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Model specific boards => Golf mk6 => Topic started by: p3eps on 20 December 2009, 18:20
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I've just been reading Auto Express...
I've read several threads on here with people wondering whether to wait a couple of weeks to get a 10 plate instead of a 59. Theres a wee bit about it in this weeks magazine.
"You'll recall the drop in values of used cars registered just before we changed from the Y prefix to the 51 plate. The same happened 20-odd years earlier, when we moved from suffix to a prefix.
I'm sure that we'll see something similar every 10 years under the current scheme. By 2012, a 59-ref car will be less desirable than one with reflects the current decade - ie a 60-reg."
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It depends how much you value that 2.5% VAT offer from VW.
It may cost an extra ~£700 for a 10 plate.
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I suppose I'm lucky that my dealer has agreed to pay half the VAT increase if my car is registered after March 1st.
Still means MY payment would be about £430 though!
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I would always wait a few weeks for the new plate depending on cost :smiley:, it helps the resell and makes you feel like you have a brand new car just that little bit longer..... still a few new number plate spotters out there to impress.
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i ordered mine in September and the dealer guesses it will be ready around March. i don't really want to cancel, so i'm praying that when it comes out it will actually be March or after so I get the new plate
the dealer did verbally agree if it was ready in the last week in Feb they would keep it and register it in March - i asked him if it was any earlier could he keep it for a while until March to register and he said no
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It depends how much you value that 2.5% VAT offer from VW.
It may cost an extra ~£700 for a 10 plate.
I'm pretty sure my dealer is not passing any VAT increase on to me, even after 1st March. Bear in mind I ordered my car on 29th August and I think a little sweetening is in order; they are also giving me £200 off the new car as a good will gesture for being so patient. If you have been waiting that long for your car I would insist that you don't pay the 2½% even after 1st March; if you are using a good dealer they won't argue about it.
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If you can tolerate the wait, do it!
Because people, in general are stupid, the prefix that relates to the year (I.e. 05, 06, 07, etc) is worth around £500 more than the 'Fifty' prefix, so the continuing logic would mean a '10' plate would be worth more than the '60'.
People find it hard to judge the age of cars, when the registration does not directly reference the year, apparently. :rolleyes: :nerd:
I've got no idea where I read/heard/saw this, but I owned a '57' plate at the time, so I remember listening intently!
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Would it not be worth considering a GT10 plate. eg GT1 0GLF £390 from the DVLA
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If you have been waiting that long for your car I would insist that you don't pay the 2½% even after 1st March; if you are using a good dealer they won't argue about it.
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Good dealer :grin:
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Would it not be worth considering a GT10 plate. eg GT1 0GLF £390 from the DVLA
This isn't a private plate thread... :rolleyes:
in short, '10' will be better than '59'.
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I've just been reading Auto Express...
I've read several threads on here with people wondering whether to wait a couple of weeks to get a 10 plate instead of a 59. Theres a wee bit about it in this weeks magazine.
"You'll recall the drop in values of used cars registered just before we changed from the Y prefix to the 51 plate. The same happened 20-odd years earlier, when we moved from suffix to a prefix.
I'm sure that we'll see something similar every 10 years under the current scheme. By 2012, a 59-ref car will be less desirable than one with reflects the current decade - ie a 60-reg."
VW have a price increase after Christmas this is above the VAT increase.
I will be ordering my GTI in January in the hope I can negotiate a good deal. I hope to get the GTI in the spring when the better weather arrives.
Reg dates don’t bother me I think the year is more important to be honest when a prospective buyer comes along when selling.