[Anthracite 17" spyders swap for tt comps]

If you ever consider selling your spyders, drop me a PM? Thanks

[Agreed to Trade in My Car next week - can I still try & sell privately?]

I actually had this experience and, yes, they still took the car at the agreed price provided it was fixed on my insurance.

Lets hope this doesn't happen though

[Agreed to Trade in My Car next week - can I still try & sell privately?]

AlistairS

A contract does not have to be written it can also relate to what is agreed verbally.

Fair enough, but if hypothetically, the car is involved in an accident before next week are they still going to take it as PX at the agreed amount?

[Agreed to Trade in My Car next week - can I still try & sell privately?]

So worth £13500, px offer is £12500?

Paid valuation from CAP says £14,550 to £15,150 whereas Glass's one is £13,473. I have priced it with Glass's as I think thats realistic

[Agreed to Trade in My Car next week - can I still try & sell privately?]

Unless your 100% sure you can sell it I would just px.Once you change the deal to sell yourself they'll be under no obligation to buy, or even buy at the same price. More likely you're opening yourself up to a lower price as you'll be contractually obliged to buy their car so they'll have you by the short & curlys. Unless we're talking 1,000's better off I'd just px.

According to Glass's valuation the car is £13,473. If it was for the sake of a couple of hundred I wouldn't be too bothered. I think if they were to try it on then all that I would end up losing is the £250 deposit if I withdrew. Until I am actually on site & sign the paper work the PCP deal will not be valid. I'm not the sort of person who gets pushed into doing anything

[Agreed to Trade in My Car next week - can I still try & sell privately?]

Just be sure if you cant sell they dont screw you over if you go back to them

Cheers, the car is immaculate so anything less than the PX offered, well I would be coming back up the road with it & demanding my deposit back too

[Agreed to Trade in My Car next week - can I still try & sell privately?]

I have sold private when I had a deal to change, ( i told the dealer 1st) he was not bothered, price to change was the same, but we got an extra £1000

Thanks, definitely worth a try

[Agreed to Trade in My Car next week - can I still try & sell privately?]

You spent £20k on a MINI?

No that refers to what my local PX was against. Hence why I'm buying nearly new instead

[Agreed to Trade in My Car next week - can I still try & sell privately?]

Thanks for the thought however..

Last week I went into the local skoda dealer & got some figures against a citigo on PCP. I was offered £11.5K :( They have an almost identical one to mine in their showroom.

I was offered £12.5K against a New Mini at approx cost of £20K locally.

This is my train of thought too, If I can get a bit more for it privately locally, I could fly down & save myself some driving

[Agreed to Trade in My Car next week - can I still try & sell privately?]

Good luck in trying to sell a Mk2 vRS for good money as a private deal in Scotland without supplying any sort of warranty.

(does it have the remainder of the Skoda warranty?)

I feel that you will end up having to let it go at Trade Value or less maybe to a trader.

george

George, I already have a guaranteed PX for it at the Dealers in Manchester. It will have the remainder of the Skoda Warranty as its only 8 months old. I have stuck it up on Gumtree & PH. Also did a CAP Valuation through Autotrader but that is unrealistically high IMHO so have price it as per Glass's Valuation

[Agreed to Trade in My Car next week - can I still try & sell privately?]

The screen price of the car is within the middle of the range that Glass Valuation says it should be - hence why I didn't try & move them on it. My PX wasn't far short of glass premium valuation I had done. However , theoretically I should be able to get £1300 more for it private.

Just off the phone with the Dealer thats fine as long as I bring deposit

Thanks for the advice

[Agreed to Trade in My Car next week - can I still try & sell privately?]

I have put a deposit down on a Mini Cooper D & am taking it on PCP over 2 yrs. I have agreed a trade in value for the VRS but the Mini Dealership are just punting this to a trader as they are not allowed to put anything other than Minis on their forecourt.

Am I within my rights to still try & sell this privately?

I am paying the advertised price for their car so there was no discounted deal struck that was related to a PX

It would probably be next Tues-Fri that I would be travelling to do the deal.

Any thoughts greatly appreciated

[Shark dealers in Peebles]

Just found you through the Shark Website have emailed you about possibly getting my VRS done

[Snow Foam - why did i wait soo long]

I snow foam the car leave for 15 mins then rinse. Then I use a carnubawax shampoo I bought from Aldi & a microfibre mit to wash it only takes about 5 mins for this. I then apply a wax spray & rinse this off then hand dry.

Comes up really well everytime

[Park's - Hamilton]

Got some warranty work completed today.

I emailed them about the issue through their website service contact form & they got back to me pretty quick. I was in on Friday to allow them to diagnose the problem & in today to have the motor replaced for my rear windscreen wiper.

They were really helpful, friendly & courteous. I inquired about getting the first service done & was quoted in the region of £120-£130 which I found reasonable.

Will be going back to see them when I'm looking to change the car too

[Is this normal practice?]

Thanks for the comments but I'm 44 in April so don't think the young driver bit applies anymore :(

[Is this normal practice?]

Some insurance companies do have a clause in the policy which covers you for use of a replacement vehicle when yours is in for service or maintenance. I have beend asked for insurance payments before but luckily had this clause in my policy.

What do they do if you want to test drive a car? Bet they don't ask for a contibution then!

Agreed, I'm sure it wouldn't be an issue then

[Is this normal practice?]

£15 don't sound to bad then if they want to charge you £20.

Regardless if you only need it for a few hours they still have a car tied up. Most dealerships offer a collect and deliver service and will take you somewhere and pick you up if that would be better.

Yeah might ask if that's an option

Cheers

[Is this normal practice?]

I would only have the courtesy car for a few hours. My own insurance company Admiral wanted £20 to put the car on for one day

[Is this normal practice?]

That doesn't sound right.

From a business point of view anyway, considering the wave of excellent customer service Skoda dealers have in the press, I just don't get them wanting

to charge a fee for insurance. :wonder:

That's my take on it exactly. I will be looking for a dealer to do the first service later this year & even though this is the closest one, it does leave a bit of a bad taste.

[Is this normal practice?]

I have booked the car into a local Skoda Dealer to get a warranty issue looked at.

I asked for a courtesy car & they are going to charge me £15 to put me on their insurance.

I didn't buy the car from them, however, as its warranty work (my rear wiper blade works intermittently) they will get paid anyway by Skoda.

I have never been asked to pay for insurance before on a courtesy car. What about anyone else?

[Rear Wiper & reversing lights on my VRS]

The wiper sounds like somethings broken for sure

I think the VRS only has one reversing light anyway off the top of my head.

Thanks, thought it might only have 1 reversing light but wasn't sure

[Rear Wiper & reversing lights on my VRS]

For a couple of weeks now the rear wiper works but somewhat randomly. If I spray screenwash on the rear window the wiper rarely comes on & If i fick the stalk back & forth it rarely works either. Then randomly it will just start working.

Any thoughts on this?

Car was bought new in September this year & has done just over 1200 miles

Also a colleague at work commented that I had only 1 reversing light coming on when i was in that gear is this & the above something to get looked at under warranty?

I take it the car can go to any dealer for warranty work as the dealer i bought from is a few hundred miles away?

[Coder near Cumbernauld?]

sorry, never spotted your post. If you need any future help and can make it to Livingston I have VCDS

Thanks appreciated. All sorted now. But will get in touch in the future if I need anything

[Official Briskoda Fabia II vRS Register]

Date of registration: September 2011

Colour: Candy White with Black Roof

Options fitted:Black Alloys & Roof, Climate & Cruise Control, Middle Arm Rest, Specs Case

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