Not 100% true mate, I know what you're saying, but if his car was £40,000 he will still get more than £32,000 for it. The value of his/anyones car for that matter isn't diminished automatically by 20% VAT. The value of all used cars are relative to what it would cost to buy the same car new
Audi will reveal details of the very mild changes in November it's said expect new style grill exterior lighting and few changes to alloy options etc
Get a tuning box or a remap mate and save yourself 9,250 quid
^ Do you think someone should start a thread titled, "Is the RS3 worth the premium over the S3"?
Not sure we'd get many replies though.
I don't know how much you are throwing into your PCP deal, but take a look here http://www.porsche.com/uk/models/cayman/cayman/finance/
This still goes out to the Muppet in a Corsa who wanted to knock my head off because I told you your car would be worth more if you returned it back to stock and got rid of the wheels, big spoiler, lowered springs and decals down the side.
Unfortunately no matter how much we love our cars and rant and rave about how much we've lost they simply are not worth as much as we would like. My 3 month old £31k S3 is probably worth £24k if I'm lucky. When you buy a car for £30K and slap 5 grand of options on it, those options are for you and not to add value. Yes your car is more desirable but it is not worth more money. It's still a £30K car minus vat and depreciation. Yes the dealer may give you more, but that is simply discount on a new car or he's hoping it can make it back somewhere else. And yes he will now stick your lovely car that you put loads of options on and sold cheap at a stupidly high price, to help make up for the next punter that want's loads of money for their car they are bringing in.
This is fundamental to buying and selling cars and one of the reasons I don't do it anymore because people just don't get it and end up being in a mood with you.
This still goes out to the Muppet in a Corsa who wanted to knock my head off because I told you your car would be worth more if you returned it back to stock and got rid of the wheels, big spoiler, lowered springs and decals down the side.
Didn't realise I was agitated.
I was merely reitterating what you had already said about the vat loss. Most people seem to get upset with that idea and I was merely trying to explain it from a dealers point of view. Unfortunatley not everyone falls in to the "we all know about car depreciation" category, some people still think they will only lose 1 or 2 thousand when selling their six month old car.
Totally agree with you, it's up to the OP and if he's happy to lose the money no one should try to stop him. As long as you're realistic you should never be upset with what you are quoted. I thought my car would be worth £24k if I was lucky and after a quick check on we buy any car it was £24.5K so I was happy.
I'd love an RS3 but the bank account couldn't stretch to it to I settled for the S3.
This still goes out to the Muppet in a Corsa who wanted to knock my head off because I told you your car would be worth more if you returned it back to stock and got rid of the wheels, big spoiler, lowered springs and decals down the side.
lmao you could be talking about my nephew there! He has a 1.2 Corsa and has done the bigger wheels, tints, dark lights, mudflaps, noisy exhaust, smoothed the bumper, talking about lowering it!!! Oh and the wind deflectors....I suppose we were all 19 once
I'll give you £24k for your 3 month old car. Someone will pay £27-28k for that not wanting to wait 12-16 week for a new one and got essentially a brand new car but saved £5,000.Unfortunately no matter how much we love our cars and rant and rave about how much we've lost they simply are not worth as much as we would like. My 3 month old £31k S3 is probably worth £24k if I'm lucky. When you buy a car for £30K and slap 5 grand of options on it, those options are for you and not to add value. Yes your car is more desirable but it is not worth more money. It's still a £30K car minus vat and depreciation. Yes the dealer may give you more, but that is simply discount on a new car or he's hoping it can make it back somewhere else. And yes he will now stick your lovely car that you put loads of options on and sold cheap at a stupidly high price, to help make up for the next punter that want's loads of money for their car they are bringing in.
This is fundamental to buying and selling cars and one of the reasons I don't do it anymore because people just don't get it and end up being in a mood with you.
This still goes out to the Muppet in a Corsa who wanted to knock my head off because I told you your car would be worth more if you returned it back to stock and got rid of the wheels, big spoiler, lowered springs and decals down the side.
