Need some advice!

[GTI-Newbie]

I am being offered an ex-demo Mk7 GTI and it has done about 3500 - 4000 miles and if brand new would cost about 29k. With that in mind what price do you think it's worth??

[Bill_the_Bear]

What is the spec?

I'd say £25k but I don't think we've seen any demos getting much off.  Due to the wait the dealers can shift them without any reduction.  It's a lot of money for a car driven by so many people with no reason to be nice to it though

[The Running Man]

It's likely to be worth not much off list right now, as Bill says regards the long build wait.  12-18 months from now the same scenario it would be 2-3k off list and then you haggle.  Difficult right now tbh as the dealers hold the cards, not the GTI buyers.

[GTI-Newbie]

Standard Mk7 GTI DSG with standard Sat Nav (Discover) and Park assist in TR colour.

[monkeyhanger]

Nothing lost in putting in a cheeky offer - they can only say no. If it's still there in a month i'd come back again, offer them £300 less. At the very least i'd want broker discount kind of money (£3500) off this if you really can't stand to join the queue. Come in at £4000 off, stating broker discounts and the fact that it is second hand. They will probably come back at you with the fact that it is available now. Settle on broker discount.

It's in the best colour  - did you want DSG, or just considering it because this demo has it? I personally wouldn't have DSG if it was a free option, if you don't like autos then you might well regret your purchase after a short while. Always make sure the car being offered is what you want, you may be wanting to jump the queue, but you'll probably have to live with the car upwards of 2 years.

[GTI-Newbie]

Nothing lost in putting in a cheeky offer - they can only say no. If it's still there in a month i'd come back again, offer them £300 less. At the very least i'd want broker discount kind of money (£3500) off this if you really can't stand to join the queue. Come in at £4000 off, stating broker discounts and the fact that it is second hand. They will probably come back at you with the fact that it is available now. Settle on broker discount.

It's in the best colour  - did you want DSG, or just considering it because this demo has it? I personally wouldn't have DSG if it was a free option, if you don't like autos then you might well regret your purchase after a short while. Always make sure the car being offered is what you want, you may be wanting to jump the queue, but you'll probably have to live with the car upwards of 2 years.

It's the minimum spec I would be happy with and I do prefer DSG over manual. I hate negotiating tho so i am just gonna tell'em how much I am willing to pay and if they aren't happy I am walking out.

[monkeyhanger]

Nothing lost in putting in a cheeky offer - they can only say no. If it's still there in a month i'd come back again, offer them £300 less. At the very least i'd want broker discount kind of money (£3500) off this if you really can't stand to join the queue. Come in at £4000 off, stating broker discounts and the fact that it is second hand. They will probably come back at you with the fact that it is available now. Settle on broker discount.

It's in the best colour  - did you want DSG, or just considering it because this demo has it? I personally wouldn't have DSG if it was a free option, if you don't like autos then you might well regret your purchase after a short while. Always make sure the car being offered is what you want, you may be wanting to jump the queue, but you'll probably have to live with the car upwards of 2 years.

It's the minimum spec I would be happy with and I do prefer DSG over manual. I hate negotiating tho so i am just gonna tell'em how much I am willing to pay and if they aren't happy I am walking out.

Leave them an "offer" and give them your phone number, then leave if they appear not to accept it there and then, giving them a few days to get back to you, and make it clear you won't pay a penny more than your offer. I really wouldn't be offereing any more than broker discounted price, but having a p/x to get shot of too does muddy the waters a little. Look to the cost to change - worst case being broker discount + WBAC.com valuation on your p/x. If they offer more p/x in lieu of lower discount but cost to change is the same then you might find that acceptable.

[AndyG]

Why are they offering a car to you if you have one on order?

[Andy_cs]

other thing to check is it original launch spec or MY2014 spec, I would guess launch spec will have value implications down the road so the price would have to be right

[monkeyhanger]

Why are they offering a car to you if you have one on order?

Might just be to make the customer "happy".

My dealer got in 3 GTD demos between 2 branches and offered me and mcmaddy first option on them (they had not been registered when we were offered them, so they would've been genuinely "new" for us), even though we had ours on order. I might've been tempted had they offered discount on the superfluous options that the demos arrived with (was not offered).