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Thats a shame, you still need the rose tinted ones to buy a Vauxhall.
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As we used to say: 'The book doesn't buy it', so any guide is of limited value.
In the trade, Glasses has been all but overtaken by the CAP auction guide.
For occasional use by a private motorist, Parkers or a look on Autotrader is just as good.
Last edited by: Iffy on Tue 2 Aug 11 at 13:57
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Just look in Autotrader and see what price others are asking for a similar car.
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The guides are no more than that. And of course always out of date as soon as published, and being a country wide guide do not reflect local markets.
Most of the time they are just used like a magicians wand to mesmerise punters.
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I was using that Vauxhall Glasses just recently when getting an idea of the trade in on my car, and it bore little resemblance to what I actually got.
But trade ins are so dependent on so many factors they're pretty unpredictable other than a very rough range. The trade in price I got two weeks ago was in fact nearly £1000 more than the trade in I was offered six months ago on something else. Who cares - it's the cost to change that counts and that's what I negotiated on.
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>> Just look in Autotrader and see what price others are asking for a similar car.
That's what I've always used, whether buying or selling.
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Strangley, i had a look on the Vx site tonight and saw this service was no longer available.
An neighbour of mine changes his car every 3 years, and always gets something tasty. In '08 he bought a gorgeous looking TTRS convertible, chopped in last weekend for a Scirocco Tdi (ok looking in white with black wheels but 4th division stuff compared to the Audi) because his wife is now driving more miles for her job.
P/ex he got 20k for it. Very low miles (not sure the exact but sub 25) and totally immaculate.He paid around £45k for it new. If only I had known my car would be in the AT now.
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I have tried to track the TTRS down from the p/exchanging VW dealer but it was under written by a broker and seems to have disappeared into the ether.
Doubtless it will appear at an Audi dealer for several £k more than he got for it.
A valuable lesson learnt..he who hesitates and all that.
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No more free Glasses.... - Old Navy
