I have leased my cars for the past 6 years but now want to just buy a year old car and swap it every few years for another year old car. I am not used to buying the cars from dealers only just ordering lease cars. What sort of discount can you expect off the sticker price? How much can you ask for off without being rude? I will be paying cash which I believe puts me at a disadvantage as dealers like to make money from trade ins / finance (any truth to this?)

Any one work for big (car)dealers here?

Any advice?

Thanks

Thanks for the advice, iv also read the end of month/quarter, so prob best to wait until end of march? Only problem is my lease is up early April so gotta find something before then

One car I have my eye on is £25,650 so was thinking offering £25,000 nice round number.

Ah ok its a 2019 Mercedes C Class 220D AMG Line in white, needs to be 2019 as they just had a face lift.
Thanks for the advice guys I'll give it a go Tempted to try and leave until end of march... bit of a gamble but could pay off hehe.

Yeah i totally agree, but then i think iv been paying £300 a month for 4 years for something I just now give back! nothing to show for it. I have to keep it in very good condition and stick to 8k miles a year etc... But if i bought the car in 4 years even if its only worth 15k that's 15k better then 0k And i might just choose to run it into the ground or put in another 10k to upgrade it. When you lease your paying for the depreciation in the first few years of a car which is the highest. Buying 1 year old its lost quite a bit and is still pretty much a new car so is deffo savings to be had, but yeah is more hassle i guess. Like I said iv been in the leasing game for a while now so thought id trey it the other way round

Idea was to keep for 2-3 years then trade for another year old car but i like the idea of actually owning it and putting as many miles on it that i want (yes will lower value etc..) or if i just feel like keeping it i can, or want to swap early i can. I like the idea of having more freedom then signing on the dotted line and stuck for next X years.

Offered £24500 so about 1k under sticker they did not accept (asked for a better offer). Worth countering or just waiting for another?

No credit this will be cash.

Also did not realise how much uk road tax is now, for this car it’s £465 which is insane I swear it was only like £185 on my last bought car. It’s always included in the lease deal so you never think of road tax when leasing. Might ask for them to throw in free years tax or something. Do dealers get this cheaper?

I had Lexus is200 when younger in my boy racer days had alot of fun with that

My problem is I am very fussy when it comes to cars! Like this HAS to be white and the AMG line and a 2019 plate face lift. Having the ambient lighting / the new digital dash would be a bonus as well. Alot of people can walk into a dealership and be happy with many of the cars but for me it has to meet all my specs or I am not happy! which does put me at a slight disadvantage will agree. There is only 5 near me with this spec in my price range. And 4 of them is over 120 miles away this is only 50 so far closer.

I agree I might leave it and wait for a better deal I still have 2 months to find one, and the longer I leave it the nearer the end of there quarter it gets so hopefully they become a bit more interested in offer discounts to meet sales targets etc...

Yeah they got my phone number, the sales guy actually phoned this evening he did not mention any numbers but said feel free to stop by and take a look if you like. I definitely won’t be paying sticker! But not quite sure what my next move is? Does it look to needy to go take a look or just wait and see if they call back with a offer? I still have 2 months left to search for one. This one does have the ambient lighting package which I wanted so that’s a plus

Some great advice here, not quite sure what this Costco process is or even we even have it here in the uk, it’s at a main Mercedes dealership so I can only assume there is some room on the price, it’s been there for at least 2 weeks from what I can see from the advert. All others are over 120 miles away but a closer one might pop up so that’s the gamble. I will probably stop by and see it on sat with my gf and youngest as she will want to test toddler seats (as they do Lolol) and will see what they can offer basically for me has to be £25k or under or I’ll walk