A bit of advice please

jackie1974 · 25-01-2011 11:28am #1

Hi

I live in Waterford and want to buy a car from a dealership in Dublin, Bestcar in Lwr Ballymount Rd in Walkinstown. I have arranged my own finance down here but the car company want a deposit of €500 to hold the car today, when they recieve the deposit they will put the car in my name and put it through the NCT and I can collect it Monday or Tuesday. I don't want to make two trips to Dublin so I won't have seen the car besides on their website or test driven it. Am I being an idiot ? I have done alot of searching and this is the car I want but I don't want to mess up either.

25-01-2011 11:29am

Never buy a car or give a deposit without seeing it and having it checked out. Why would you want it in your name before seeing it and driving it?

robtri · 25-01-2011 11:34am

As rover james says... never pay for a car even a deposit on a car u never seen.....

make one trip, if it all checks out (mechanical, finance checks, ect) and is what you want, buy it, pay for it and do the paperwork, get your reciepts and make sure VLC is sent off, and drive car away....

Anan1 · 25-01-2011 11:40am

jackie1974 wrote: »

I have done alot of searching and this is the car I want

You don't know that, pay no money until the car has been NCTd and examined by someone you trust.

thirtythirty · 25-01-2011 11:40am

A €60 tank of petrol to and from Dublin is a helluva lot cheaper than €500 if the car isn't right for whatever reason.

Anan1 · 25-01-2011 11:43am

Personally speaking, I wouldn't be travelling a long way to view a car on the basis of a description given by a back street dealer. Ring any of them, ask about any car they're selling, and you'll be told it's fantastic.

JustLen · 25-01-2011 11:45am

Absolutely no way should anyone ever do this. As said above.

If your concerned about the NCT than im guessing the dealer could give you an NCT gaurantee on top of any other gaurantee you are getting. i.e. he would agree to cover the cost of anything needed to pass the test.

This would be a lot less risky than buying the car unseen even if it already has the test, as a car can pass the NCT while still being in need of costly repairs

Viper_JB · 25-01-2011 11:47am

jackie1974 wrote: »

Hi

I live in Waterford and want to buy a car from a dealership in Dublin, Bestcar in Lwr Ballymount Rd in Walkinstown. I have arranged my own finance down here but the car company want a deposit of €500 to hold the car today, when they recieve the deposit they will put the car in my name and put it through the NCT and I can collect it Monday or Tuesday. I don't want to make two trips to Dublin so I won't have seen the car besides on their website or test driven it. Am I being an idiot ? I have done alot of searching and this is the car I want but I don't want to mess up either.

What kinda car are you looking for Jackie and what's the budget? Their's bound to be a good deal somewhere closer to home/in munster.

JustLen · 25-01-2011 11:52am

By the way, is there a link to the car? I wont personally but others on here may be able to advise furter based on the dealer or even the car. That is if you want of course

Mr Benevolent · 25-01-2011 12:00pm

OP, Ballymount is the 'Bermuda Triangle' of car dealers. You never know what's going to happen. It's madness to put a deposit down for a car that you've never seen, driven or had checked out. And if you give them the deposit and back out I guarantee you won't get the money back.

jackie1974 · 25-01-2011 1:05pm

Thanks for the replies and yea that was my feeling too that I may never see my dep back or i'd be obliged to buy once it was in my name. This is the car

http://www.bestcar.ie/viewanad.php?ad_id=616258

Viper_JB · 25-01-2011 2:58pm

jackie1974 wrote: »

Thanks for the replies and yea that was my feeling too that I may never see my dep back or i'd be obliged to buy once it was in my name. This is the car

http://www.bestcar.ie/viewanad.php?ad_id=616258

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/1793847

Here's one in Cork, I have absolutly no faith in the dealer but it might be worth a look on the merits of the car.

25-01-2011 5:03pm

Viper_JB wrote: »

I have absolutly no faith in the dealer but it might be worth a look on the merits of the car.

I've bought two cars off Jason for myself and my sister bought a car off him too. Can't fault him to be honest. His ole lad had a bit of a name alright back in the day.

Edit, I see it's John and not Jason selling this one, since John's stopped working from Friar's walk he has been with Jason on Tramore Rd. Wouldn't put me off really these days.

jackie1974 · 25-01-2011 7:38pm

Thanks for all of the advice, after speaking to a few dealers I went against the Citreon. I have been looking for a diesel anyway so i'm going to look at a Ford Focus 1.8 TDi a bit closer to home. I crashed my car last week so need to replace it in a hurry so I was starting to get panicy and impulsive this morning. Thanks again

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