreciated!
The cars in question are below - the more expensive having the Winter Pack which was one of my 'must haves'. Is there anything on these that is considered a must have option that isn't included?
http://www.windrush.co.uk/approvedused/details.htm?item_id=4777http://www.windrush.co.uk/approvedused/details.htm?item_id=4779