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Haggle with a car dealer

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  • 02-10-2014 8:26pm
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    dk1345
    Registered Users Posts: 88 ✭✭


    hi all looking for your opinion

    im going looking at a car in a in a garage on sunday and i was wondering about how much i could haggle with the car dealer

    car is a 2011passat
    asking price is 16000

    im not trading in any car and it will be paid by bankdraft do ye think i could haggle much

    thanks in advance
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    Big Davey
    Registered Users Posts: 778 ✭✭✭Big Davey


    dk1345 wrote: »
    hi all looking for your opinion

    im going looking at a car in a in a garage on sunday and i was wondering about how much i could haggle with the car dealer

    car is a 2011passat
    asking price is 16000

    im not trading in any car and it will be paid by bankdraft do ye think i could haggle much

    thanks in advance
    My opinion is that car dealers expect to be haggled approx 10% obviously it depends on car, condition, spec etc etc
    I would be aiming for €14,500 if I was you. You can always walk back if you walk away you are not trading either so you are in a great position.


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    dk1345
    Registered Users Posts: 88 ✭✭dk1345


    Big Davey wrote: »
    My opinion is that car dealers expect to be haggled approx 10% obviously it depends on car, condition, spec etc etc
    I would be aiming for €14,500 if I was you. You can always walk back if you walk away you are not trading either so you are in a great position.

    was thinking of saying my budget was 14500 and i would let on i could strech it to 15000 tops what else could i get out of them ive never really dealt in garages always bought private


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    MuppetCheck
    Registered Users Posts: 11,866 ✭✭✭✭MuppetCheck


    Depends on the car, if it's already cheap then there's less scope for bargaining.


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    George Dalton
    Registered Users Posts: 5,728 ✭✭✭George Dalton


    Is €16k the advertised price or the discounted straight deal price?


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    dk1345
    Registered Users Posts: 88 ✭✭dk1345


    16000 is the advertised price


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    Sitec
    Registered Users Posts: 2,964 ✭✭✭Sitec


    There's no generic answer to this. Depends on the car condition, fuel type, mileage, warranty .....


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    Henry Ford III
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 17,619 Mod ✭✭✭✭Henry Ford III


    MuppetCheck wrote: »
    Depends on the car, if it's already cheap then there's less scope for bargaining.

    Agreed.

    Try to establish what the car is really worth before making the visit.


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    Trojan
    Registered Users Posts: 16,402 ✭✭✭✭Trojan


    Here's a recent discussion on this that might be useful reading!

    🎙️ The Recognized Authority Podcast



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    bazz26
    Registered Users Posts: 51,112 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    One thing to take note of OP is that the new Passat is being launched next month. So if you have a bit of patience and can wait, prices of current models should start to drop plus dealers with used current models should be a bit more eager to shift them in order to make room for people trading up to the new model in January.


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    coylemj
    Registered Users Posts: 25,326 ✭✭✭✭coylemj


    bazz26 wrote: »
    One thing to take note of OP is that the new Passat is being launched next month. So if you have a bit of patience and can wait, prices of current models should start to drop plus dealers with used current models should be a bit more eager to shift them in order to make room for people trading up to the new model in January.

    +1 always be aware of new model launches that are going to affect the secondhand model you're possibly going to buy.

    Was at work a few years ago and a colleague out of the blue told us he had just done a 'great deal' by buying a secondhand Passat. I knew that a new model was about to be announced within days, I'm sure so did the dealer but my colleague clearly did not so hadn't used the fact as leverage the way you described above which is good advice.


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