Bye bye Leon

[chris_m]

Well, the lad picked up the Cupra tonight... felt really sad actually

Somehow, until you get a new car, a massive wad of cash doesnt quite equate to losing a shiny car from outside!

Still, get the GTI a week on friday, so really looking forward to that

 

[Willie]

Trying to sell my 02 lc PFL at the mo got offered £4k from a seat stealer yesterday thieving sod's had it a year and paid double that...

I'm not a happy bunny, the residuals on the leon are crap, to have lost over 4k in 12 months...

I'd go for the golf mk5 aswell at least you know in 12 months it's value won't have dropped like a alfa romeo or a seat leon...

Won't get another, ok so i didn't buy it cos it was going to be worth as much when i bought it, but next time it'll be some that holds it's value a bit better

What did you expect buying an £8,000 car from a garage, keeping it for a year then trying to sell it back to a garage??
I can't think of an second hand car that you would have been happy with the price a garage would offer you after going this route
Whats the deal with slagging off the Leon. For what you get the price is spot on. It does exactly what I wanted from a car, its fast, agile, 5 doors, looks good and well built at a goo price too.
When I bought my LCR new there was nothing like it for £17,000.
Apart from the look of the car what does a Golf do that the Leon can't equally or better do?
As for residuals, since the Golf is so popular you'll see their residuals drop big time

 

[Phillc]

I agree with Junior, you only ever try to sell to a garage if you are desperate and need the money now, you will always loose whatever car you own, the garage owner is laughing all the way to the bank, when i was looking for my LC all the research i did said that the Leon was an improvement on the golf in handling and looks and value for money.

 

[chris_m]

After looking into it before i sold it privately - selling a car to a dealer/garage is like an absolute last ditch attempt if you HAVE to sell it.

I was offered less than £5k for my car, which then sold for a smidgen under £7k.