Please help new or old vrs

[themul]

Hi,

I have sold my wife's old ford focus and she now has my new one, so I am now ready to buy my vrs petrol version as I only do about 4k a year but here is my dilemma I want to buy a new one but I will have to wait about 12 weeks and it will not be easy with only having one car now and my wife needs it for her job as a nurse working shifts and we have younge children, so do I struggle with one car and wait or buy a nearly new one?

Thanks for any advise.

[Captain Scarlet]

I bought my vRS (now gone to a new owner somewhere) as a demonstrator, it was 4 months old and had a nice big chunk of cash taken off. So there is plenty of logic in it for me, and I would buy nearly new again.....in fact I might never buy a 'new' car again.

[Tigger25]

Same as Captain Scarlet, mine was 3 months old Demonstrator 0% VAT, I got a great bargain.

[A6TDH]

Unless you are very specific about colour & specification there seem to be quite a few available around the country now with delivery a lot quicker than that. Get your dealer to check what is about. If you are prepared to be a bit flexible you might get one for a few weeks delivery & with all the current offers.

[themul]

Hi,

Thanks to everyone who has posted so far, I am looking for a silver vrs petrol version, but not easy to find a 2012 plate one. The best I can find so far is a December 61 plate in silver and I am going to phone them and see what I can haggle the price down to.

I have found a few bargain 2012 plate models but in white which I am not keen on but never mind I will just keep looking and see what comes up.

[Captain Scarlet]

At least you have some time to spend looking around. When I was looking I had a short list of things that I wanted the car to have......Race blue paint, jumbo box and climate control with rear elec windows, and the 18 inch wheels. As a bonus the car came with rear parking sensors and cruise control added as well.......result.

So at the right price it's definitely worth doing. But I think some dealers seem to want too much for year old cars now IMO.

[juan27]

Of course you could order new and get an old run around for 3 months.

[Jockdooshbag]

At least you have some time to spend looking around. When I was looking I had a short list of things that I wanted the car to have......Race blue paint, jumbo box and climate control with rear elec windows, and the 18 inch wheels. As a bonus the car came with rear parking sensors and cruise control added as well.......result.

So at the right price it's definitely worth doing. But I think some dealers seem to want too much for year old cars now IMO.

The new cars come with all the above options as standard. Except parking sensors. I got my new one within 2 weeks but i wasnt fussy about colour but did want sensors. If buying nearly new it would need to be heavily discounted as new ones are VAT free.

[Aspman]

INHO my VRS is 5yr old and hasn't missed a beat.

For those low mileages, and taking into account the hellish depreciation on the petrol (especially if the media is right and petrol is about it hit 150p) a 3yr old FL VRS with the TSI engine and good spec would be a bargain. Get approved used for a full year warranty and no timing belt on the TSI at 4yr.

[chriskaye]

I bought the dealers demo vehicle saved cash and it was the colour i wanted 45000 on the clock and spotless

[themul]

Hi,

Just to update you all I have ordered a brand new silver vrs from DTD and I can get a loan of another car whenever I need it, just cant wait for my early Xmas present to come, so lets hope the next 12 weeks pass by quickly.

[silver1011]

Any options?

[themul]

Any options?

Hi,

I have selected maxidot, rear parking sensors and spare wheel but not sure if anything else is a must have option without spending a fortune.

Do you recommend anything else I should think about adding?

[silver1011]

Nice choice, the spare wheel and maxidot are no brainers, well ticked!

Rear sensors are also a must have for me, as would be the curtain airbags.

One last option would be the xenon headlights, at almost £700 they aren't cheap but I do a lot of rural miles at night and wouldn't go back to standard headlights now.

All in all I think you've specced it well, enjoy!

[themul]

Nice choice, the spare wheel and maxidot are no brainers, well ticked!

Rear sensors are also a must have for me, as would be the curtain airbags.

One last option would be the xenon headlights, at almost £700 they aren't cheap but I do a lot of rural miles at night and wouldn't go back to standard headlights now.

All in all I think you've specced it well, enjoy!

Thanks for getting back to me, I don't really do any night time driving and I only stay less than 1 miles from my work, so cant really justify spending £700 on xenon headlights even though I am sure they make a huge difference, never thought about curtain airbags will have to maybe research on here and see what other think if they are worth having.

I only do about 4k per year but that might change once I get my new vrs.