New order today 1st September
Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2018 10:48 pm
Hi I have been looking for some time on this and the sister Ateca forum. I live in Northern Ireland so we only have 3 dealerships in the whole country so decided to use CARWOW to get other prices. I've traveled to England before to collect cars so would have no problems with a road trip. I have to say that all was not what it seams with CARWOW and had one finance quote that gave me £3000 manufacturers deposit contribution instead of £1500 which was an amazing deal but sadly withdrawn. My best deal was in Lincoln but it turns out if I wanted to get there it would be a 2 day trip with an overnight stay due to flight times from here. I went to one of my local dealers with whom I was upfront with what I'd got and to my surprise they not only beat my best local deal by over £1000 but also every offer I'd received even before travel expenses with the exception of the Lincoln deal which when I added travel expenses it really wasn't a great saving plus it would cost me 2 days leave from work. In the end I ordered a 1.5 DSG SE L with a few options including heated windscreen and ACC in petrol blue. I must remember in the future not to take the wife with me when buying a car as as soon as she saw an Edition in the showroom she wanted a sunroof and leather seats. Thankfully the sunroof is no longer an option so I got away with an extra £250 for the leather. No idea when Ill get the car but my current PCP ends next January and there's a deal to be done there too as my mileage is less than the original contracted amount. I'm sure the 6 months or so waiting time will drag but this really does look like this is the way things are if you want a popular model these days.