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Title: dealer minimum part ex?
Post by: mellow yellow on 13 December 2011, 14:34
if a dealer offers a minimum part ex of £3k against a new car, can my dad use my car to part ex in for a new one for himself? mine is reg to me and the brand spanker will be reg to him??

the idea is i get his old car out of the deal.

anyone know if this is possible?
Title: Re: dealer minimum part ex?
Post by: Sam on 13 December 2011, 14:36
Buy the car for your dad, then upon receival transfer the owner details to him?
Title: Re: dealer minimum part ex?
Post by: Bellend on 13 December 2011, 14:44
Buy the car for your dad, then upon receival transfer the owner details to him?

Or just transfer your car to his name?

Either option will work but transferring the new car means anothere registered keeper.
Title: Re: dealer minimum part ex?
Post by: mellow yellow on 13 December 2011, 14:54
Buy the car for your dad, then upon receival transfer the owner details to him?

Or just transfer your car to his name?

Either option will work but transferring the new car means anothere registered keeper.
true to this and i doubt i would pass the credit check for the finance....

i wasnt sure if my dad would have to have been the registered keeper of mine for x amount of months to prevent him buying a scrapper for £50.00 (which is effectively what he is doing) and getting £3k for it as trade in?
Title: Re: dealer minimum part ex?
Post by: T_J_G on 13 December 2011, 14:57
Yeh think you have to have been registered keeper for x amount of time.
Title: Re: dealer minimum part ex?
Post by: dubber36 on 13 December 2011, 15:23
What car is he getting? There are lots of heavily discounted new cars out there, so you could probably get £3000 off the list price of a new one without having to px anything.

Go onto http://www.drivethedeal.com/ and see what you can get the car he's after for.
Title: Re: dealer minimum part ex?
Post by: barrym381 on 13 December 2011, 16:26
Yeh think you have to have been registered keeper for x amount of time.
am sure its 12months might be wrong though :smiley:
Title: Re: dealer minimum part ex?
Post by: RandomJord on 13 December 2011, 17:45
Remember the keeper is not the owner. Just make an invoice
Title: Re: dealer minimum part ex?
Post by: dom on 13 December 2011, 18:06
if a dealer offers a minimum part ex of £3k against a new car, can my dad use my car to part ex in for a new one for himself? mine is reg to me and the brand spanker will be reg to him??

the idea is i get his old car out of the deal.

anyone know if this is possible?

I thought your car was currently not roadworthy?
Title: Re: dealer minimum part ex?
Post by: whiter_than_white on 13 December 2011, 20:44
we get this quite a lot where i work, all you need to do is write and sign a letter stating that you are the owner of the vehicle and that you give your father permission to trade it in  :smiley:
Title: Re: dealer minimum part ex?
Post by: mellow yellow on 14 December 2011, 08:54
if a dealer offers a minimum part ex of £3k against a new car, can my dad use my car to part ex in for a new one for himself? mine is reg to me and the brand spanker will be reg to him??

the idea is i get his old car out of the deal.

anyone know if this is possible?

I thought your car was currently not roadworthy?

Its not Dom, its in the garage at the moment being checked over, the idea is if it doesnt cost too much to repair i'll get it sorted and trade it in for my dad.

if its gonna cost a fair bit i'll break what i can from it and scrap the rest and buy a cheap run around for work.

we get this quite a lot where i work, all you need to do is write and sign a letter stating that you are the owner of the vehicle and that you give your father permission to trade it in  :smiley:

nice one, so it is possible  :smiley: where do you work? is it common for all dealers to do this?
Title: Re: dealer minimum part ex?
Post by: whiter_than_white on 14 December 2011, 18:31
i work for fords of winsford, we're a car supermarket, i would have thought any dealer should do this as many people trade their husband/wife's car against a new one, even though its not in there name
Title: Re: dealer minimum part ex?
Post by: shepgti on 15 December 2011, 09:09
Just remember that dealerships are desperate to sell new cars!
Title: Re: dealer minimum part ex?
Post by: dubber36 on 15 December 2011, 09:47
What car is he getting? There are lots of heavily discounted new cars out there, so you could probably get £3000 off the list price of a new one without having to px anything.

Go onto http://www.drivethedeal.com/ and see what you can get the car he's after for.


Was this of no help then?
Title: Re: dealer minimum part ex?
Post by: RandomJord on 15 December 2011, 09:52
What car is he getting? There are lots of heavily discounted new cars out there, so you could probably get £3000 off the list price of a new one without having to px anything.

Go onto http://www.drivethedeal.com/ and see what you can get the car he's after for.


Was this of no help then?

It should be, drive the deal is always excellent to use when bargaining, print off the details of the car you're after an take it along. when they say theyve put their best deal on the table, whip it out!