Dave Thornton

I've read a bit in the past about cars being cheaper or more expensive depending on the part of the country - supply and demand I suppose. Has anybody got any general advice or evidence? Looks like North East and Scotland are cheapest and South East/London more expensive - perhaps £500 differenc on a 15-20k secondhand car.

jjones

yes there are regional variations and as you say north appears cheaper

davyboy

A £500 saving on a car worth 15-20k is no good at all.

By the time I've taken time off work and spent money of travelling the saving is gone. Factor in looking at a few duffers and it will work out more expensive.

I'd not travel much more than an hour to buy a car.

turboman786

Id say that on a £15k car the price diff between north and south is over £1000-£1500, which, to me, is worth travelling for......

nickwrxstiV2

I live in the North and have bought both of my previous 2 cars from the fringe of London!!!!!

jjones

been looking at bikes and the difference is 10-15%

nickwrxstiV2

Oops, double post!

davyboy

Unless you actually go and see the vehicles how can you be sure?

One might just be a better car?

J4CKO

iTrader: (1)

Its not across the board, it can vary depending on a models desirability in a given area, I remember a delaer in the 80s/90's makign anice living out of moving Nova SR's round the country as the could be a grand or so difference in price from one area to another so go to the auction in one area, buy all the SR's,get them transported to your pitch and sell them to all the eager young lads with wads of tenners.

Gear Head

iTrader: (2)

Cars are always cheaper up north because they're all owned by pikey chav boys!

lem6

yeah all in integra type r's...

stilover

It's just that they know they can con dumb shandy drinking southerners.


More money than sense.

lem6

well said mate!

Gear Head

iTrader: (2)

Not according the official numbers mate.

UK Integra Type R List:

VEHICLE UNDER DISPOSAL 24
SCOTLAND 196
WALES 59
ENGLAND 1357
NORTH EASTERN REGION 67
YORKSHIRE AND HUMBERSIDE REGION 96
EAST MIDLAND REGION 131
EAST OF ENGLAND REGION 183
SOUTH EASTERN REGION 281
LONDON REGION 106
SOUTH WESTERN REGION 187
WEST MIDLAND REGION 135
NORTH WESTERN REGION 171

lem6

how ****?!

KiwiGTI

I've always thought London was a cheap place to buy cars. It's often a complete falsity to say that London is more expensive in many areas - the competition does keep prices down.