Can ordering mid-plate effect future residuals?

[Jimble]

I'm waiting to order my GTD as I want a Sep 1st 63 plate reg

I've ordered mine already but don't want it till sept, i've told my dealer it had better not be used as a demo or we'll have big problems!!

Why do you want to wait until Sept 1st for delivery Jimble? Is it for the same reasons as my concerns? (i.e. that you want a 63 plate for kudos and better future residuals?)

Gaz

No mate, it's for financial reasons for me, my current finance will be cleared by then.

Were they agreeable to that!? Sounds a good idea but I hadn't thought it an option...

Yeah, didn't seem to be a problem tbh, i'm not sure how other dealers would feel about it though as i have quite a good relationship with the one i use.

[monkeyhanger]

For those that trade in every 2 or 3 years there is nothing really in it between getting now and getting at the new plate. My Scirocco is depreciating at the rate of approx £250 a month between years 2 and 3. The GTD/GTI will probably be doing the same at the same point in time after purchase. Prices between plates differ on a monthly basis rather on a 6-monthly basis. My June 2011 Roc is worth about £750 more than a March 2011 Roc that was on a brand new plate. Age between plates is far more relevant than it was on the annual plate changes when for the sake of a few weeks your car could look a year older than it actually was.

I think there's more Kudos to getting one of the first ones in the country (unless it's riddled with teething troubles) than getting a newer plated one - there will always be a newer plate, every 6 months of ownership. For me it's not worth hanging on for the new plate unless maybe your car isn't ready until  literally 4-6 weeks away from the new plate. If you're superstitious you might want to avoid the "13" plate. I have high hopes for my GTD. It seems that every other car I own gets clattered off someone very early in it's life. The current Scirocco was the latest victim of someone driving into a parked up bright blue car on a clear and sunny day, so this new GTD should hopefully survive unscathed.

[monkeyhanger]

I'm waiting to order my GTD as I want a Sep 1st 63 plate reg

I've ordered mine already but don't want it till sept, i've told my dealer it had better not be used as a demo or we'll have big problems!!

If it's hanging about in the dealership for a few months you can be pretty sure it'll be on display (you'll have saved them having to buy a display/demonstrator). It won't get used on the road, but you'll probably have plenty of curious dealership visitors looking it over and having a sit in it. Make sure they keep it out in the locked lot until you want it.

[dubber36]

I'm waiting to order my GTD as I want a Sep 1st 63 plate reg

I've ordered mine already but don't want it till sept, i've told my dealer it had better not be used as a demo or we'll have big problems!!

If it's hanging about in the dealership for a few months you can be pretty sure it'll be on display (you'll have saved them having to buy a display/demonstrator). It won't get used on the road, but you'll probably have plenty of curious dealership visitors looking it over and having a sit in it. Make sure they keep it out in the locked lot until you want it.

Doesn't stop zips and buckles tho'. Just get the thing as soon as it lands James. I'd even take mine with all the stickers and plastic still on it. The less time the dealers have got to damage it, the better

[Gryzor]

Far be it from me to interpret somebody else's financial situation, but I wouldn't have thought that a couple of months would make too much difference on the trade and purchase of a car worth £26,500.  Having said that, we all have boundaries and expectations, and I certainly stuck to mine, so...  Just not sure I could stand the wait knowing my car had landed and was potentially being oogled at and sampled by grubby mitts!

[monkeyhanger]

Most dealers give you a part-ex price based on you picking the car up as soon as it is available. In the instance of my 11 plate Roc, if the GTD was available early in June and I didn't want it until Sept, the dealership might be rightly pee'd off. That part-ex Roc would depreciate £750 in the "waiting" time and in the meantime the dealer has tied up money or credit against VW UK with the GTD by ordering it in well before it is wanted as well as having to ensure it's safekeeping in the meantime. Of course 3 years down the line your Sep 13 GTD is worth £750 more than your June 13 GTD. Have you gained anything at all?

If you are making your dealer wait to deliver your car, don't be surprised if he wants to renegotiate your part-ex price if he wasn't already aware of the intended delayed pick-up as part of the agreed deal.

Completely agree with Gryzor's comments above.

[Gryzor]

Good points too monkeyhanger, on newer cars the trade-in is affected a lot by the expected delivery time.  Either way, you end up losing the money somehow, somewhere along the line!

[Jimble]

He has agreed to it being delivered in sept and has agreed to stand on a very good trade in. If it has any more than about 5~7 miles on it i'll be kicking up a fuss and as far as condition goes it'll be checked over with a fine toothed comb!

Mines in for service and MOT next week so i'll ask about trading sooner but the difference in monthly payments might not add up.

[Gryzor]

Sounds like a plan Jimble, and in 6 months time none of it will matter

[GolfTi]

Jimble

Your dealer should ' manage' your order.

Anyone who orders after you and wants it before you gets it before you.

And why not? Better than having it delivererd in July and being a show car for 2 months....