New Passat 206TSI R-Line

[chopper]

Indeed! And I'm not even looking for sunroof or metallic paint. A white 206TSI sedan with no options is what I'm after. Stay tuned!

I wait with bated breath!

[Buzy_Robot]

I wait with bated breath!

Oh, I'm just getting started my friend!

Got onto RedBook and generated a Valuation Certificate for my MY16 140TDI Highline Sedan with R-Line Pack and Luxury Pack and 18,000 kms on it. Trade-In values are as follows:

As New: $38,550

Very Good: $37,850

Good: $37,200

Average: $35,750

Fair: $35,250

Poor: $34,250

So, at $34,000 my dealer is offering me a trade in value less than what RedBook considers suitable for a Passat in poor condition.

I can assure you my Passat is far from being in poor condition. Exact opposite, actually.

Going through the receipts of the 5 previous Passats from the same dealership and I can see substantial discounts.

For example, with my current Passat there was a discount of $3,158 off the retail price.

Be very interesting to see the dealer's response to all this information.

[snala]

That's not unusual in my experience. The last two cars I've not traded in as the dealers offered $7k and $10k less than what they were really worth. That's how they make their money. It's not what you think it's worth, it's just about the hand over difference cost you are happy to pay. They can take some off the top of the new one but you don't care which car it comes from. I don't know what the market is like for second hand cars in oz selling privately at that level but over here it can take a couple of months but you should pull 50-75% of the difference back if you can afford to do that. Or wait another few months and buy an ex demo. Mine was $10k+ less than new price with 3000kms on it. So $60k NZD instead of $71k doing it that way.

[SciroccoJ]

Oh, I'm just getting started my friend!

Got onto RedBook and generated a Valuation Certificate for my MY16 140TDI Highline Sedan with R-Line Pack and Luxury Pack and 18,000 kms on it. Trade-In values are as follows:

As New: $38,550

Very Good: $37,850

Good: $37,200

Average: $35,750

Fair: $35,250

Poor: $34,250

So, at $34,000 my dealer is offering me a trade in value less than what RedBook considers suitable for a Passat in poor condition.

I can assure you my Passat is far from being in poor condition. Exact opposite, actually.

Going through the receipts of the 5 previous Passats from the same dealership and I can see substantial discounts.

For example, with my current Passat there was a discount of $3,158 off the retail price.

Be very interesting to see the dealer's response to all this information.

Do differently negotiate .... I normaly work out what I want and give it to the dealer and told them, work towards that deal and you have my deposit. neven have them to work out how much the trade is and how much you are paying the new car. Just tell them if they can get you want you want, they have a deal, otherwise there are always a dealer out there want the deal.

I have just traded my MY15 Tiguan 155 Rline with sunroof for $33k with 24k on the oclock, just over 20months old. (new is around $47.5 from memory)

[chopper]

I never really trade cars in... I either pass them off to family when we're done, sell them privately... or just keep them (I was supposed to have sold my GTI by now, yet she's still here!). I've never really had this issue... and it's why I can push harder buying the new cars, as there's no complication about trade-in. It's just a straight cash purchase.

They only ever just discount one to prop the other up anyway.

I've heard of other people doing this... if you're buying a REALLY expensive car, which triggers LCT, the dealer discounts your new car and gives you less for your trade. You'll save 33c for every $1 discount above the LCT threshold. Not an issue for me, I don't see the value in buying expensive cars when you can buy cars like the 206TSI below the threshold...

[Wynnston]

Picked mine up yesterday. 1st in WA so far. I believe there are a couple being delivered next week over here.

My spec is a White sedan with s/roof.

I'm quite happy so far.

[Mr_206]

Picked mine up yesterday. 1st in WA so far. I believe there are a couple being delivered next week over here.

My spec is a White sedan with s/roof.

I'm quite happy so far.

Congrats! What was the final D/Away price?

[Wynnston]

It worked out to ~64k

[adamking]

this stuff is amazing ! You can see where I didn't get a great coat of it this is after 1 week


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[adamking]

So did the autoglym hd was last weekend just rinsed the car off get a good depth of shine going on the roof in the last picture


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