RE: [doc] Re: "new" new cars

["Richard" <dickyh11@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

If the garage says the car is worth £800 then sell it privately for a
grand, then go back to the garage and demand a better discount for cash
- works for me :D
Name your price, let them um and err a bit, then start waving the pound
notes around. Real money has a wonderfully persuasive power about it...

If you do a lot of mileage then a bigger car is a better option. They're
much more robust, and are a lot cheaper to buy. I was stunned at what
you could get for £1000 locally - immaculate motors with fab interiors!!

Unfortunately they tend to cost more to 'insure'. Those adverts on the
telly make me laugh..."We could save you up to £400". Good grief,
anybody who's paying THAT much over the odds really needs to shop
around, and they're usually *the* most expensive insurers - someone has
to pay for all those adverts!

I remember my last conversation with the AA...

"That comes out at £800 sir, how does that sound?"
"Like daylight robbery, my current premium is £235"

Rich H
DOC 365 VIN 1274


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Green [mailto:mikedx@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 12 April 2005 18:45
> To: doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [doc] Re: "new" new cars
> 
> 
> I really did get screwed over, for instance one weekend I must have
> spent a good £200+ on it when the carb needed a complete strip down
> and clean out and then on the way home the alternator packed up, fixed
> by our friendly RAC man for just £120!
> 




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