Possible switch to a GTI

[Booth11]

Ah yes, wasn't too sure if drivethedeal allowed part-ex once you are through to the dealer - guess not due to the volume!

Its not that 'don't allow' it as such - its just that in practise the deal they set you up with the supplying VW dealer is fixed on the basis of the new car supply price only. So once you are in contact with the dealer they can either decline to purchase your old car or offer you a derogatory price.

Yes this is the case. It's down to the supplying dealership to decide. My broker dealer, JCB Medway, said they could give give me a price for my old car (Mk6) but given they've already made the sale on the new car with a hefty discount via the broker (DTD), you can see that you're not likely to be offered the best price on old. I didn't bother getting a price in the end but instead chose to sell privately.  Ended up selling to another enthusiast on here. Didn't even advertise the car officially.

Decent price via private sale, great discount via DTD broker. Win, win!

[ffrank]

Ah, thanks both - I'll ask around through carwow and DTD for sure.

Interesting you sold your previous GTI here Booth - I remember it was a rather special GTI, so might be less likely for me with everyone on here being of DTD ilk when it comes to more "bog standard" MK7's, but no harm in a post I suppose if I do end up going private!

Waiting on offers from 4 more dealers now so will be interesting to see.

[Booth11]

Ah, thanks both - I'll ask around through carwow and DTD for sure.

Interesting you sold your previous GTI here Booth - I remember it was a rather special GTI, so might be less likely for me with everyone on here being of DTD ilk when it comes to more "bog standard" MK7's, but no harm in a post I suppose if I do end up going private!

Waiting on offers from 4 more dealers now so will be interesting to see.

No harm at all, nothing to lose ffrank.  There was nothing special about my GTI, other than it was looked after and regularly detailed, and had slightly different wheels which weren't everyone's cup of tea (in fact the new owner switched them for Monzas).  I was fortunate in having interest from the forum without ever actually advertising or posting an advert up anywhere. I had 2 interested parties via this forum with my GTI - one was someone who came on here looking for a car specifically and loved it but sale did not go ahead for other reasons and then the person who bought it was already a member on here who was posting up links to potential cars for sale asking for people's thoughts.  I cheekily told him to forget those and consider mine.  Pushy maybe but you have to be and it all worked out for the two of us. 

The other big upside to being active on this kind of forum and giving regular updates/photos about your car is you are essentially building an online history of it which proved rather useful when it came time to sell privately (provided it's not a history littered with problems!)  I'd never sold a car privately until this time but would definitely make that my first option next time round.

If you can sell privately and get a reasonable price and then buy new via a broker with max discount that is the best outcome of all. But be prepared to find an alternative method of off loading your old car if private sale doesn't work out.

I decided to go DTD for the max discount and take a risk and play it by ear getting shot of the GTI.   Carwow is the best bet for p/x'ing but for me was not the best on discount.  Orangewheels said their 2 UK dealers would not do p/x at all.  DTD said no to p/x but the dealership themselves said they would give me a price for my old car.  If you must p/x I think Carwow is probably the better route. 

[monkeyhanger]

The brokers will usually err on the side of caution when saying that the supplying dealership won't accept part-exes, in reality though most VW dealerships will consider a VW less than 4 years old for their used forecoourt - what they will offer you for it is another matter.

[caprigreen]

I purchased my car through drive the deal last year. I have this week made contact with my supplying dealer direct and asked for a price for a new car some spec.  They have beaten the DTD price and offered me £18k for a March 2016 trade in. The also said made comment that I would realise more privately.

[Mark V GTD]

DTD said no to p/x but the dealership themselves said they would give me a price for my old car. 

When I offered that same dealer my beautiful 18 month old Scirroco GT170 DSG they just turned it down flat - I was actually rather insulted :-(

[Booth11]

DTD said no to p/x but the dealership themselves said they would give me a price for my old car. 

When I offered that same dealer my beautiful 18 month old Scirroco GT170 DSG they just turned it down flat - I was actually rather insulted :-(

  I can imagine you were. Did you sell privately in the end, or go elsewhere?

I never got a price for my 3 year old Mk6 GTI in the end, as the opportunity to sell privately came up, but I had prepared myself for the dealer to offer me an insultingly low price. 

[Mark V GTD]

I actually sold it to a local VW main dealer for a good price and went ahead with the DtD purchase. It wasn't really the fact they did not want it that annoyed me (they may well have been fully stocked with Scirocco's for all I know) - it was the manner in which they told me. I think the e-mail said something like 'this is not the sort of car we would look to purchase' - like there was something wrong with it!

The dealer that purchased it in the end paid a few hundred quid under my private ad asking price!

[p3asa]

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[Exonian]

Any more quotes in Dan?

@ Exonian your mailbox is full 

D'oh!

I've cleared a bit of space Steve