It's all been a bit of a whirlwind but I bought a Fiat 500 today!
I hadn't actually planned to get a car necessarily but did want to do a bit of looking around.
As you might know from my other thread I'd originally set out with a budget of approx £8,000 and wanted a Pop with at least some alloy wheels and maybe some options but not too fussed. Ideally no more than a year or two old.
I checked stock at the Fiat dealership in Nuneaton and they had the same set of cars in.. I then saw that Mazda Leamington had some basic spec Fiat 500 Pop's in stock that were exceptionally cheap - massively undercutting all other used Pops out there. So I decided to down and have a look around.
Talked to the dealer and it turns out they were a job lot of ex-lease cars almost all had done less than a few thousand miles. They said the phones had been ringing off the hook and they had people coming from fairly far away to view these and I was fairly sure they were not lying (one sold just after I started looking around and they'd already sold another one that morning..)
I saw one I quite liked - registered February 2011, had done 504 miles, but was basic spec - priced at £7,799.. I looked around it and as you'd expect it was immaculate. Took it for a short test drive (they were keen to keep the miles off it understandably) and it was really nice. As I sat in the dealership virtually at the point of shaking the salesman's hand he comes over and says "I'm sorry to say this, but the car you just test drove has been sold!" - over the phone, sight unseen. I couldn't believe it.
He said however they had 4 more left awaiting processing in the compound and that he'd check the specs and price and see if one matched up. And if so, would I be interested. My mind was already made up at this point so I said yes. Head had, to an extent, overruled heart. I wanted options but these just seemed so cheap and seemed to be flying out of the door.. so I had to get in on this whilst I could!
He went away, came back after a few minutes and was (clearly relieved) to say they had another identical spec car with marginally more miles but still under 1,000.. same price.. so I shook his hand. Should be picking it up Wednesday! So I think it's basically a 1.2 Pop, 60 reg, black cloth, leather steering wheel, start & stop, blue & me.... obviously I haven't seen this one yet but obviously I'll be giving it a good check over before I pay the remainder of the balance when I come to collect it!
I'm really looking forward to it. Great little cars - bags of character. Couldn't get over how refined and smooth it felt on the test drive, despite it being about as cheap as they come and having such a small engine. I wouldn't be surprised if their entirely stock is now sold already.. I've managed to get a six month old car with less than a thousand miles on the clock for £2,000 off list price. Just glad I had the cash waiting
Looking forward to being part of this community now I'm an owner!
I hadn't actually planned to get a car necessarily but did want to do a bit of looking around.
As you might know from my other thread I'd originally set out with a budget of approx £8,000 and wanted a Pop with at least some alloy wheels and maybe some options but not too fussed. Ideally no more than a year or two old.
I checked stock at the Fiat dealership in Nuneaton and they had the same set of cars in.. I then saw that Mazda Leamington had some basic spec Fiat 500 Pop's in stock that were exceptionally cheap - massively undercutting all other used Pops out there. So I decided to down and have a look around.
Talked to the dealer and it turns out they were a job lot of ex-lease cars almost all had done less than a few thousand miles. They said the phones had been ringing off the hook and they had people coming from fairly far away to view these and I was fairly sure they were not lying (one sold just after I started looking around and they'd already sold another one that morning..)
I saw one I quite liked - registered February 2011, had done 504 miles, but was basic spec - priced at £7,799.. I looked around it and as you'd expect it was immaculate. Took it for a short test drive (they were keen to keep the miles off it understandably) and it was really nice. As I sat in the dealership virtually at the point of shaking the salesman's hand he comes over and says "I'm sorry to say this, but the car you just test drove has been sold!" - over the phone, sight unseen. I couldn't believe it.
He said however they had 4 more left awaiting processing in the compound and that he'd check the specs and price and see if one matched up. And if so, would I be interested. My mind was already made up at this point so I said yes. Head had, to an extent, overruled heart. I wanted options but these just seemed so cheap and seemed to be flying out of the door.. so I had to get in on this whilst I could!
He went away, came back after a few minutes and was (clearly relieved) to say they had another identical spec car with marginally more miles but still under 1,000.. same price.. so I shook his hand. Should be picking it up Wednesday! So I think it's basically a 1.2 Pop, 60 reg, black cloth, leather steering wheel, start & stop, blue & me.... obviously I haven't seen this one yet but obviously I'll be giving it a good check over before I pay the remainder of the balance when I come to collect it!
I'm really looking forward to it. Great little cars - bags of character. Couldn't get over how refined and smooth it felt on the test drive, despite it being about as cheap as they come and having such a small engine. I wouldn't be surprised if their entirely stock is now sold already.. I've managed to get a six month old car with less than a thousand miles on the clock for £2,000 off list price. Just glad I had the cash waiting
Looking forward to being part of this community now I'm an owner!
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