corsasport.co.uk
  Not logged in [Login - Register]  
You Are Not Registered Or Not Logged In  

Corsa Sport » Message Board » General Chat » Buying a second hand car from a small dealer


New Topic
New Poll 		  Subscribe | Add to Favourites

You are not logged in and may not post or reply to messages. Please log in or create a new account or mail us about fixing an existing one - register@corsasport.co.uk

There are also many more features available when you are logged in such as private messages, buddy list, location services, post search and more.


Author Buying a second hand car from a small dealer
purple_corsa_gls
Member
Registered: 25th May 04
Location: Near Sunderland
User status: Offline
19th Feb 09 at 07:37   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I have never bought a second hand car that wasn't from a main dealer so wouldn't know where to start. I am wanting to buy a 2002 2.2 Dti Vectra but want to know if A) anyone knows of any common things wrong with them that I should ask and B) What things I need to know when asking.....

Cheers
dannymccann
Member
Registered: 9th Aug 06
Location: Doddington, Lincolnshire
User status: Offline
19th Feb 09 at 07:44   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
If you are part-exing a car with them be aware they will give you, especially in the current climate, a lot less than a private sale for your car, unless you drive a shit heap you couldnt sell yourself obv!

Also, if it were me, I would be scouring local private sales and taking the cheaper ones along with you to help with bartering the cost down and getting stuff thrown in for free, like tax, tank of diesel, mot, service etc

edit - sorry i dont know much about the 2.2DTi, I drive the 2.0 variant, you may want to nip over to the Astra/Vectra forums to ask about engine troubles

[Edited on 19-02-2009 by dannymccann]
Brett
Premium Member

Avatar

Registered: 16th Dec 02
Location: Manchester
User status: Offline
19th Feb 09 at 07:45   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Assuming you'd test driven the car and liked it and everything seemed ok... You should be asking about service history, mot expiry, warranty, get a hpi check (£3 by text).

 
New Topic
New Poll

Corsa Sport » Message Board » General Chat » Buying a second hand car from a small dealer 24 database queries in 0.0062690 seconds