An acknowledgement of your offer by the looks of it, not their acceptance of it.
I didn't put that up to say that they accepted that offer, i put it up to prove their was a offers tab which was then followed up with a phone conversation.
Do you really think a dealer would put that up at £25980 and put a offers welcome on it and think "ye we'll only come down £100" GET A GRIP MATE.
I doubt they'd come down more than a grand unless the car hung around theirs for quite a while. £2k off the sticker price of a nearly new VW that generally takes 5-8 months to get a new one ordered, I don't think i'm the one that needs to get a grip.
You seem determined to scaremonger on people's expectations on p/x prices and private sale prices down the line. People can expect 85% of whatever the prevailing used VW forecourt sticker price is, if they p/x at a VW garage - always been the case for those that aren't complete suckers. That'll mean getting 55% of RRP on an R in p/x and still being able to negotiate a meaningful discount on the new one.
VWs are sold on the fact that their high price is mitigated by excellent residuals, if that's out the window then VW's business model is bust. People won't pay VW money for a car that depreciates like a Ford.
The GTD is a huge new seller and still has pretty stable GFVs, the diesel-gate issue might cause a short term wobble, but it's an example of high supply and high demand maintaining a solid used price.
