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Dont scrap your coupe! #820528 25/04/2009 10:15 25/04/2009 10:15
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 333 London dazzle OP Making a profit
dazzle OP Making a profit Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 333 London	I hope no one is going to be tempted to take up the govt offer to scrap their coupe for a new car. Wont make economic sense as v unlikely to replace with as nice a car and the coupe is no old banger :-)

Re: Dont scrap your coupe! [Re: dazzle] #820530 25/04/2009 10:28 25/04/2009 10:28
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 8,127 South Cambs B Barmybob Hon Club Member: 003
Barmybob Hon Club Member: 003 Je suis un Coupé B Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 8,127 South Cambs	We are thinking of taking up the Scrap offer and went to chat to the dealers yesterday. We have an eye on a Grande Punto GP, but the Fiat dealer did not seem keen to sell us one They would also only offer the £2000 discount off the RRP We then visited Ford to take a look at the new KA & Fiesta. They had a discount list in the showroom showing the discounts from RRP that they were already offering. The £2000 govt scheme would be applied on top of these discounts We could have had a brand new (unregistered) KA with A/C, Bluetooth, USB, Alloys and metalic paint for well under £6000 OTR Gone Audi mad!

Re: Dont scrap your coupe! [Re: dazzle] #820531 25/04/2009 10:28 25/04/2009 10:28
B Bigtop Unregistered
Bigtop Unregistered B	what exactly are the details of this scheme?

Re: Dont scrap your coupe! [Re: Barmybob] #820533 25/04/2009 10:31 25/04/2009 10:31
Joined: May 2006 Posts: 1,855 Birmingham B benje My life on the forum
benje My life on the forum B Joined: May 2006 Posts: 1,855 Birmingham	I thought thats what some dealers would do, i.e any discounts available disappear as soon as you tell them you have an older car to trade in. A friend at work said you need to go in there, negotiate a discount as you would on any new car, and then hit them right at the end, and tell them you have an older car to trade in. Be interesting to try it, however I can't find any car I'd fancy new at the moment, still too many good secondhand cars around

Re: Dont scrap your coupe! [Re: benje] #820536 25/04/2009 10:39 25/04/2009 10:39
Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,477 Birmingham City Centre! MattyB My job on the forum
MattyB My job on the forum Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,477 Birmingham City Centre!	You have to of owned the car for a min of one year though dont you? Last edited by MattyB; 25/04/2009 10:43. Ex Coupe Owner - Unfortunate Peugeot driver!

Re: Dont scrap your coupe! [Re: MattyB] #820539 25/04/2009 10:45 25/04/2009 10:45
Joined: May 2006 Posts: 1,855 Birmingham B benje My life on the forum
benje My life on the forum B Joined: May 2006 Posts: 1,855 Birmingham	My understanding is you need to have owned the car for one year, it must have been registered before 1999, and the scheme only runs for one year for the first 300000 people. Clever move by the government to stop people buying bangers just to get a discount though. However as I mentioned above I have a real suspicion most dealers will just eliminate the discount people could get by haggling and apply this instead

Re: Dont scrap your coupe! [Re: MattyB] #820540 25/04/2009 10:52 25/04/2009 10:52
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 8,127 South Cambs B Barmybob Hon Club Member: 003
Barmybob Hon Club Member: 003 Je suis un Coupé B Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 8,127 South Cambs	Ford Scheme Citroen Sceme Fiat Scheme Gone Audi mad!

Re: Dont scrap your coupe! [Re: benje] #820541 25/04/2009 10:56 25/04/2009 10:56
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 8,127 South Cambs B Barmybob Hon Club Member: 003
Barmybob Hon Club Member: 003 Je suis un Coupé B Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 8,127 South Cambs	Originally Posted by benje I have a real suspicion most dealers will just eliminate the discount people could get by haggling and apply this instead Yesterday at our local Ford dealer they were going to apply the discount on top of the discounts already being given, oh and finance at 3.9% too Gone Audi mad!

Re: Dont scrap your coupe! [Re: Barmybob] #820542 25/04/2009 10:58 25/04/2009 10:58
B Bigtop Unregistered
Bigtop Unregistered B	so you cant get 2000 for your coupe and put money with it and buy another coupe thats a bit newer? (and a bit faster?)

Re: Dont scrap your coupe! [Re: Barmybob] #820544 25/04/2009 11:00 25/04/2009 11:00
Joined: May 2006 Posts: 1,855 Birmingham B benje My life on the forum
benje My life on the forum B Joined: May 2006 Posts: 1,855 Birmingham	Originally Posted by Barmybob Originally Posted by benje I have a real suspicion most dealers will just eliminate the discount people could get by haggling and apply this instead Yesterday at our local Ford dealer they were going to apply the discount on top of the discounts already being given, oh and finance at 3.9% too Excellent, wonder how much I could get a Diesel Focus for then ?