R Lease Deal

[Booth11]

There are going to be plenty of abused leaders out there. I think "privately owned, serviced on time and distance" might be a huge selling point on an R in a few years time. 

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Agree.  That'll bode well for me, purchasing the old fashioned way - cash  plus T & D servicing.  Just need to decide whether to order this November or leave it till March next year?  Decisions, decisions 

[monkeyhanger]

There are going to be plenty of abused leaders out there. I think "privately owned, serviced on time and distance" might be a huge selling point on an R in a few years time. 

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Agree.  That'll bode well for me, purchasing the old fashioned way - cash  plus T & D servicing.  Just need to decide whether to order this November or leave it till March next year?  Decisions, decisions 

If you want one for next March, ordering Nov may already be too late, if you want it next Sept then order next March/April.

[Poached]

There are going to be plenty of abused leaders out there. I think "privately owned, serviced on time and distance" might be a huge selling point on an R in a few years time. 

I agree. Personally, I would never buy a car that had been a lease vehicle. It's the same as buying from a car supermarket - 90% of those vehicles are lease/company car vehicles - and 90% of company car drivers don't give a toss about "their" car.

(Stats completely made up btw  )

I doubt many are driven with mechanical sympathy...full boost requests on a cold engine and so on.

I've never been to one of those supermarkets but I've heard the stock can be variable and the test drive is laughably short at some.

It wouldn't be my first choice.

[Booth11]

There are going to be plenty of abused leaders out there. I think "privately owned, serviced on time and distance" might be a huge selling point on an R in a few years time. 

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Agree.  That'll bode well for me, purchasing the old fashioned way - cash  plus T & D servicing.  Just need to decide whether to order this November or leave it till March next year?  Decisions, decisions 

If you want one for next March, ordering Nov may already be too late, if you want it next Sept then order next March/April.

Yes I know that.  I meant order next March for delivery Sept. 

My mk6 will be 3 years old next Sept and I bought it with the intention of changing it at 3 years for a mk7 R, having decided to pass on holding out for the mk7 GTI.  In any event I was always going to wait until Dynaudio was available on the R (confirmed from 3rd Nov), but I am in a position to order now should I wish to do so (the money's burning a hole in my pocket  ).  I am aware of the 5/6 month lead in time, which is nothing new.

I'm not in a particular rush and still enjoying my current car but shall ponder it further.   

[Mk1Macca]

Wow, that is cheap!

Right, someone help me figure this out, because I can't get my head around it.

I bought a pretty well specced GTD (ACC, winter pack, DN) for £27K on an agreed milage of 14K. I put £5K down (seemed to be the right amount) and pay £290 a month based on a 3.5/4 year deal. 3 years of servicing is included.

Did I do a stupid? Should I have just leased instead? A lot less down and lower monthlies? I have no intention of keeping the car at the end of the term and had planned to trade in for something new.

Seems financially, something like this would have been a better option??

[dubber36]

There are going to be plenty of abused leaders out there. I think "privately owned, serviced on time and distance" might be a huge selling point on an R in a few years time. 

I agree. Personally, I would never buy a car that had been a lease vehicle. It's the same as buying from a car supermarket - 90% of those vehicles are lease/company car vehicles - and 90% of company car drivers don't give a toss about "their" car.

(Stats completely made up btw  )

What's to say that some private buyers that only keep their car for a relatively short two years will be any different? The second hand car market is a minefield, even the so called 'Approved Used' one.

[matchboy]

What's to say that some private buyers that only keep their car for a relatively short two years will be any different? The second hand car market is a minefield, even the so called 'Approved Used' one.

Of course there will always be private buyers who don't look after their cars.  But in my experience, if you had one person with a flash car against another with the same flash car, but which is a company car, the private buyer will look after his far more - as its his car.  When I had company cars I still looked after them, but not as much as I do now - because it wasn't my car at the end of the day so give a sh!t 

[GolfTi]

What about car love?

Renting just ain't the same.

 

[Exonian]

I got in touch with Lee (evo1986) from the forums and he's given me a great deal! I just need to sort a few things out then I think I'll be going with Lee's deal.



Jim

Good to see Lee is still floating about and coming up with deals.
Top fella, no nonsense like a lot of car sales guys, he just gets on with it.

[Red R]

What about car love?

Renting just ain't the same.

 

I think you are right