AbbieCadabra
Active Member
following on from a few recent threads of mine, we had our test drives today & we're 99% set on buying a new E350CDI Sport Cabriolet.
the sales guy found a car with the desired colour/trim combination, an E350CDI Sport 125 Edition (a special edition from last summer that comes with Nav50). i've just checked the spec. list against the current model & the only difference seems to be that this one has the 7g plus transmission & the current spec. just states 7g. (265bhp & everything else is the same).
so, OTR price for the available car is £44,630 & we get a price to change amount that means they're offering a discount of £3,295 - in capital letters at the top of the deal "MASSIVE DEALER DISCOUNT OFFERED" .
ok, it's a starting point, however, this discount is subject to us taking finance out. we were going to buy outright, but would consider a small amount on finance if it made sense.
the first deal was for three times the amount we wanted on finance & over a longer period, so that was 'no'. he quickly came back with the amount we'd originally said would be ok, & over a shorter period. it was stressed that this would be the minimum amount they could do that would still enable the discount to be activated.
£3,295 discount less finance charges = £2,827, really not good. it gets even worse when i query the figures as it appears the £3,295 includes the amount currently on offer from MBUK, a discount of £2,035 (which is really a free upgrade to a sport). take this into account & the dealer is actually offering a discount of £792 !
"thanks, can't make a decision now & we'll think about it & be in touch" as we walked out...
am i expecting too much from them or do they think we're muppets with money to burn?
(well done if you got through all that, hope you've got some popcorn left )
the sales guy found a car with the desired colour/trim combination, an E350CDI Sport 125 Edition (a special edition from last summer that comes with Nav50). i've just checked the spec. list against the current model & the only difference seems to be that this one has the 7g plus transmission & the current spec. just states 7g. (265bhp & everything else is the same).
so, OTR price for the available car is £44,630 & we get a price to change amount that means they're offering a discount of £3,295 - in capital letters at the top of the deal "MASSIVE DEALER DISCOUNT OFFERED" .
ok, it's a starting point, however, this discount is subject to us taking finance out. we were going to buy outright, but would consider a small amount on finance if it made sense.
the first deal was for three times the amount we wanted on finance & over a longer period, so that was 'no'. he quickly came back with the amount we'd originally said would be ok, & over a shorter period. it was stressed that this would be the minimum amount they could do that would still enable the discount to be activated.
£3,295 discount less finance charges = £2,827, really not good. it gets even worse when i query the figures as it appears the £3,295 includes the amount currently on offer from MBUK, a discount of £2,035 (which is really a free upgrade to a sport). take this into account & the dealer is actually offering a discount of £792 !
"thanks, can't make a decision now & we'll think about it & be in touch" as we walked out...
am i expecting too much from them or do they think we're muppets with money to burn?
(well done if you got through all that, hope you've got some popcorn left )