Hughes motors, Dublin

obi604

Hi

Anyone have any comments or dealings with Hughes motors Dublin (newlands cross) - good or bad?

Idbatterim

obi604 wrote: »

Hi

Anyone have any comments or dealings with Hughes motors Dublin (newlands cross) - good or bad?

Haven’t heard of them. What car you looking to buy ?

mickdw

I'd be wary of any dealer in that general area however they seem to keep nice enough stock.

drunkmonkey

Nice stock but never filed any company accounts yet so i'd be a little cautious, at the end of the day your not buying the dealer your buying the car, get a 12mt mapfre warranty on it so you don't need to go back to the dealer if there's a problem. GTI direct is only up the road if your sure of the car maybe take it up there for a look over just to be sure before parting with any cash, might set you back 70 buck or so but could be well worth it.

obi604

drunkmonkey wrote: »

Nice stock but never filed any company accounts yet so i'd be a little cautious, at the end of the day your not buying the dealer your buying the car, get a 12mt mapfre warranty on it so you don't need to go back to the dealer if there's a problem. GTI direct is only up the road if your sure of the car maybe take it up there for a look over just to be sure before parting with any cash, might set you back 70 buck or so but could be well worth it.

true, but every time I see this mapfre warranty thing I kinda lose interest, they are pawning you off to someone else.

drunkmonkey

obi604 wrote: »

true, but every time I see this mapfre warranty thing I kinda lose interest, they are pawning you off to someone else.

It's fine I had to make use of it. Work carried out by main dealer. There not a scam. Just query which one there offering you and your happy with it. It's better than a warranty off a company that hasn't filed a return yet.

obi604

drunkmonkey wrote: »

It's fine I had to make use of it. Work carried out by main dealer. There not a scam. Just query which one there offering you and your happy with it. It's better than a warranty off a company that hasn't filed a return yet.

Thanks. Sounds like you had a good mapfre experience so.

Not filing a return - does this mean they have not been in business long enough to file one (like less than a year etc)

drunkmonkey

Yea exactly there a young company, it's a bit of a tradition around those parts. There seems to be a 2yr hump, doesn't mean you won't get a good deal just make sure the car is correct and your getting a good warranty.
If you check out the garage and Mapfre here https://search.cro.ie/company/CompanySearch.aspx using the company name and click on list of submissions and you'll see all the submitted documents listed.

Dravokivich

In fairness, the whole site they are in only recently got split up and Hughes took that space. It's not a matter of changing name overnight.

bazz26

If your buying from a dealer and still spending money on your own third party warranty then what's the point in buying from the dealer? All you are doing is paying a middle man and his profit margin. Might as well eliminate the middle man and buy privately at that rate.

obi604

bazz26 wrote: »

If your buying from a dealer and still spending money on your own third party warranty then what's the point in buying from the dealer? All you are doing is paying a middle man and his profit margin. Might as well eliminate the middle man and buy privately at that rate.

Mmm, just what I thought too.

Jamesmc48

I bought a 5 series off them a couple weeks ago, it's run by father and son. Very nice lads and I've had no issues with them so far anyway!

obi604

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118846424#Comment_118846424

Hi Mr Hughes. Nice first post.

Killer K

It is one of those places that I thought would be finished by Brexit given that their business was all about bringing in higher end stock from the UK.

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