If you haven't brought a new car lately you'd maybe be ignorant on how hard the salesman try to sell you at least another 5/6 items you really don't need. When the salesman gave me the bill yesterday all the below had been added to the new price of my Fiat 500. I nearly had a stoke.
First finance. It's a huge seller and something every dealership tries to sell you even if your a cash buyer. I tell them countless time I don't want credit, but it's always pushed.
Diamond-bright.. A polish for around £400+ that adds a shine they say it means you will never have to polish your car again.
Upholstery Stain-guard. Sprayed so you never have to clean it again another £400 or so.
Price drop depression insurance £480. This gives you the difference back in case of an accident when your insurance company tells you it will not give you the price you think it's worth?
Service guarantee plan. A fixed monthly payment added to the cost of you car.
Tyre and car insurance!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!From Fiat, yes sure how much extra is it over my own company.
I declined all the above because I'm a low mileage user and retired. But the hard sell spoilt my day and it's not only Fiat do this. My Daughter had the same hard sell at Audi, and my son at Honda.
It made me grumpy all day and today too? I love the car but not the hard sell, sorry.
I've just ordered a brand new car from VW
They had 4 things to sell me
1. gap insurance
2. Autoglym life shine (body and interior protection)
3. Smart repair insurance (any little dings or scrapes repaired up to the value of £3000)
4. Service plan.
Fortunately I live between to main dealers and both run buy different companies. I didn't want smart repair insurance or autoglym life shine I can get both far cheaper than they wanted to charge anyway.
However in playing the two dealerships off against one another I got gap and the service plan thrown in for free. Which equates to about £700, so all in all it pays to shop around.
I should also add there was no hard sell.
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