Drive the Deal delivery

[Hobojim]

What are peoples thoughts on delivery from the dealer via a DTD order?

My dealer is in London and my car will be driven to West Yorkshire. Should I make the effort to get down to London from Glasgow to collect my car in person?

My concerns are what if the car arrives and its scratched? are they just going to say that's a hazard of having it delivered? or will I be able to refuse it? This will be difficult as for them to deliver you have to pay first!

Having some dweeb drive it, are they going to rag the tits off it (I would)? Am I going to end up with a lemon of an engine that drinks oil ?

[Ginge 35Edition]

Go and collect it and take a nice steady drive home, or let some hog booted delivery drive it like its stolen for the whole journey 

[SF-GTD]

I'm in the same position.  I've used Drive the Deal loads of times and this has meant the supplying dealer has been everywhere from Dundee to Kent.  I've always take advantage of this and made the journey to collect the car.  That way you can combine a couple of days away with the experience of a good drive in your new car.  It also avoid some random driver breaking your car in for you.

[CraigW]

I definitely wouldn't want someone else driving my new car for the first few hundred miles. You never know how they are going to treat it plus it could end up with stone chips and all sorts. Can you not pay extra to have it transported?

[titusrider]

Ive just ordered a new mark 7 through drive the deal, hopefully i get a London dealer too as that wont be far to go and get it! If i couldn't make a road trip from it id ask about them using a transporter for it, IMO

[hardmonkeys]

If it were me, I'd collect it!!

[Hawaii-Five-O]

@Hobojim I would make the effort and go and collect the car yourself. This is what I'm doing when mine arrives. I'm in Cheshire and I'll have go to Kent to pick up. I want to do this to avoid somebody else thrashing my new car [engine] and avoid any damage.

The other option is to "upgrade" and ask them to deliver on a flat bed truck (did this with my current car which was bought through an online broker). That way your car will arrive with just its delivery mileage. Be aware its normally filthy when it arrives which can make it hard to spot any potential marks, dings or swirls in the paintwork. But having it delivered to your door is a lot less hassle.

[Hobojim]

Cheers gents, ill make the effort to collect if I can. Transporter is not an option and they did make it very clear that it would be driven. There are lots of advantages to collecting it and only 1 advantage of having it delivered I suppose. Do you have to pay congestion charge to drive out of London?

[Hawaii-Five-O]

Cheers gents, ill make the effort to collect if I can. Transporter is not an option and they did make it very clear that it would be driven. There are lots of advantages to collecting it and only 1 advantage of having it delivered I suppose. Do you have to pay congestion charge to drive out of London?

Don't rule out the transporter completely Hobojim. Get a private quote and compare it to the costs of getting to London, staying overnight in a hotel and the petrol cost to get it back home. It'll be a tidy sum.

[Gryzor]

Yeah H5O is spot on, this one is really all about the numbers.  No chance I'd let somebody else drive my new car a few hundred miles, so it's down to cost-effectiveness of flat-bed vs collection, plus the hassle factor too.