Advertisement
If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)
Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie
Please note that it is not permitted to have referral links posted in your signature. Keep these links contained in the appropriate forum. Thank you.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2055940817/signature-rules
Hi there,
There is an issue with role permissions that is being worked on at the moment.
If you are having trouble with access or permissions on regional forums please post here to get access: https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058365403/you-do-not-have-permission-for-that#latest

Buying a used car out of your own county

  • 08-09-2012 2:35pm
    #1
    corblimey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,475 ✭✭✭


    This might belong in the sticky above, but I'm looking for some advice. I live in Cork, but I'm finding the car I'm most interested in (3 series BMW Diesel 2010+) is priced 3, 4k more here than in Kerry or Waterford [just based on a quick search on carzone]. Any time I've bought a car in the past, I've gone down to the dealer, test drive, haggled, etc. Then up to a week later, I've gone down again to pick up the car and drop off mine.

    Is there any way of combining these visits? If I have to drive 100-150 odd miles to find a bargain, I will, but I'd quite like to avoid doing it again 7 days later. I won't be rushed obviously, but by the time the first visit is over, I'm committed to the car I'm buying, so it's not like it's acting as a cooling off period, it's just so they can get the car washed and scrubbed and I clear 5 years of crap from mine.

    Or do people usually go to a garage, make up their mind, and then drive away in their new car, and this week gap sounds weird? Could a quick phone call to the dealer before I arrive to have the car ready to move make any difference?


Advertisement