Do you get dealer discount if your first car is a new one??

elvis2002

I've heard this from some friends but haven't looked into it. Is this true?

Big Balls

You can get a discount on lots of cars once you are paying by cash...

Anan1

elvis2002 wrote:

Do you get dealer discount if your first car is a new one?? I've heard this from some friends but haven't looked into it. Is this true?

Do you mean a discount over and above that given to someone buying the same car, but not as a first car? If so then (unless some garages are running a promotion that I'm unaware of) no.

Anan1

Big Balls wrote:

You can get a discount on lots of cars once you are paying by cash...

Garages don't give discounts for paying by cash, they give them for not having trade-ins. This is referred to as a cash deal, but does not actually mean that you must pay by cash. Cheque, bank draft, finance are all fine - the real requirement is that you be paying money for the entire value of the car - ie no trade-in.

The_Magoo

First time buyers discount on a new car? Dont know who told ya that but they must have been breaking their **** laughing afterwards!

Anan1

The_Magoo wrote:

First time buyers discount on a new car? Dont know who told ya that but they must have been breaking their **** laughing afterwards!

In fairness to the OP, I could quite easily see a car salesman saying "look, seeing as it's your first car, I'll give you an extra €200 off" or words to that effect.

The_Magoo

Anan1 wrote:

In fairness to the OP, I could quite easily see a car salesman saying "look, seeing as it's your first car, I'll give you an extra €200 off" or words to that effect.

Granted, but the impression I got was that the OP believed there is some kind of First Time buyers discount, which is unheard off, and fair enough I can see a salesman saying "Ah sure, its your first car, theres €100 off and sure we will give ya a warranty and a full tank a petrol as well", where as if a well informed punter was to go in and haggle, they would probably get a far greater discount. Any way just ignore me, I am hungover and grumpy, was at that farce of a footbal match with the lads last night and we went on a bit of a sess after.:o

colm_mcm

Anan1 wrote:

In fairness to the OP, I could quite easily see a car salesman saying "look, seeing as it's your first car, I'll give you an extra €200 off" or words to that effect.

that's very likely alright.

dingding

colm_mcm wrote:

that's very likely alright.

And the OP wont be trading a car as it is his first one so he should be in a good position to get some money off. Depening on the car you should get between a half and one percent. If you are buying a new car it is ofter worth your while trying different dealers.

What car are you interested in.

maidhc

dingding wrote:

Depening on the car you should get between a half and one percent.

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I would say between 7-10%. When I was trying to buy a new Octavia earlier in the year I was getting about 7, but some tougher hacks seem to be able to do better.

colm_mcm

a figure of around 5% is doable, some manufacturers build in higher discounts in their prices, French tend to discount the most, and Germans the least. Japs somewhere in the middle (huge generalisation)

Big Balls

Anan1 wrote:

Garages don't give discounts for paying by cash, they give them for not having trade-ins. This is referred to as a cash deal, but does not actually mean that you must pay by cash. Cheque, bank draft, finance are all fine - the real requirement is that you be paying money for the entire value of the car - ie no trade-in.

Really?

Jesus I thought is was compulsory to turn up with a case full of unused notes !

Cash deal, straight deal, no trade in... there's plenty of different ways of saying it.

:rolleyes:

unkel

Anan1 wrote:

Garages don't give discounts for paying by cash, they give them for not having trade-ins. This is referred to as a cash deal, but does not actually mean that you must pay by cash. Cheque, bank draft, finance are all fine - the real requirement is that you be paying money for the entire value of the car - ie no trade-in.

Good point, a lot of people don't realise this. Cash only could be required in small dodgy dealers, but for the vast majority it just means no trade-in

Big Balls

unkel wrote:

Good point, a lot of people don't realise this. for the vast majority it just means no trade-in

I think Anan and yourself are insulting a lot of people's intelligence by claiming this in fairness.

I for one, found it pretty funny that Anan thought I didn't understand it anyway.

Anan1

Big Balls wrote:

I think Anan and yourself are insulting a lot of people's intelligence by claiming this in fairness.

I for one, found it pretty funny that Anan thought I didn't understand it anyway.

You didn't appear to. Otherwise, why would you say:

Big Balls wrote:

"You can get a discount on lots of cars once you are paying by cash..."

?

As anyone who has ever worked in the motor trade in Ireland will tell you, this is NOT the same thing as a cash, or straight deal.