I've been in the dealers today with my Golf. Having walked around the showroom looking at the swirled and water marked cars in the showroom and listening in to the bollox that the salesmen were spouting when trying to sell cars to people with not much idea, I dread the thought of buying another car.
I like having a nice car, but I really don't find the whole purchasing experience enjoyable at all.
I'm with you, Dubber. I really dislike the whole buying experience. When I bought my current car, I knew more about it than the dealer did. The salesman tried to sell me carpet mats, even though I told him they were part of the standard spec. (He didn't believe me, and had to check the brochure!). He then tried the hard sell on Autoglym Lifeshine, and seemed a little annoyed when I declined to take this at the over-inflated price VW charges. I wouldn't have had them apply it, even if it was free; much rather protect my car myself.
When the time comes to change, I'll consider the broker route, although at the moment, I'm happy with my mk6. It's been pretty much trouble-free, squeak and rattle-free, the paintwork looks great after I recently machine polished it, and apart from a very small number of stonechips that I've sorted with a Chipex kit, it looks as good as new.
