Payment before collection

[keelaw]

fair point, will defo have a good look around the car when i get it.  though an hour seems slightly OTT

[adw555]

I'd never pay before inspecting the car first....for my mk 5 I spent at least an hour going over it before paying by switch...same with the mk 6..only this time they said a cheque would be fine...but in both cases I took time to check it out first as much as I could..

though isn't that why you have a warranty?  anything wrong with it just take it back.

They are a bit like builders...once they have your money it's harder to get things sorted quickly and properly. If I'd found any issues, I'd have just walked away from the car as they didn't ask me for a deposit when I ordered mine 

Having said that, I've a mark 6 with an engine problem, in that it sometimes idles far too high. They hook it up to vagcom and it says all is fine....VW haven't heard of this before (standard answer). Now they want to take the car for a week and have someone drive about in it with a laptop connected..

...so check it out as much as you can before handing over your cash...hopefully it doesn't turn out to be a dog like mine 

[AlanH]

A week  Worth making a careful note of the mileage before and after. And check for signs of sand in the boot. Sounds like someone's looking for a cheap holiday car for a week 

[adw555]

Oh, there is no chance I'm leaving it with them for a week, for someone in the workshop to take home every night and rag the ass off it...to be honest, after 3 weeks of this nonsense and all the other issues I'd rather just try and get rid of it.

Going to ring the stealer today and see how much they will buy the car off me for....3 weeks old and 400 miles on it. They mentioned numerous times they have a waiting list for people wanting to order one so I'm sure they could shift the dog onto some other poor soul 

the mk 6 is a great car if you get a good one, but I should have kept my mk5 GTI or gone down the BMW route after all....ahhhh...

[AlanD]

I cant believe some dealers are taking a cheque and then letting you walk out with a 22k car !

[Radek]

How about a bank's cheque or debit card payment?

[adw555]

well, other members of the family have bought cars from the same stealer...so I guess they are trusting..

[gizzywizzy]

I paid for mine with a bankers draft, phoned bank the day before collection and popped in past on the morning of collection.  No problems at all and no embarrasing phone calls and having to give pass words and what the last use of your card was for etc.

[simonpolly]

I paid £22,000 on my debit card on the day i picked it up,no security checks or anything like that.

[DonnieDarko]

Oh, there is no chance I'm leaving it with them for a week, for some loon in the workshop to take home every night and rag the ass off it...to be honest, after 3 weeks of this nonsense and all the other issues I'd rather just try and get rid of it.

Going to ring the stealer today and see how much they will buy the car off me for....3 weeks old and 400 miles on it. They mentioned numerous times they have a waiting list for people wanting to order one so I'm sure they could shift the dog onto some other poor soul 

the mk 6 is a great car if you get a good one, but I should have kept my mk5 GTI or gone down the BMW route after all....ahhhh...

don't they do the 1,000 mile/ 1 month no questions exchange anymore? if it is a lemon they should do it anyway- don't take a trade price off them for a problem car