KiwiGTI

What's the normal amount you can negotiate off the advertised price of a car worth £25-30,000?

Are Parkers an accurate guide to use etc.

Colinj

Depends...if your paying straight up & no trade in then you have more grounds for haggling. If you have a car to trade in & taking finance then much less!!

Depends on time of year also how far they will go to get the sale!!

Under any circumstance I would try for about at least 5% off the sale of any car, with no trade in & paying cash I would try a bit more!!

KiwiGTI

I would have thought with a trade you could have more room, obviously they are going to make on the trade too.

Colinj

Well it would really depend on the trade, what its worth & a number of other factors! If your trading a low mile 04 model to replace with a new 06 of the same marque then of course they will happily take that, they will have a very good chance of moving it on quickly. If its a high mile muncher or not common to the franchise they will be more reluctant to take it & give you discount!!

sgcooby

Parkers or Glass's guide will give you figures for a certain car at an main dealer or franchised dealer and their prices are the industry standard. Nearly all salesman ive dealt with all say you cant go by the parkers and Glass figures but they are only trying to pull the wool over your eyes as they use the same guides to price cars as well. So in theory you should be able to haggle the value down to what figure is quoted in these guides. I have on the last three occasions anyway, even after they gave me the usual rubbish about parkers etc not counting for anything. Some people will however believe everything a salesman says and therefore wont get as good a deal.