What Deals Are We Getting On MK6 GTI ?

[VWKev]

Verdict : For the love of god, buy now !

Kev, from reading back on the forum, you've been talking about getting a car since about April.

For the love of God, have you ordered yet? 

I know I said it before, but I got a discount of £1,945 in addition to the £2,000 scrappage deal.  Is that sort of thing not achievable now?  This was less than 2 weeks ago. 

Rolfe.

April ? Been well before that  So what does that work out as then Rolfe ? Around 8-9% ex scrappage ? As mentioned, around 7% is the highest, if you got 1-2% more ex scrappage then great especially from a dealer. Still achieveable ? Don't know to be honest, but going by the numbers some of the guys have left recently, then it doesnt seem to be and it seems you have had the best deal from a dealer by far.

Ordering tomorrow regardless of what happens. Still waiting on my client coming back from holiday which is tomorrow. Then if he cant do me a deal (which I highly doubt) then its off to the internet I go, but either way it will be done tomorrow.

[VWKev]

Why are the prices going up by 5% on 1st September???

I've been told 3.8% Not sure how accurate that is.

[neilgcal]

Is that just a VW increase or an extra tax??

[VWKev]

Is that just a VW increase or an extra tax??

VW price increase.

[Rolfe]

So what does that work out as then Rolfe ? Around 8-9% ex scrappage ? As mentioned, around 7% is the highest, if you got 1-2% more ex scrappage then great especially from a dealer.

I already gave the details, but here it is again.

5-door, DSG, ACC, Sunroof, Winter pack, Luxury pack, Flat tyre indicator.

List price £26,445
On the road for £22,500, with scrappage on R-reg Peugeot 306 GTi-6.

Total discount including scrappage £3,945, or 14.9%.
Ignoring the government half of the scrappage deal, £2,945 discount or 11.1%.
Discount over and above the entire scrappage deal, £1,945 or 7.4%.

I'm happy.   

Ordering tomorrow regardless of what happens. Still waiting on my client coming back from holiday which is tomorrow. Then if he cant do me a deal (which I highly doubt) then its off to the internet I go, but either way it will be done tomorrow.

You're in or near Glasgow, did you say? Or your client is?  Well, the dealer I got the above from is only about 20 miles from Glasgow.  They responded really well to me waving the then-current DealDrivers price at them, even though I wasn't being pushy about it.  I think if you've got the time, get your specs finalised, then, get your best internet quotes together and go to two or three dealers saying, well, I'm looking for a good deal and this is the sort of price I'm seeing offered.

By the way, Broadspeed offered me nothing on top of the statutory £2,000 scrappage deal, which was worse than the first dealer I went to (£500 extra discount offered).  However, they did offer a discount of £2,227 (8.4%) for the same specs if I didn't take the scrappage deal.  That would have been well worth following up for someone without a scrappage car - or for someone with a scrappage car in better nick and with lower mileage than mine.  (Wasn't worth it for me, obviously, even compared to the first dealer's £500 offer, as to better that I'd have had to realise more than £273 from the Peugeot, which wasn't necessarily a given, especially as it's now about 400 miles overdue for a service it would have needed if it wasn't going to be scrapped.)  I spoke to them on 7th July, so it could still be current.

Rolfe.

[VWKev]

So what does that work out as then Rolfe ? Around 8-9% ex scrappage ? As mentioned, around 7% is the highest, if you got 1-2% more ex scrappage then great especially from a dealer.

I already gave the details, but here it is again.

5-door, DSG, ACC, Sunroof, Winter pack, Luxury pack, Flat tyre indicator.

List price £26,445
On the road for £22,500, with scrappage on R-reg Peugeot 306 GTi-6.

Total discount including scrappage £3,945, or 14.9%.
Ignoring the government half of the scrappage deal, £2,945 discount or 11.1%.
Discount over and above the entire scrappage deal, £1,945 or 7.4%.

I'm happy.   

Ordering tomorrow regardless of what happens. Still waiting on my client coming back from holiday which is tomorrow. Then if he cant do me a deal (which I highly doubt) then its off to the internet I go, but either way it will be done tomorrow.

You're in or near Glasgow, did you say? Or your client is?  Well, the dealer I got the above from is only about 20 miles from Glasgow.  They responded really well to me waving the then-current DealDrivers price at them, even though I wasn't being pushy about it.  I think if you've got the time, get your specs finalised, then, get your best internet quotes together and go to two or three dealers saying, well, I'm looking for a good deal and this is the sort of price I'm seeing offered.

Rolfe.

Yep, I'm in Glasgow.

I've known what I want for a long time now, I have had prices and finance sorted for a while too.

Already done that Rolfe, no dealer I went to would entertain the internet prices, best discount I got was £1000 off the car and nothing off the extra's. Other local dealer told me to talk to my works client as their deal would be nothing like what he can offer me which Is why I waited the extra couple of weeks till he comes back from Holiday.

Which dealer was the one you went to ? I may give them a go if all else fails here. My problem is that when I know a conversation/deal/haggle is not to my liking I just end up walking away as I can't be bothered with them. I am offering them money, they are still making a profit, so why all the foreplay ? Its like meeting a girl/boy you like, you know you'll end up shagging so why all the small talk. I wanna know prices and if it doesnt match what I have in mind then I wont waste my time with it.

[neilgcal]

 Its like meeting a girl/boy you like, you know you'll end up shagging so why all the small talk.


     

[Rolfe]

Which dealer was the one you went to ? I may give them a go if all else fails here. My problem is that when I know a conversation/deal/haggle is not to my liking I just end up walking away as I can't be bothered with them. I am offering them money, they are still making a profit, so why all the foreplay ? Its like meeting a girl/boy you like, you know you'll end up shagging so why all the small talk. I wanna know prices and if it doesnt match what I have in mind then I wont waste my time with it.

These guys.

http://www.vwdealerships.co.uk/dealers/view.aspx?dl=5740&ty=1

I used to live only two miles from there.  My father bought a second-hand Polo from them some time in the 1980s, which my mother went on driving after he died.  Well-known local firm, used to be Ian Skelly's before metamorphosing into Verve.

I live about 25 miles away now, other side of the Pentlands, but I remembered they were there when I drove past on a trip to Glasgow at the end of June.  I had to go back on 7th July to take my mother to the eye clinic at Wishaw General, so I decided to call in on the way home and see what they could offer.  My main objective was to better the Edinburgh dealer's quote (Western Volkswagen) then go back and beat Western down further using that as leverage.

However, the salesman saw the DealDrivers price that I also had on the notes I'd taken with me.  I was entirely upfront and told him I knew that deal had gone, but said they were going to get back to me with their current best price.  He and another guy went into a huddle and came out with the £22,500 offer.  At that point, I just gave Western a courtesy call to thank them for the test drive and say I'd had a better price from Verve, because there was obviously no chance of an Embro city centre garage coming down that far.

They're easy to get to by road.  Just take the M8 out of Glasgow city centre as far as the Newhouse roundabout (not the one signposted to Newhouse, the next one, called "Newhouse"), and follow the signs for Peebles.  The only tricky bit is the five-way roundabout in Newmains village centre, but keep following Peebles (A721 I think).  Bogside is about two miles beyond that roundabout and the garage is obvious on your left, at a big roundabout.  Be ready to turn left into a concealed side road to access the forecourt.

Worth a try.  Just have your exact specs listed, and the other prices you've been offered or seen online, and see what happens.

Rolfe.

[VWKev]

Which dealer was the one you went to ? I may give them a go if all else fails here. My problem is that when I know a conversation/deal/haggle is not to my liking I just end up walking away as I can't be bothered with them. I am offering them money, they are still making a profit, so why all the foreplay ? Its like meeting a girl/boy you like, you know you'll end up shagging so why all the small talk. I wanna know prices and if it doesnt match what I have in mind then I wont waste my time with it.

These guys.

http://www.vwdealerships.co.uk/dealers/view.aspx?dl=5740&ty=1

I used to live only two miles from there.  My father bought a second-hand Polo from them some time in the 1980s, which my mother went on driving after he died.  Well-known local firm, used to be Ian Skelly's before metamorphosing into Verve.

I live about 25 miles away now, other side of the Pentlands, but I remembered they were there when I drove past on a trip to Glasgow at the end of June.  I had to go back on 7th July to take my mother to the eye clinic at Wishaw General, so I decided to call in on the way home and see what they could offer.  My main objective was to better the Edinburgh dealer's quote (Western Volkswagen) then go back and beat Western down further using that as leverage.

However, the salesman saw the DealDrivers price that I also had on the notes I'd taken with me.  I was entirely upfront and told him I knew that deal had gone, but said they were going to get back to me with their current best price.  He and another guy went into a huddle and came out with the £22,500 offer.  At that point, I just gave Western a courtesy call to thank them for the test drive and say I'd had a better price from Verve, because there was obviously no chance of an Embro city centre garage coming down that far.

They're easy to get to by road.  Just take the M8 out of Glasgow city centre as far as the Newhouse roundabout (not the one signposted to Newhouse, the next one, called "Newhouse"), and follow the signs for Peebles.  The only tricky bit is the five-way roundabout in Newmains village centre, but keep following Peebles (A721 I think).  Bogside is about two miles beyond that roundabout and the garage is obvious on your left, at a big roundabout.  Be ready to turn left into a concealed side road to access the forecourt.

Worth a try.  Just have your exact specs listed, and the other prices you've been offered or seen online, and see what happens.

Rolfe.

Thanks Rolfe.

[neilgcal]

What spec is it you are going to go for again Kev? I remember white, but thats about it.