The credit crunch bites some hard
James - 16/3/09 at 03:49 PM
Went into VW dealer on Friday (I needed a couple of parts and haven't been bent over in a while! 
).
Anyway, in the visitors car park is a 2007 plate Aston Martin Vanquish S.
I had a drool at it before going in. What are they, £160/180k?
Joking with the guy behind the parts desk about it being his company car. He said it's "that guy's over there" and pointed to a
guy at one of the sales desks.
Apparently this guy was in there to trade the Vanquish in. They'd told him is was worth 2 Golf R32s! 
So he was trading it in for an R32 plus the money.
What's a fully loaded R32? £30k? So an 18mth old car is now worth £60k tops!
Driving in in an v12 Aston and driving out in a Golf has gotta hurt hasn't it!!! 
Poor git.
Cheers,
James
vinny1275 - 16/3/09 at 03:54 PM
There was a thing in evo mag the other month about dream cars which are going to be bottoming out if they haven't already - bonkers some of them!
Now, all I need is 6 numbers on the lottery.....
splitrivet - 16/3/09 at 04:05 PM
Round here Aston Martins, Ferrari's and Bentleys are the favourite mode of transport of VAT scammers .
Cheers,
Bob
paul the 6th - 16/3/09 at 04:40 PM
aye, it's really affecting some people quite badly now innit lol
speedyxjs - 16/3/09 at 05:09 PM
What was he doing part exing it for a golf anyway? He could get a decent Jag XK for that money
Rod Ends - 16/3/09 at 05:40 PM
Quentin 'Oily' Wilson recommends Bentley GTs - reckons they'll £25K soon.
Also Ferrari 456s.
Danozeman - 16/3/09 at 05:54 PM
Thats a rediculous loss.
A bloke i know was a sales manager in a landrover dealer. They had a bloke come in with a range rover sport that hed bought new a year previous for
69k. Hed borrowed all the money and took it in for a trade in. they offered him 25k!!! 30 grand negative equity on a car!!
roadrunner - 16/3/09 at 07:00 PM
quote:
Originally posted by speedyxjs
What was he doing part exing it for a golf anyway? He could get a decent Jag XK for that money
Because he wanted a VW not a Ford.
Mark G - 16/3/09 at 07:39 PM
quote:
Originally posted by roadrunner
quote:
Originally posted by speedyxjs
What was he doing part exing it for a golf anyway? He could get a decent Jag XK for that money
Because he wanted a VW not a Ford.
Lol, Very funny!
rusty nuts - 16/3/09 at 07:50 PM
One of the guys at our local Aston dealers told me they depreciate a grand a week! Had an Aston in a couple of months ago for it's 2nd or 3rd
MOT and failed on corrosion ! No protection at all .
James - 16/3/09 at 07:53 PM
quote:
Originally posted by rusty nuts
One of the guys at our local Aston dealers told me they depreciate a grand a week! Had an Aston in a couple of months ago for it's 2nd or 3rd
MOT and failed on corrosion ! No protection at all .
Aren't the modern ones (Vanquish, DB9, Vantage) carbon and ali?
I'm probably mistaken!
Cheers,
James
[Edited on 16/3/09 by James]
Peteff - 16/3/09 at 07:54 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Danozeman
Thats a rediculous loss.
A bloke i know was a sales manager in a landrover dealer. They had a bloke come in with a range rover sport that he'd bought new a year previous
for 69k. He'd borrowed all the money and took it in for a trade in. they offered him 25k!!! 30 grand negative equity on a car!!
69-25 ? where does 30 come from, I make that 44. I would hang myself if I was him