Was looking, now New FR owner,

[robdf2]

One word MARMITE.
I have the chrono yellow and have been told that the resale value will be less compared to other leons , but on the other hand if thats the colour you are looking to buy then you will be willing to pay the price , resale value on mk1 yellow a cars were not hit as much either.
My car has the side skirts and spoiler fitted and it looks stunning imho and turns heads everywhere , people are always looking and trying to see what make the car is.

i would never buy a silver car , common as muck and one of the most boring colours available imho.
So its up to you what you feel comfortable driving , its your own personel taste that matters no one elses.

 

[tich555]

Why buy new when you could have my 08 FR170 in Emocion Red with 18" alloys, just 1 year old with 9,000 miles on the clock and being serviced next week, for just £13500. The car is absolutely unmarked and is as good as new!

 

[Gary@Cookies]

That seems high, was offered a Cupra in the same colour & spec for less in March before any negation.

In March all dealers had an additional margin of 6% to use as they wished, we now are back to standard dealer margins of 12.25% providing we hit all our targets for numbers and standards. In other words, sorry but you're wrong it is a bloody good deal, what other industry would only retain £380 gross (before PDi and valeting costs) on a near £20K sale.

 

[Nath.]

Why buy new when you could have my 08 FR170 in Emocion Red with 18" alloys, just 1 year old with 9,000 miles on the clock and being serviced next week, for just £13500. The car is absolutely unmarked and is as good as new!

I would think about it If you would do a px deal on my ibiza fr.

 

[Nath.]

If you don't fancy the Lumina Orange I've got a Speed Blue FR TDi with 18's, Passenger airbag disconnect, Convenience pack and Bluetooth, retail price £19,582 which would cost you £17,650. Depends which colour floats your boat!

I am down on the south coast, if you can come up with a plan and a px deal on my fr ibiza I would be veri interested.

 

[Nath.]

Anyone know of a new or nearly new FR petrol or diesel in white,yellow or red with bluetooth that's for sale ?

I'm bursting at the seams to get into one.

 

[markmeus]

have you tried the used car search on SEATs website, its quite good!

http://www.seat.co.uk/generator/su/uk/SEAT/site/Service/used-cars/linkpage.html

 

[Nath.]

^^^thanks mate, spotted a nice red one with b/t and 3.5k miles for 14k ish. It's about 80miles from me but it may be worth a trip.

 

[robdf2]

^^^thanks mate, spotted a nice red one with b/t and 3.5k miles for 14k ish. It's about 80miles from me but it may be worth a trip.

i went 280 miles to get my Cupra mate so thats a 560 mile round trip.
if u find 1 snap it up quick , 3 peolpe were going to look at the 1 i bought so you could miss out.
and part of the deal i did was delivered free to my work

 

[Nath.]

Driving to swindon (80 miles each way) in the morning to have a look at one, wish me luck.

 

[Ruddmeister]

......what other industry would only retain £380 gross (before PDi and valeting costs) on a near £20K sale.

Slightly O/t but you asked

The Construction Industry would kill for huge margins like that

 

[S2TTB]

^^^thanks mate, spotted a nice red one with b/t and 3.5k miles for 14k ish. It's about 80miles from me but it may be worth a trip.

Its always worth a trip for a good deal....

hell, i went a 900 odd mile round trip in one day to pick up mine

 

[Gary@Cookies]

Slightly O/t but you asked

The Construction Industry would kill for huge margins like that

Maybe this year they would but they're coming off years of 8-10% net profits opposed to the motor trade's average of 0.7%, and don't forget, builders forgot how to build houses properly 30 years ago anyone who has bought a new house will verify that.

 

[markmeus]

Back on topic! Good luck Nath with viewing the car! Hope it's not a waste of a journey.

 

[mhill]

In March all dealers had an additional margin of 6% to use as they wished, we now are back to standard dealer margins of 12.25% providing we hit all our targets for numbers and standards. In other words, sorry but you're wrong it is a bloody good deal, what other industry would only retain £380 gross (before PDi and valeting costs) on a near £20K sale.

Oh im not wrong by any means,
The Deal Discounted Price: £16940.41
Your Saving: £2040.10
Thats based on the same spec you quoted on. From experience ive always managed to get another 5% of that price too. If you had mentioned the price rises that have come in since March that may have helped your stance a little

Is it me or is there a little to much desperation & hostility in that coment or maybe Seat have trained sales staff that way

Wish to reevaluate your offer & attitude?

 

[Nath.]

The deal is a new leon fr tdi (25 miles on the clock) with 18's, ipod and convenience pack in orange for £17.5k

I am between a rock and a hard place, I don't know if I should or not.

Is that a good deal?

They phoned me up at 09:02 this morning and it's now down to £17k and TBH I am Happy with that (I did the walking away trick and left them my number on saturday). The thing is, it's got no bluetooth

What do you guys think?

 

[GainfulShrimp]

From what I've heard (mainly on this board, ahem), the Bluetooth kit is well worth getting. Several folks have said it's the only essential option. I recently had a choice between a FR TFSI in Candy White with Bluetooth and sunroof or another one with 18"s and Bi-Xenons in Black Magic. I've gone for the Candy White with Bluetooth.

The bigger display with some extra setup options for convenience stuff seemed to be worth it in itself and the easy phone connections with voice commands is the icing on the proverbial cake.

 

[Nath.]

OK, this is probably more like it>>>>>>>>http://www.seat.co.uk/generator/su/uk/SEAT/site/Service/used-cars/linkpage.html

I'm on my way to see it in a min, I will be there at about 13:00 ish.

What do you guys reckon?

I will take my lappy and check to see what you all say when I'm round the corner from the dealer.

Wish me luck.

Ahh bum, the link doesn't work,

It's a 58 plate red fr dti with 18's, sunroof,bluetooth and ipod for £14900

 

[robdf2]

Find a car with bluetooth mate , its worth getting and the extra hastle in finding 1.
it can be retrofitted , Dan posted a guide on here somewhere ask the dealers to fit it as a deal clincher?

 

[warren_cox]

You may be able to sort out a bluetooth aftermarket solution from these guys at Kufatec:

http://www.kufatec.de/shop/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=bluetooth&x=0&y=0

They carry a lot of connection equipment and aftermarket electronics / looms for German cars. I got most of the conversion kit for my OE Nav retrofit from them, and the service was good / fast. Shouldn't cost a mint either.