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When buying a car from a franchised dealer, is there normally any limit on the age of car they'll accept as a trade-in?
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No though older cars will be passed on through the trade rather than retailed so values will reflect this.
Dealers often go by mileage, i.e. they might retail a 7 year old car on 50k miles though not a 4 year old car on 75k miles.
What is the full description Les', year, mileage, spec?
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>> What is the full description Les', year, mileage, spec?
July 2003 2 litre petrol Focus Ghia with optional reversing sensors and full size spare, 58,000 miles.
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>> July 2003 2 litre petrol Focus Ghia with optional reversing sensors and full size spare,
>> 58,000 miles.
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Is that 03 or 53 Les', also what colour? Leather or cloth?
I know someone who might be interested, where in the country are you?
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No, its all about how much they will give you for it. Or rather, as you know, its the "cost to change" that's important.
Whats the details (age model mileage) etc on your current car?
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There might be some good deals on 2010 Focuses.
I would wait awhile before buying a 2011 because the biggest discounts on new-model Fords are not usually available until the car's been on sale for a while.
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Great car, a late mk 1, strong petrol, but you will be lucky to get £1.5k for it
Last edited by: nick1975 on Sat 2 Apr 11 at 10:37
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The bigger franchised dealers rarely seem to sell cars more than about 5yrs old now, and they often won't resell cars of a different franchise to the one they hold.
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>> Great car, a late mk 1, strong petrol, but you will be lucky to get
>> £1.5k for it
Retails at £2,300 on traders forecourts, so yes 1.5k trade in is the minimum I would accept. And I would be pushing for a 20% discount minimum on list price if its the run out model, and 10% on the incoming model.
Last edited by: Zero on Sat 2 Apr 11 at 12:30
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drivethedeal.com are doing about 15% on the latest modesl - I bet eBaying the OP's car would realise 1500 quid.
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>> I bet eBaying the OP's
>> car would realise 1500 quid.
easily, would expect more.
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I'd be happy to buy L'escargot's Focus as would many, it'll stick out like a sore thumb in it's advert, low mileage and maintained properly, i think overall it would pay to do so...might be worth a pic or two on our very own classified section..Focii are well liked here.
I can understand why a doing a deal avoiding the general public like the plague is attractive though, most of the calls i received for the pick up were a waste of time chancers who's word meant nothing.
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L'es is up against the ceiling price for his car.
It's well above average condition will not make it fetch more money, but might help it sell quicker.
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When the time comes it will be traded in at our local Ford franchised dealer. Private sales are all very well but inevitably you end up without a car for a time, and that's something I wouldn't want.
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L'Es, I purchased an 03 reg Ford Galaxy from a Franchised Ford dealer last November. It had 77k miles on it, two former owners. It had a full service history, but not all Ford Franchised. It had been traded in with the dealer where I purchased it against a brand new Galaxy.
I would expect your car, with the history it has, would be welcomed by a good Franchised Ford dealer and that they would retail it themselves.
The dealer I dealt with is Hartwell Ford in Kidlington if that's any use to you.
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My local Ford dealer has plenty of Focuses that age, they sell them via Autotrader but tend not to have them on the forecourt if that makes sense?
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>>When the time comes it will be traded in at our local Ford franchised dealer.
With such a desirable car, that's a pity.
The last used car that I bought was from a work colleague. He had a new one on order from a local main dealer, who was also advertising his old car in anticipation of a trade-in. To cut a long story short, main dealer offered my colleague £6000, but was advertising it at £7000. Colleague sold it to me for £6500, and that was in the early 90's.
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>> When the time comes it will be traded in at our local Ford franchised dealer.
>> Private sales are all very well but inevitably you end up without a car for
>> a time, and that's something I wouldn't want.
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Are you saying you could not bridge a £2000 "trade-in part-ex" value gap while you wait for a private sale?
Last edited by: John H on Tue 5 Apr 11 at 16:57
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>> When the time comes it will be traded in at our local Ford franchised dealer.
>> Private sales are all very well but inevitably you end up without a car for
>> a time, and that's something I wouldn't want.
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Depends, you can arrange for the buyer's collection to be aligned with the collection of the new car.
You will definately get a better price and better overall deal selling privately.
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>> You will definately get a better price and better overall deal selling privately.
Little doubt about that.
I will be parting company with my excellent, low mileage (modest) limousine, with full main dealer history and all receipts, etc, within the next 12 months or so.
Will I trade it in; will I heck!
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I agree that selling a car privately will maximise the amount you get but for a lot of people the aggravation of dealing with private buyers and the possibility of theft outweigh the financial loss.
Dealers provide an easy and risk free way of getting rid of your old vehicle albeit at a cost.
A lot of people are prepared to live with that.
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>>A lot of people are prepared to live with that.
Agreed. Not the quickest way to your first million, though.
:)
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Not a problem if you have your first million!
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Trading in an oldish car - Hard Cheese
