If you check volkswagens used Edition 30 stock, they are still fetching 17k
Seems 5dr dsg Ed30's have a premium...
My local dealer has a Silver Ed30 5dr dsg for £5 short of 17k!!!!
People selling for less then 12K?? , id put the price up
VW Dealers will ask what they think they will get away with. My old Roc is on the forecourt for just shy of £29k, I paid less than 26K in Sept 10. Same Dealer has a 6K miles old 210 Roc for £27k.
A friend (old work mate) is a salesman at my local dealership. He reckons per transaction, so car taken in and out, he has been instructed to get over £8000 profit on a Family hatchback deal (This will increase with increased car values - Eg Porsche way more %age per car). So he will only offer you lower trade price, and expect top trade price for his car. All a case of what he get away with.
So that dealer putting an Ed up for 17k, would have probably offered 11-12k trade in on a A1 car with low miles, slapped it up for 17K expecting to be knocked down, or have capacity for a bank holiday sales push.
Higher miles and the price drops. Spec has very little to do with trade in price, but everything to do with sale price.
So this chap (Below) has probably been offered a very low trade in, given the miles and the Dealers aversion to Mods, and is trying to get a few more £, ready to buy new from the dealer. They would have slapped his car in the auction, and got what they could for it, hence the risk of £ loss being taken from them with a low Trade in value.
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