ethanrob

iTrader: (3)

Just had a phone conversation with motorpoint regarding chopping my 03 sti ppp in against an 06 wrx,£14995 brand new,im thinking hey nice price,so off the sales guy goes with the sales pitch,anyhow.

The guy takes my trade in details 03 sti ppp,60 k,prodrive alloys flaps,scott low splitter etc etc,tells me he will phone back in ten minutes with a cost to change figure

10 minutes later the phone rings,as promised with trade in value.
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£7800 trade in for my car






surely on god's green earth,this is taking the F*****G p**s big time
i got offered more then that for a shaggy ugly bug eye wrx that had done 73000 miles and was five years old

needless to say i wont be taking advantage of this amazing offer put my way

swtmerce

That is just unbelievably outrageous! You'd expect that value for a standard WRX, not STi

Reality

When I saw your post my guess at rediculously low trade price was £7,999 - thinking it would be lower than your actual offer

I chopped in an 03 Sti when it was a year old got 17k for it.

If I ever buy another Scoob I'll buy a three year old one off here .

Gutmann pug

The issue is you are getting the WRX for £3K off the normal price, so they are offering you £3K less than the normal trade in price on your car. If that was the case they are offering the equivilent of £10,800 on a 60K car......doesnt seem a million miles away does it? Probably worth £13K on the forecourt if they are lucky or £11.5K to you private sale.....

You dont always win with supermarkets ...... sell privately then go to them and start again. Bear in mind they arent keen on cash either, they make their money on finance.....

Gary

simo

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what Gary said. Sell yours private & go along as a cash buyer if you really want it. Or go to a dealer, pay 3k more & get 3k more for yours

Big Den

IMHO it comes down to the cost to change not the buy & trade in prices.

Just going thru this excercise at the mo with the MY05 cars still available and the advertised selling price is varying by the odd £2k but so are the trade-in prices. Cost to change I'm finding, therefore, is only varying by £200 or so.

ethanrob

iTrader: (3)

they said my trade value was straight from glass's guide which is total **** as i looked it up before i rang them,also glass does not give a price for the prodrive pack fitted,but will non subaru dealers really care about the ppp on trade in price ?

suffolkdar

Never ask about the value of subarus on here, it will only depress you, I think that because 70% of the people who post here dont have them, dont want them, or can't afford them, so they slag them and the drivers off,Its best to do a search on the car selling sites online, gives you a much better idea of value,

Leeroy

Supermarkets don't usually give a 'good' p/ex price due to the supposed low new car price/margins as said above. The price to change is certainly the one to watch. Also, chopping in rather than selling privately is worth at least £1k due to the hassle/timewasters/chavs etc.

FWIW I wasn't overly impressed with the new WRX in terms of performance and the nasty interior - stick with the cheapy Sti!

bob r

iTrader: (46)

i cant believe that you want to trade your sti against the 06 wrx. its beyond me, perhaps im missing something.

ethanrob

iTrader: (3)

it's just an option i was/am exploring to increase fuel economy a little as i "may" be changing jobs,but sticking to an impreza with a turbo

but as said,its a big maybe

Gutmann pug

They are usually only really interested in selling you their finance schemes.

Gary

ethanrob

iTrader: (3)

Yeah agree there matey
they were trying to push that 3X3 finance deal on me(i think they use to call it there boomerang deal or something)
anyhow 3 years warranty/servicing/breakdown etc
3 months deposit and 3 years payments etc
And give me 100% cashback(minus the three months payment deposit) for my car,i may have been tempted if they gave me nearer 12k for the car after i stripped it back to standard

Ian E

iTrader: (1)

Motorpoint send most of their px cars to auction so won't give you top price for a trade in. I doubt they would value your car higher with extras. Also 60000 miles is highish miles for an 03 car.

Probably best to sell private. Have any main dealers given you a price on your car?

I traded a Focus in to them a while back and got a realistic trade price for it.

bigknd

Changed from MY04 WRX PPP to MY06 STI PPP done over 5k and the STI returns better fuel consumption than the WRX

Also found that PPP is worth roughly 50% of it's cost when traded in at a main dealer

Awd Chaddy

Are you driving it or using the force? I can't see how an STi will deliver better fuel economy than a WRX if they are both being driven in the same way (allowing for the fact that the STi goes a bit quicker - apart from Corradoboy's WRX!!!)

thegadgetman

Just asked for a part ex on my 52 wrx. Only got 31.5k on clock and was offered £8000 which I did not think was too bad.

ethanrob

iTrader: (3)

Strange aint it !!!!
i think some of these dealers just pull figures for part ex's out of there ****'s

bigknd

WRX PPP was 2.0 ltr and MY06 STI 2.5 so this may account for the better fuel consumption by having much more torque in the STI, and yes both driven in the same manor

AndyC_772

iTrader: (2)

A couple of weeks ago, a dealer made me an offer of £12k for my immaculate '05 STI with 16k on the clock, against a £22k AMG Mercedes.

I very nearly shoved his offer right back where it came from...

KiwiGTI

Motorpoint are low, I was offered £18000 for my current car for a new STI, other supermarkets offered £21000, while a dealer offered me £22500.

Reality

Hasn't it got some accident damage from when it was very young .

Trading in Scoobs you've had from new is rarely a pleasant exercise .

They're still worth it though .

Leeroy

Trading in anything is an unpleasant experience