New car - Car Giant

Charliebull

Hi All

Going buying a Grand Picasso in UK, was going to go to car giant, have purchased off them previously in 06 when lived in ok

are they still good to deal with or anywhere else i could look

any tips for flying over on a friday, purchasing car saturday and getting out on a sunday, is it realistic
have a place to stay and a man to cast his eye over car

anything needed on entry into rosslare

any other tips appreciated

_Brian

Charliebull wrote: »

Hi All

Going buying a Grand Picasso in UK, was going to go to car giant, have purchased off them previously in 06 when lived in ok

are they still good to deal with or anywhere else i could look

any tips for flying over on a friday, purchasing car saturday and getting out on a sunday, is it realistic
have a place to stay and a man to cast his eye over car

anything needed on entry into rosslare

any other tips appreciated

Sterling is very strong against Euro, is it still value to go over ??
What year/model are you after..

Charliebull

_Brian wrote: »

Sterling is very strong against Euro, is it still value to go over ??
What year/model are you after..

hi brian

ye its still saving me approx 2500-3000 when all said and done

11 reg/ c4 grand picasso, after that all the digits are over my head

you have one if im correct

NIMAN

Any reading about them I have done, both on here and other sites, they seem to be decent enough and cars are genuine.

No haggling allowed. The price you see is the price you pay, + £99 admin fee. Also do I remember reading they will have no petrol or tax at all, so you have to sort those out yourself?

daithi1970

sorry to hijack the thread..I'm also interested in buying from cargiant-
as the euro has fallen against sterling, would it be worth my while converting my savings into sterling to prevent any further fall in the euro
-i will be looking to change my car at the end of May, if that makes any difference..cheers

daithi

_Brian

Charliebull wrote: »

hi brian

ye its still saving me approx 2500-3000 when all said and done

11 reg/ c4 grand picasso, after that all the digits are over my head

you have one if im correct

Yea, We've an '08, have it 4 years now, 200k km's on the clock and we're looking to trade in soon..

Boggy Turf

Bumping this thread. I am thinking of buying from Car Giant before Xmas.

Any advice before I proceed? Would people recommend I get an independent assessment from AA or similar?

Charliebull

Boggy Turf wrote: »

Bumping this thread. I am thinking of buying from Car Giant before Xmas.

Any advice before I proceed? Would people recommend I get an independent assessment from AA or similar?

i have never had any problems with any of the cars I have bought from them (3)

keep a good eye on their range, when you see something that you like, you can ring and hold for 24hours (cause you are from rep of ireland) if you know someone in london who can look at the car, get them to give it the once over and if its up to scratch then get them to pay the deposit

as i said they seem to check the cars thoroughly themselves and I never had an issue

Pacifico

Charliebull wrote: »

i have never had any problems with any of the cars I have bought from them (3)

keep a good eye on their range, when you see something that you like, you can ring and hold for 24hours (cause you are from rep of ireland) if you know someone in london who can look at the car, get them to give it the once over and if its up to scratch then get them to pay the deposit

as i said they seem to check the cars thoroughly themselves and I never had an issue

I thought you can't reserve cars at all?

Charliebull

Pacifico wrote: »

I thought you can't reserve cars at all?

well i did, had my eye on current car for a few days while it was going thru checks, once it became available I called and they held it for me for 24 hours as I was calling from rep of ireland
that was jan 15, so unless its changed