Who sold you your car?

[KillerHERTZ]

Got mine of me brother

 

[BTB 500]

To a certain extent the choice of who you buy from is dictated by the age of the car.

Certainly, main dealers must have an age limit on the vehicles they will sell (7 or 8 years old?).

 

[jeremytaylor]

I'm not surprised that Mercedes Direct are bottom of the pile if my experiences with them are typical.

 

[Hammerhead]

MB of Bath. First time I've purchased from main dealer. Previous cars (944, 968, Boxster) were from Porker Specialists.

Steve

 

[jimmy]

I have only ever bought 2 cars from main dealers, 1 Landrover and 1 Mercedes, both turned out to be unpleasant experiences. All the others have been through independents or private or friends/relatives.

 

[Aletank]

Got mine from www.worsleyparkmotors.co.uk , I spotted the car in Autotrader though first - a Normal ad with a (T)
Main dealer had same spec,milage,age,colour etc advertised for £2k more.

 

[mobeyone]

mitsubishi of preston!

 

[tmienterprises]

From Autotrader!

 

[phoenix_nights]

Seemingly Ebay does quite a good trade in White Mercs.

Good 'ole Ebay .......

 

[Mambo]

Seemingly Ebay does quite a good trade in White Mercs.

Seems the cops sell a lot of stuff on ebay

 

[Tilly]

bought it through a main dealer via the company i work for.... contract hire/finance/vehicle broker for a nice little discount

 

[Fady]

I'm not surprised that Mercedes Direct are bottom of the pile if my experiences with them are typical.

What's so bad about Mercedes Direct? I found mine on eBay (but completed the transaction as a standard private sale). The chap whom I bought it from had obtained it from Mercedes Direct 10 months/3k miles previous. He gave me his invoice - I paid him 5k less than he had bought it for...but he had spent a princely sum on fitting AMG bumpers, 18" wheels and other bits.

I have never yet bought a car from a main dealer, or even dealers of any sort - I prefer buying privately. I prefer the saving you can make - no salesman's commission/lighting bill/coffee machine rental on top of my invoice, against the supposed "peace of mind". That said, when you go private you can still end up dealing with people in the motor trade. So I have previously bought a car off a guy who owned his own (non-sales) garage, as well as a guy who sold cars from home having acquired them from dealer-only auctions (the particular car had been wrongly listed in the auction book and no one else had cared to check out the posher badge!) .

 

[tzar]

i bought my mb from porche dealer, was a trade in for a boxter, at bottom book, but you buy cash and cannot go back if its a lemon.

 

[gotamerc]

bought mine through a broker I found online, saved £4000 off list price yet car still came direct from a main dealer. I asked my my local dealer (Thurrock Lakeside) if they could match the deal but there computer said no.

 

[kikkthecat]

Good 'ole Ebay .......

Me too, and the bargain of a lifetime. Mint condition and it still has to depreciate a long way to get down to the price I paid for it

 

[Thmsshaun]

i bought my mb from porche dealer, was a trade in for a boxter, at bottom book, but you buy cash and cannot go back if its a lemon.

I tend to try and do that when buying. Go in with the cash and accept the risk.

 

[Bobby Dazzler]

C32 Main dealer
ML Car Supermarket

 

[saorbust]

CLK Dealer.
E Class, Imported it via Berlin Main Dealership. Does that count as main dealer ?

 

[blassberg]

My company car and her private car supplied by Mercedes Corporate Retail

 

[Tan]

C220 Mercedes of Bradford

E220 & S280 Portmann Mercedes of Manchester

SL500 Private

A140 Mercedes Direct Manchester.

Portmann and MB of Bradford are both part of the Pendragon group.