karatemaserati
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as above really... id like a db9 but my max budget is 35k... theres one up at a dealer for 39... too cheeky??
whats the most you have bargained off the sticker price of a second hand car??
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Alan Surrey
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I once got 20% of a second hand Maserati.
That's about what you need.
Once you've spent that, will you still have a war chest, in case it needs repairs?
That's about what you need.
Once you've spent that, will you still have a war chest, in case it needs repairs?
Alan Surrey
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They are thirsty for petrol.
Alan Surrey
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Maseratis look pretty much equally good ( in my eyes anyway) and less thirsty.
Just saying.
Just saying.
karatemaserati
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cool thanks might go for it then...
they do but i want something faster, a db9 with manifolds, cats, and inlet cams done is faster than a dbs
they do but i want something faster, a db9 with manifolds, cats, and inlet cams done is faster than a dbs
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From a dealer will be trickier than private seller.
Are they local? - could you try for a free spark plug change/major service? Set of premium tyres?
Will save you more than it will cost them….
Be careful with your wording or they may see an opportunity to sell you a finance package as well as a car!
Are they local? - could you try for a free spark plug change/major service? Set of premium tyres?
Will save you more than it will cost them….
Be careful with your wording or they may see an opportunity to sell you a finance package as well as a car!
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Did it have dodgy wipers?
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My 2016 GT was USD $148,500 new. In Summer of 2017 it was still on the lot and the 2018's were coming out soon.
I picked it up for USD $96,500 (yes brand new) - So I lucked out that is was 1 year on the lot and unsold.
Savings (if you can call it that being a DEPRECIATION ROCK that they are) was $-52,000 off list sticker
I picked it up for USD $96,500 (yes brand new) - So I lucked out that is was 1 year on the lot and unsold.
Savings (if you can call it that being a DEPRECIATION ROCK that they are) was $-52,000 off list sticker
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Not much in monetary terms, but I had the strangest experience of car buying just over a year ago.
I had sold my Grancab to make garage space for my GT40 and was missing a convertible in the fleet as we live near the coast.
Drivimg into town I spotted an old Z4 in the next village with a for sale £1900 sign on it, so phoned the owner and met up for a test drive. All seemed OK and he promised to get a basic service and new MOT prior to sale so I offered £1,750.
He smiled at me, opened the flip case on his phone to reveal a post it note with £1700 written on it and said it’s yours for £1700!
I said I had offered £50 more, so this was the one and only time I insisted on paying more then the seller was asking for as I couldn’t bring myself to take £50 off. I gave him £150 deposit so he could get it serviced before I collected it, whereby he gave me the keys and said just drop it back next Thurs when it’s booked in for the work and then pay me the rest when it passes!
What an honest trusting bloke! I duly did as asked and made sure I paid him the extra £50. It’s just had it’s MOT a year later after about 4K trouble free miles and just needed a couple of rear shocks this time round. What a bargain and surreal buying experience!
I had sold my Grancab to make garage space for my GT40 and was missing a convertible in the fleet as we live near the coast.
Drivimg into town I spotted an old Z4 in the next village with a for sale £1900 sign on it, so phoned the owner and met up for a test drive. All seemed OK and he promised to get a basic service and new MOT prior to sale so I offered £1,750.
He smiled at me, opened the flip case on his phone to reveal a post it note with £1700 written on it and said it’s yours for £1700!
I said I had offered £50 more, so this was the one and only time I insisted on paying more then the seller was asking for as I couldn’t bring myself to take £50 off. I gave him £150 deposit so he could get it serviced before I collected it, whereby he gave me the keys and said just drop it back next Thurs when it’s booked in for the work and then pay me the rest when it passes!
What an honest trusting bloke! I duly did as asked and made sure I paid him the extra £50. It’s just had it’s MOT a year later after about 4K trouble free miles and just needed a couple of rear shocks this time round. What a bargain and surreal buying experience!
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Not even joking - £48,500 off sticker on a brand new MC20. PM for details.
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I had the strangest car selling
I advertised a s type jag 4.0
10 am a very African sounding guy calls
Is the jaguar still for sale
Yes
Give me your address and I will come
3 hours later nothing so I call him back
Ahh yes, the jaguar where is it
Warrington
Where is warrington
Between Manchester & Liverpool, where are you
Near the airport
Which airport
London City Airport
**** me , he's not coming
Yes yes I am coming , do not sell it
5 hours later a car pulls up on the drive , 2 Africans in robes get out , while they look at the car, I start talking to the guy driving the car , after a minute it dawns on me he doesn't know them , it's a taxi , from London.
they ask to be taken for a test drive which is less than a mile before they agree to buy it
We go back , he pulls what must've been 30k in £50 notes out , reels off the price of the car , I get the V5 out
What is this
So I explain
Then he says I am exporting the car to Tanzania
Not a clue what to put on the form so he gets on the phone , comes up with an address in Milton Keynes
They get in the car , ask me to set the satnav then mr lead foot boots it off the drive , it went that fast I'm amazed he didn't do a burnout , then 30m down the road he slams the brakes on and reverses back
Do you have insurance for me to drive this vehicle
No
It is of no importance , 2nd time he set off a bit slower
I stood on the end of the drive for 5 minutes with my WTF face on
Checked a few weeks later and it was showing as exported
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I hope the 50 pound notes are not still under your bed. This is a common way to launder money. Or pass on counterfeit cash. Hopefully you got lucky.
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In percentage terms 22.22%.
When I was skint and my 300 quid
Mondeo blew up on the M25 I bought an Alfa 156 blind whilst in the breakdown truck.
It was up for £900. I offered £700 without looking at it.
Picked it up 2 hours later and it was mint (as long as you like Arctic Verdi).
3 years and 60,000 miles later absolutely nothing went wrong with it. Brilliant car.
Sold it on eBay for £580.
When I was skint and my 300 quid
Mondeo blew up on the M25 I bought an Alfa 156 blind whilst in the breakdown truck.
It was up for £900. I offered £700 without looking at it.
Picked it up 2 hours later and it was mint (as long as you like Arctic Verdi).
3 years and 60,000 miles later absolutely nothing went wrong with it. Brilliant car.
Sold it on eBay for £580.