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OK maybe I am being too cynical. But why can they not put some trade plates on the car and drive it from the compound to the dealer? How far are we talking?
When giving me the sales "spiel" the compound was "just up the road" - hence my confusion as to why it's now such a logistical nightmare for them, when before the proximity to the compound was a bonus / selling point!!
I can't understand why they can't do this either tbh..
You said you're off on hols- ask for it once you're back that way you get the car taxed from the start of september rather than paying for 1 week of use in August 
Ah, just up the road! One of those lovely "how long is a piece of string" measurements which could mean 200m down the road OR 50 miles away.
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You said you're off on hols- ask for it once you're back that way you get the car taxed from the start of september rather than paying for 1 week of use in August
By my calcluations that would save the princely sum of ... £1.73.
(£30 / 52 x 3)
Wouldn't it be £2.50 (£30/12 [months]) since you don't pay for the tax weekly
I can always find something else to spend money on and prefer to pick up a car on the 1st or very early in a month rather than the last week or day of the previous month
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Wouldn't it be £2.50 (£30/12 [months]) since you don't pay for the tax weekly
I can always find something else to spend money on and prefer to pick up a car on the 1st or very early in a month rather than the last week or day of the previous month
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You said you're off on hols- ask for it once you're back that way you get the car taxed from the start of september rather than paying for 1 week of use in August
Dealers are allocated blocks of reg numbers which they assign to individual cars at the point of registration - so they could just allocate you one of those numbers without actually having a car at all.
As you've said, there's little point in deferring registration for tax reasons on a £30pa car - but I'd certainly wait now until 1st September before registering it, as it'll be worth a couple of hundred pounds more on trade-in with the later reg prefix.
Provided you agree not to drive the car until 1st September, the dealer can give it a '61 plate & deliver it to you now on trade plates,
Doh:bang::bang:
Serves me right for not reading the whole thread before posting. Sorry folks.
Oh dear...sorry to hear about the problems. It was all so easy on here - get some advice from seasoned 500 users, go take a test drive and pay your deposit!
Hopefully though all will work out in the end. I do agree to a certain extent with Maxi in that it will all hopefully iron itself out.
But why certain dealers can't just be upfront is beyond me rather than cobbling together "stories" as to why it hasn't turned up. Billy Bull**** is nobody's friend, so stop wheeling him out!
Popped past the dealer last night on my way to the supermarket. The salesman I dealt with wasn't in and the lone salesman said he knew nothing, and that he'd get my salesman to call me today. Which he hasn't done yet.
Slowly starting to lose patience now.
Slowly starting to lose patience now.
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If you going away next week I would suggest putting 'it' to one side. If you think of those who order a new car it takes 10-12 weeks. Looking for a 2nd hand one can take at least a month. There's that guy over in the US having to wait for at least a year for his A500. IMHO another week or two shouldn't matter.
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Which dealer is it?
I'd be seriously concerned about this deal now. Perhaps the car doesn't exist, perhaps it's in a bodyshop being repaired, perhaps it's subject to legal wrangling over unpaid finance, who knows??
Whatever the dealer tells you now, how can they reasonably expect you to believe it???
At this point, I'd be round the showroom today to collect any deposit I'd paid, and then I'd walk away. This sort of behaviour by dealers simply makes me
.The way you've been treated & misled, they absolutely don't deserve your business. Go take it someplace else.
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I'm not sure on naming and shaming rules on this forum so I best say nothing yet! It's not a Fiat dealer though if that helps!
I have to say - I can't help but think there is some kind of damage and they're trying to get it rectified. Either way it's concerning me a bit.
The most hurtful thing is this is the closest I've ever gotten to buying a new car for myself and the experience thus far has been a pain in the backside. I wanted it to be an enjoyable experience and it really hasn't.
I've been a model customer - I turned up, had a short test drive, and stuck down a deposit on a car I haven't even SEEN yet and been nothing but polite and courteous over this whole process whenever the salesman has called. There has been no finance to sort, and no complications.. these people sell cars for a living, so I don't understand why they're having issues.
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Call and ask out right what the hell is going on. If you want me to do it for you (I am a lawyer and I can tell them that I have been asked to assist you) I am happy to - send me a PM if you want to take me up on it.
It's your money, you've worked hard for it, you deserve nothing less.
I'd suggest you go and take your money somewhere else, you have no chance of getting this from that dealership now.
