Had to pop into my not so local dealership to get some work on my car again (yes they c0cked it up again). Anyway the last couple of times I have been in I have kept a keen eye out for the new GTi and was constantly being told that they cant get hold of any.
So much to my suprise as I walk in today and see a brand spanking new dark grey Gti sat on 17's!! Looked stunning I have to say. So much so that i had to sit down and talk prices, esp with my car going back in Sept. So after having a quick look through their finance deals I have to say I was a tad dissapointed.
Some of the PCP deals were a total rip off and was told by the salesman that it was impossible to calculate the APR from a flat rate (or more like he didnt want to tell me it). Anyway I worked out that they were working on a APR of about 11-14% over 5yrs with a 5k deposit and monthly payments of about £400.... and the funny bit is this was calculated for the R32 on the forecourt priced at £20k!!
So I sat down with the new car salesman and he pretty much came back with the same kind of figures +£70 per month. no discount offered what so ever!! After having enough of their arsey saleman i decided to go sit in the waiting area and have a quick look to see whats on offer on the net (thanks to mr blackberry)
Anyway I managed to find another cracking lease deal... 3+23 @ £269pm!! In short its basically almost half what VW would want and I also get to put the £4k in my back pocket. Seems like a no brainer to me and after speaking to the salesman he was gobsmacked. He said they could just about get hold of the cars never mind at that price... and would bite their arm off. So thats exactly what i did. Called them and they are sending details through to me tomorrow. I think I might be very close to placing an order... or should I wait for the R version
decisions decisions
