DTD offers

[legin]

According to my dealer I wont get the Drive the deal offer as there is no allocation on GTD,s whatever that means. Currently looks to be 12% discount but would it materialise ? Is it my dealer blagging.

[Jimble]

Is your dealer the one that DTD put you in touch with or a local? If it's a local take no notice cos they're just trying to make you buy from them.

[Thornster]

99% likely just a Blag.

One really easy way to find out - just give DTD a call, or place an enquiry and await the call-back.

[Bill_the_Bear]

According to my dealer I wont get the Drive the deal offer as there is no allocation on GTD,s whatever that means. Currently looks to be 12% discount but would it materialise ? Is it my dealer blagging.

If they mean that they have no remaining allocation of GTDs then that isn't relevant.  If they. Mean DTD has no allocation then they are talking crap.  The broker doesn't have allocation, they just put you in touch with a dealer with allocation.

I suppose they could mean there is no dealer anywhere in the country with remaining allocation.  Somehow I doubt they would be able to know this even if it is true, which seems a bit unlikely unless the car has sold out for the entire of next year or something!

[legin]

OK thanks chaps and yes its my local dealer scaremongering which is what I expected.

[monkeyhanger]

Yes, give DTD a call - they don't charge you to talk to them. If you have a part ex that you want rid of then that can complicate things going the broker route (more so if the car you want to trade isn't a VW or VAG car).

Sometimes the dealer can meet you halfway and give you a far better p/x.

Count on the DTD price and assume WBAC.com valuation on your part ex, then see if the cost to change is higher with the local dealer and try to get them to meet you at same cost to change (they will probably be offering you significantly more p/x than the WBAC.com valuation if it is a car that they wouldn't mind selling on their used forecourts).

Example.

1. DTD offer you £3500 off your new car and WBAC.com offer you £12k for your part ex.

2. Local dealer offer you £1500 off your new car and £14k for your part ex.

Same cost to change for both scenarios. If there is no p/x in the equation, don't mess about with the dealer any more, get onto DTD.