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[ummyeah]

A garage will offer you more in a trade in because they build the trade in value of your car into the car they sell you. For instance, they might buy a car for £500, add £1000 to it for trade in values and then add another £1000 or so for profit. In the end you buy a 3k car that would cost you £1500 on the open market.

This is the reason alot of garages give you a grand for your car regardless of what it is...they've already made their profit with the car they're selling you.

As for your alloys, yeh, I'd tell you to keep them too, alloys are ten a penny now a days and selling them for what they're "worth" is alot harder than buying them cheaply

I would only "desire" to "rip you off" if I was interested in your car, which I'm not. Audi A4s R-W reg come along too frequently, alot cheaper and with much fewer bangs

[Tam o' Shantie]

Originally Posted by ummyeah

A garage will offer you more in a trade in because they build the trade in value of your car into the car they sell you. For instance, they might buy a car for £500, add £1000 to it for trade in values and then add another £1000 or so for profit. In the end you buy a 3k car that would cost you £1500 on the open market.

This is the reason alot of garages give you a grand for your car regardless of what it is...they've already made their profit with the car they're selling you.

As for your alloys, yeh, I'd tell you to keep them too, alloys are ten a penny now a days and selling them for what they're "worth" is alot harder than buying them cheaply

I would only "desire" to "rip you off" if I was interested in your car, which I'm not. Audi A4s R-W reg come along too frequently, alot cheaper and with much fewer bangs

I don't really see how your sums add up there, how does 500 + 1000 + 1000 = 3 grand? Also what on earth is your point? I've been offered a grand for trade-in, told by another garage that I'd get £1300 if I put it in the paper and have listed it as £1500 ONO...it's not some ruse to trick some innocent people on this forum into buying a car that is only apparently worth £500 pounds...if that were the case then why would I ever have bought it from a garage in the first place for many times that amount?

Also, I didn't offer you the chance to purchase my alloys so keep your opinions to yourself. These ones weren't 'ten a penny', in fact a penny would have only bought me 0.00008% of one wheel

Originally Posted by Tam o' Shantie

I don't really see how your sums add up there, how does 500 + 1000 + 1000 = 3 grand? Also what on earth is your point? I've been offered a grand for trade-in, told by another garage that I'd get £1300 if I put it in the paper and have listed it as £1500 ONO...it's not some ruse to trick some innocent people on this forum into buying a car that is only apparently worth £500 pounds...if that were the case then why would I ever have bought it from a garage in the first place for many times that amount?

Also, I didn't offer you the chance to purchase my alloys so keep your opinions to yourself. These ones weren't 'ten a penny', in fact a penny would have only bought me 0.00008% of one wheel

Why spend 3200 on wheels?

[ummyeah]

You just keep going big man, you obviously know what you're up to, go for it...reach for the sky

[Tam o' Shantie]

Originally Posted by ummyeah

You just keep going big man, you obviously know what you're up to, go for it...reach for the sky

Wow, you're so intelligent. Boy, will my face be red when I get at least a thousand pounds for a car I spent £4500 on after taking the advice of someone who is in the exact same profession as you (but obviously has no idea what they're talking about of course).

If only I understood the mechanics and the workings of the garage underworld like you, right? You nosey, patronising cunt.

[Edgar Graham]

Anyone who thinks this car is only worth £500 is "uterly insane"

[Tam o' Shantie]

ok everyone I'd love to debate the tits off this but if nobody wants to pay more than 500 pounds for it as ummyeah is so determined to rant about, i'm sure they won't contact me just to tell me this. car is listed on pistonheads here:

Audi : Audi A4 1.8 SE (1998/S Reg) B5

mods please close whenever you feel like it