I think a LOT of cars are overpriced but GTIS and ED30 are also overpriced, again no offence to anyone but £13k for a 57 plate Ed30 is WAAAAy too much,
I looked at several Ed30's in late October/early november last year before I bought mine and I went to see one at a place in London (trader) who insisted my offer of £11.25K for his Black 08 plate Ed30 DSG with 60K and FSH (Otherwise it was basic spec model, no nav, no park sensors, cruise, or Xenons etc etc) was insulting, I raised my offer to 11.5K and he still would not have it (forecourt price was £12995), I saw that same car for sale a few weeks back still and the price tag was down to £10995
, ahem matey/dealer I dont like to say "I told you so"
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Also looked at another one up in Manchester area, he wanted £12650 I offered £11.65K (which was my budget) knocked back, 8 weeks later still for sale and then priced at £11495
, finally found my candy Ed30 5Dr DSG, Xenons, park sensors, winter pack, sunroof, Highline, MFSW, Armrest and sat nav, it is an 08 plate 39K FVWSH within my budget
and yes I talked him down from £13K after I went armed with lots of previous listings/prices, CAP values and several "Unsold" listings from ebay and the prices and details of the last 6 ED30's that BCA had sold
, he soon understood he was VERY unlikely to get what he asked
I would not feel too bad making a "Sensible" offer, I know folks say the book is rubbish (depends which book) but I got my brother (in the lease indusrty) to give me CAP values so I went on those and got mine at Cap middle so yeah the parkers guides may be off but teh CAP figures are what industry uses and those seem fine.
I was looking at another 3 dr 08 plate Ed30 which came up for auction at BCA and CAP was £10750 to £11350, I then bought my car but went anyway out of curiosity to see what t went for, it went for £11150 pretty much bang in the middle of figures my bro quoted me, it appeared 9 days later sat on a VW dealers forecourt at £14995
If they found a buyer for that it must have been the easiest £3.5K they ever made
If you have a mate in the industry get him to give you the CAP figures for it as a guide, and dont forget a sellers price is what "HE/SHE" wants for it and likely not what it is worth either to you or in the real world of slow moving car sales in the current market conditions.