Just being curious I went on the drive the deal website and did a quote for a new Ocvtavia VRS tdi 4x4 DSG. Chose Quartz Grey and specced it up with 4.5K of options and they reckon they have a quote from a UK dealer for just under 26.5K, a supposed saving of 7.4K on the list price for the car and added options. Can that be taken seriously 

Oh yes!

Absolutely.  It's Skoda's list price of £33.9k that can't be taken seriously.

 

I am sure that will be something like 15% discount plus the £2,500 allowance for taking out PCP finance.

Yep, I specced up a VRS to about £37k (most options ticked) a couple of weeks ago and the discount put it in the £30k region. It will be dependant on the contribution from PCP finance.

Edited 9 February, 20197 yr by ahenners

Hi all, I’m a newbie here but just did a very similar set of options via drive the deal on Thursday. Same discount quoted online and I have spoken to them a couple of times and they have confirmed that as a set price. Dealership in East Anglia somewhere although I’m not allowed to know which yet and when they do tell me will not be allowed to say which one. 

 

I plan to to have a chat with the local dealership to me in Devon to see if they can get anywhere near it and if they can’t I will be ordering on Monday. 

 

Bit of of a step up from my fairly basic Octavia Estate - can’t wait (although will have to as they are quoting a 16-20 week lead time!)

 

- Jon

10 hours ago, Jonhos said:

Hi all, I’m a newbie here but just did a very similar set of options via drive the deal on Thursday. Same discount quoted online and I have spoken to them a couple of times and they have confirmed that as a set price. Dealership in East Anglia somewhere although I’m not allowed to know which yet and when they do tell me will not be allowed to say which one. 

 

I plan to to have a chat with the local dealership to me in Devon to see if they can get anywhere near it and if they can’t I will be ordering on Monday. 

 

Bit of of a step up from my fairly basic Octavia Estate - can’t wait (although will have to as they are quoting a 16-20 week lead time!)

 

- Jon

 

It is a bit of swings and roundabouts.  I did a quote with CarFile and the new car discount was good but the trade in value was at the lower end.  I went to my local dealer whose discount was less but the trade in price was better.  I went with my local dealer.  This might have been a few hundred pounds more expensive but I avoided a 600 mile round trip to pick up a new car.  You should be able to achieve a 10% discount from any franchised dealer.  Check the WhatCar target price - this is what your local dealer should offer.

3 hours ago, BA Baracus said:

 

It is a bit of swings and roundabouts.  I did a quote with CarFile and the new car discount was good but the trade in value was at the lower end.  I went to my local dealer whose discount was less but the trade in price was better.  I went with my local dealer.  This might have been a few hundred pounds more expensive but I avoided a 600 mile round trip to pick up a new car.  You should be able to achieve a 10% discount from any franchised dealer.  Check the WhatCar target price - this is what your local dealer should offer.

 

Thanks for the advice, my quote was without a trade in - I was going to go down the webuyanycar or Evans Halshaw route but I’ll definitely bear in mind the difference when I speak to the local dealer. 

 

Ill also check WhatCar. 

 

Thanks again. 

 

Jon

Jonhos - I've bought a few cars thru drive the deal (not Skoda's) because local dealers couldn't get near the price. Like you I sold the car to an auction site who for one of the sales offered me more than the main franchised dealer. It's a very, very easy process - I woudn't hesitate to do it again - in fact I prefer it ( no haggling needed ).

 

Just a few pointers:  You should of course try WeBuyAnycar and Evans for a price, but in my experience they've offered lower prices. Also give WeWantAnycar a try - I've used them b4 and they were excellent. Better still tho was Arnold Clark - not sure if they have dealerships in your neck of the woods? Long story cut short - Arnie dealership gave me a trade-in price and changover figure for a new car which I didn't think was that good. Found a new car on DriveTheDeal for many thousands less, but astonishingly, Arnold Clark offered me MORE money for simply selling my car to them and walking away rather than as a trade-in against a new car.  You can take your car to any Arnold Clark branch but I selected the same franchise as the car I was selling (the one who'd given me the lower price). THe garage were delighted with my car as they could sell it on their forecourt without doing anything to it (they didn't even have to wash or valet it!) - and I received the best price for it.

 

Another consideration with buying from a garage some distance away - there shouldn't be any problem, but there are occasions when you might have to return to the supplying dealership. Again, long story cut short, but it's much more effective communicating with that dealer face-to-face rather than by snail-mail, email or telephone (or in my case lawyer's letter). Just something to bear in mind when buying a car over the internet / phone.

 

I agree, if a local dealer can get anywhere near the price, it's worth it - I was prepared to pay £500 more for a local dealer. However no dealership within 100 miles of my home could get within £2500 let alone £500.

Edited 10 February, 20197 yr by Guest

7 hours ago, Jonhos said:

 

Thanks for the advice, my quote was without a trade in - I was going to go down the webuyanycar or Evans Halshaw route but I’ll definitely bear in mind the difference when I speak to the local dealer. 

 

Ill also check WhatCar. 

 

Thanks again. 

 

Jon

I recently had a good experience with We Buy Any Car

 

My 2011 Octy vRS, 105k miles. Dealership offered me £4k against my new car.

Instead I drove to Mansfield (where main dealership was) went to WBAC and walked out with £4500. We then walked the 2.5 miles from WBAC to the main dealership and collected my new car.

The best price will always be selling private, however I had an Inlet Manifold fault code that I'd cleared before selling - my conscience wouldn't allow me to clear the code and then sell privately.

Thanks for all the tips Scott, sadly the nearest Arnold Clark is 100 miles away (although generally in the right direction of the drive the deal dealership!).

 

Ill see if my dealership is interested in any sales tomorrow and if not... bite the bullet with a remote sale. 

 

Cheers for the help guys!

30 minutes ago, Stoofa said:

I recently had a good experience with We Buy Any Car

 

My 2011 Octy vRS, 105k miles. Dealership offered me £4k against my new car.

Instead I drove to Mansfield (where main dealership was) went to WBAC and walked out with £4500. We then walked the 2.5 miles from WBAC to the main dealership and collected my new car.

The best price will always be selling private, however I had an Inlet Manifold fault code that I'd cleared before selling - my conscience wouldn't allow me to clear the code and then sell privately.

 

I feel exactly the same way... even though my current Octy is mechanically perfect as far as I’m aware - I couldn’t live with the guilt if it broke down for someone I sold it to. 

 

Id probably have no qualms selling a hunk of rust to a car dealership though... 

 

hmmm, that makes me sound awful doesn’t it!

On a related note;

 

What sort of problems might force force you to take the car back to the supplying dealership? Would your local dealership be able to deal with everything?

 

Or is it more the sense of responsibility the supplying dealership would feel towards you might stop them fobbing you off?

TBH it should be/is irrelevant where you bought a car from.

1 hour ago, BA Baracus said:

TBH it should be/is irrelevant where you bought a car from.

Depends on the local dealer and how they approach it. Imagine calling up and saying the car you bought off them has already got a problem vs the car I bought from another dealership to beat your price has a problem could garner very different responses. One might be 'so sorry, bring it down so we can take a look' the other might be 'what a shame, looking on the system we have a slot in 3 weeks time for diagnostics'.

 

A good dealer wouldnt do that I'm sure, but as a business you'd certainly prioritise your own customers over someone elses?

As above really, the supplying dealer is probably going to go out of their way a little quicker to keep you happy.

Car, as signature, purchased in November in Mansfield. Found that glovebox light wouldn't come on, so contacted main Skoda dealership in Peterborough. To be fair they couldn't do enough for me. Booked me in for a "while you wait" slot for two weeks time, diagnosed and I then went back the following week to have a new switch fitted.

I'm sure I could have gone back to supplying dealership for a faster turn-around, but travel time and petrol, just as easy to go local.

3 hours ago, Jonhos said:

On a related note;

 

What sort of problems might force force you to take the car back to the supplying dealership? Would your local dealership be able to deal with everything?

 

Or is it more the sense of responsibility the supplying dealership would feel towards you might stop them fobbing you off?

 

You can take your car to any franchised dealership for warranty work etc. You can take your car to any vat registered business to have it serviced (as long as they use OEM parts, serivie it to manufacturers schedule and you keep receipts as proof).

 

No, the problem arises if there is any legal necessity. You may have to reject the car for some reason but before doing so, you need to give the supplying dealer the chance to rectify the problem.

 

I keep saying this to I'm blue in the face, but many people don't understand. When you buy a car, the contract is between YOU and the SUPPLYING DEALER. You'll read many people complaining that Skoda UK hasn't done this or that but it has nothing whatsoever to do with the manufacturer. Legally it's the supplying dealer who's responsible.

 

Been there, seen it, done it, believe me, it's much easier dealing with a dealer principal face-to-face, otherwise they'll more or less ignore you and hope you'll go away.

Edited 11 February, 20197 yr by Guest

Well I've sent off an enquiry out of interest to see what they come back with. Might even be cheaper as I speced the winter pack (£615) which only includes heated front seats as well as nozzles and windscreen but I wanted Heated front and rear seats (£405) so ticked that box too. So really it should be just £150 added to the winter pack price to include rear seats or £255 taken off the front/rear heated option as the fronts are already included in the 'winter pack'.

 

One question,the Amundsen included in the new facelift Octavia's,can you use any SD card or is it still that daft idea of a 'Skoda' only SD card.

 

Edited 12 February, 20197 yr by hatchy

On 10/02/2019 at 22:05, ExSEAT said:

Depends on the local dealer and how they approach it. Imagine calling up and saying the car you bought off them has already got a problem vs the car I bought from another dealership to beat your price has a problem could garner very different responses. One might be 'so sorry, bring it down so we can take a look' the other might be 'what a shame, looking on the system we have a slot in 3 weeks time for diagnostics'.

 

A good dealer wouldnt do that I'm sure, but as a business you'd certainly prioritise your own customers over someone elses?

Absolutely not.  I’ve  rarely taken any car back to the original supplier and had many dozens of services and repairs done. Absolutely no issue getting a courtesy car every time either.  A) its a business and they are very appreciative of the work b) service are nothing to with sales c) sales couldn’t give two figs if your car has a fault, they didn’t make it.  

9 minutes ago, teescom09 said:

Absolutely not.  I’ve  rarely taken any car back to the original supplier and had many dozens of services and repairs done. Absolutely no issue getting a courtesy car every time either.  A) its a business and they are very appreciative of the work b) service are nothing to with sales c) sales couldn’t give two figs if your car has a fault, they didn’t make it.  

Im glad you have had a good experience. I know of two dealers in our quiet corner of the country who have had their attitudes adjusted for them by their franchise owners, one vauxhall and one Seat. Both of whom refusing to do work on cars sourced outside of the county. 

More fool them , obviously idiots.  Hopefully  go out of business as I for  one wouldn’t go to them ever. I ring all local dealers and play them off against each other. Always get the work done for less than menu price. Got some of the oil services for £79 and £99

And if they refused to service your car report them to Skoda custom services. They would be very interested to hear about it. So would the motoring press. Never heard of such a rediculous thing 

3 minutes ago, teescom09 said:

More fool them , obviously idiots.  Hopefully  go out of business as I for  one wouldn’t go to them ever. I ring all local dealers and play them off against each other. Always get the work done for less than menu price. Got some of the oil services for £79 and £99

Thing is there is no other 'local' dealers, nearest is a two hour round trip on the map more like 3 in real life. At one point the Seat lot were the only dealer in town. They sell vehicles hand over fist. My skoda dealer didnt exist 5 or 6 years ago. The vauxhall one is going bust I think, mainly because they are untrustworthy idiots.

 

When Ive called to book servicing or get anything replaced my Skoda garage have been booked out for 3 weeks sometimes. Guess its the fun of living where we are. 

 

My above examples were a good few years ago to be fair though, I doubt they would be as daft these days as to comlletely refuse but I wouldnt put dragging their feet beyond them still.

As Scot5 says, it's not an issue unless you have serious problems and want to explore rejecting the car, as you need to give them opportunity to resolve. 

2 minutes ago, teescom09 said:

And if they refused to service your car report them to Skoda custom services. They would be very interested to hear about it. So would the motoring press. Never heard of such a rediculous thing 

It was a few years ago but the only other dealer in town was Hyundai, turned out the dealer principle guy wasnt paying the finance and keeping the cash for himself. He skipped down eventually, leavimg people having cars reposessed off their drives. Nothing suprises me round here with car dealers.