Spent Thursday and Friday trying to buy a car, after some git in Swindon decided to not tell me the car we'd agreed a deal on had been sold, so had to do a bit of quick internet work to locate another one.
Anyway, found one in Scotland which I liked but the wife didn't want to travel very far, and when I phoned about it the salesman told me it was sold. Found one in Norfolk, but wife didn't like the colour and didn't want to travel very far. It needed a major service and cambelt which also put her off. Dunno why.... Found one in Sutton Coldfield which was kinda nice, but wife didn't want to travel too far (I see a pattern developing here) and when I tried phoning, no one answered the phone anyway. Found one in Bradford on Ebay but it had a private plate on it, and the guy wasn't selling the plate with the car but expected the buyer to take the car immediately at the end of the auction. So that wasn't going to work was it? Idiot. Found one in the midlands at a car megasite, and when I phoned about it the sales manager didn't even know he had the car in stock. Said he'd pull the details out and call me back. So I told him what I was prepared to spend (basically how much money I had) and waited for his call. Half hour later one of his minions calls me and starts trying to arrange a viewing etc. so I said that I needed to know whether they'd accept my cash offer before we went any further. He had to go and ask the sales manager, so that was good wasn't it. The answer was "No!" when he did come back. Wifey said it was too far to travel anyway.
So found one in Doncaster for about a grand more that I had to spend, phoned the bloke and explained the situation and he knocked £400 off. I said I had a few more calls to make and left him to it. He called back half an hour later and knocked another £400 off as we had no trade in and it was stock that needed moving etc. so we went down today and bought it. Managed to get the months tax that was on it, 3 months warranty, a set of brand new Seat floor mats, and a tank of diesel.
This is what we got in the end.
It's got the chrome mirrors, chrome tailpipe, Seat Sport gearknob, and a few other bits and pieces, so it's not too bad really.
Anyway, found one in Scotland which I liked but the wife didn't want to travel very far, and when I phoned about it the salesman told me it was sold. Found one in Norfolk, but wife didn't like the colour and didn't want to travel very far. It needed a major service and cambelt which also put her off. Dunno why.... Found one in Sutton Coldfield which was kinda nice, but wife didn't want to travel too far (I see a pattern developing here) and when I tried phoning, no one answered the phone anyway. Found one in Bradford on Ebay but it had a private plate on it, and the guy wasn't selling the plate with the car but expected the buyer to take the car immediately at the end of the auction. So that wasn't going to work was it? Idiot. Found one in the midlands at a car megasite, and when I phoned about it the sales manager didn't even know he had the car in stock. Said he'd pull the details out and call me back. So I told him what I was prepared to spend (basically how much money I had) and waited for his call. Half hour later one of his minions calls me and starts trying to arrange a viewing etc. so I said that I needed to know whether they'd accept my cash offer before we went any further. He had to go and ask the sales manager, so that was good wasn't it. The answer was "No!" when he did come back. Wifey said it was too far to travel anyway.
So found one in Doncaster for about a grand more that I had to spend, phoned the bloke and explained the situation and he knocked £400 off. I said I had a few more calls to make and left him to it. He called back half an hour later and knocked another £400 off as we had no trade in and it was stock that needed moving etc. so we went down today and bought it. Managed to get the months tax that was on it, 3 months warranty, a set of brand new Seat floor mats, and a tank of diesel.
This is what we got in the end.
It's got the chrome mirrors, chrome tailpipe, Seat Sport gearknob, and a few other bits and pieces, so it's not too bad really.
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