New Car Order Question

[Ozsko]

Further to my question re the extended warranty I have decided to order a new car (Superb wagon) and get what I actually want. Knowing the long lead times involved at what stage does the trade in get valued? If it were valued now and it took six months (wishful thinking?) for the car to arrive surely the dealer would have to allow for depreciation? It is a Superb Ambition sedan optioned up fairly well as it came off the Skoda drive fleet. Anyone interested and want to hold their hand up for it? I can't get rid of it until the new one arrives as it is a tow car and I need to keep it for that. Perfect condition with an at present 13K on it, front parking sensors, leather, MDS, TDI, DSG, boot liner, accessory floor mats to replace the Skoda rubbish, multi function wheel (standard??), tow bar, tint, silver with black interior and in as new condition. God knows what it is worth but I am going to get a trade in figure this week and will be very interested in what a car is worth that I only bought back in November. I have only seen one offered on the used market and that was in QLD.

[theduckster]

With my trade in I was given an approximate figure based upon a August trade in. That way the finance can be approved and the car ordered. I was told that the value should hold as long as the average km's are the same in August as they are now and the vehicle isn't in an accident in the meantime. They are more than happy to look at again in August and see if they can do better but most likely will stick to the figure they have already given me. I would assume most Skoda dealers would take into account depreciation of a trade in over the time its takes for delivery to take place. If in doubt just ask what they basing the value on when they give you the figure. Then take it from there. You always have the option of selling the car privately in the mean time.

Good luck with the order for the wagon. I would dare say that we both could be looking at August delivery times. I was told the next batch of Superb sedans for Australia go into build in April. Not sure whether its a similar time line for the wagon. Even though the waiting time sucks, the trade off is that you get the car you really want!

[Ozsko]

Thanks TD, I wondered how they did it. Judging by the order times occurring in GB it will be a long wait as TDI's seem to be a real problem.

[K1W1]

I did a guaranteed price for my trade in. It was valued in August and thet got it Christmas eve.

[Ozsko]

I did a guaranteed price for my trade in. It was valued in August and thet got it Christmas eve.

What assurances did you have to give for this to happen.

[K1W1]

We agreed that I'd cover a similar mileage to what I normally travelled on average and that the vehicle would be in the same condition when traded as it was when valued.
Guaranteed trade ins can work against you because the dealer will obviously err on the low side if they can't lay off the trade to somebody else but in my case the vehicle was a company owned vehicle and it didn't owe use anything on the books so I wasn't worried.

[Ozsko]

I started getting quotes today and even had a look at a Passat. The only reason I looked at the Passat was the active cruise control as I spend a lot of time on country roads. The trouble with them is the stuff you just can't get in a wagon like memory on the seats and Zenons cost 2K extra, typical German car company marketing. The trouble with the Skoda is that it will have a lower re-sale but I accept that as I have already bought one. The dealer said he would love to have my car as he can sell it straight away so we will see what price he comes back with.

[Jake02]

The trouble with the Skoda is that it will have a lower re-sale but I accept that as I have already bought one.

I'd like to question that as the Superb saloon won Wheels Gold Star Large because its resale was like 7% higher than the equivalent Passat saloon (placed 2nd). Also, a friend is looking at a Superb V6 wagon and to equip a Passat V6 wagon to the same spec, he was looking at $80k on-road (which is $15k more) so you certainly pay less in the first place.

[Ozsko]

The perception of lower re-sale is fairly general but the lack of cars both new and used could alleviate this. My view is as there has only been one Superb advertised as used recently all no one really knows. The trade off between lower price/lower re-sale and an initial higher price/higher re-sale is an interesting one. if you were to stay in the Skoda line of cars then it has no impact or very little.

One of the reasons I am selling it is the load capacity for long boxes but I did something interesting today that may interest others. The problem with the sedan is that the back seats won't fold flat and when you get over that the load length is exactly the same. I pulled the back seat squab out, a one minute no tools job, and the rear seat back rests lay perfectly flat and is possible longer than the wagon as the seat squab is not folded against the back of the front seats (is that how the wagon works?). You could even lengthen the wires for the seat heaters and lay the squab against the back of the front seats thus keeping it in the car and when unloaded put it back in place.

[woofy]

Um unless I'm reading this wrong, the squabs in both the wagon and the sedan fold the same, ie the squabs fold up against the front seats and he back rest down. I'm pretty sure the seats in a sedan I folded were the same.