We are buying a new car and need some advice.?

I have a 2002 (02) Suzuki Wagon r+ SE. Its done around 48k and has a full service history. There are a couple of very minor dings to the body work, nothing major and it depends what way you are looking whether you can see them or not. Now, nearly six years on, we want to change it for a brand new car. We are wondering whether to sell it privately where we are sure any prospective buyer would notice it has been looked after. Or the other option - PX - where a dealer opens his glass%26#039;s guide and gives us an arbitrary figure. We have heard many people feel conned when going down this route.

We need finance. Our budget is circa 鎷?00 per calendar month. We would value any advice about the buying process. We are looking for a similar type of car - will to compromise though. On our list are the following:- punto, corsa, Astra, yaris, ignis, focus, Mazda 1 or 2, fiesta, micra. Any thoughts on these cars? I like the nippiness of the wagon r (1.3 16v) but fuel economy is not great.

We are buying a new car and need some advice.?

You might well get more selling you car privately, but it%26#039;s far more hassle than it%26#039;s worth sometimes, and to be honest, I doubt you%26#039;ll have buyers beating a path to you door for a Suzuki Wagon R! What I%26#039;d do is sort yourself out a loan rather than take the dealer%26#039;s finance, then use the fact that you%26#039;re paying cash to squeeze every last pound of discount off the new car. Haggle hard %26amp; don%26#039;t back down, if you%26#039;re buying a brand new car you want at least 15% off the price! Use the trade as another bargaining tool, it might be worth spending 鎷?0 on a full valet before you show it to the dealer, as car dealers are lazy sods and prefer not to have to do any work before putting a trade-in car on the lot.

Out of your shortlist I%26#039;d have the Toyota Yaris, preferably the 1.3 version, though I%26#039;ve a soft spot for Puntos too, but stay away from the base 1.2 8v Punto, it%26#039;s underpowered. Personally I don%26#039;t reckon Diesels make much sense in small cars either, unless you%26#039;re doing mega miles in town in it, a petrol car should still do 40-50mpg easily.

We are buying a new car and need some advice.?

It always used to be the accepted thing that you would get more for it selling privately than PX through a dealer. It%26#039;s all down to whether anybody wants to buy it privately, though. You may get stuck with the dealer.

We are buying a new car and need some advice.?

I have a yaris,13oo cc. it is great on fuel quite

nippy and plenty of room. You can%26#039;t go wrong with

toyota, ihave had six models over the years and no problem. GOOD LUCK. iF YOU SELL IT PRIVATE YOU CAN GET A GOOD DISCOUNT.

We are buying a new car and need some advice.?

Obviously you will get a better price selling privately but many people prefer the convenience of just driving to the dealer in their old car and driving out with the new one. Also you do not have the cost of advertising, keeping the car spotless at all times, staying in for buyers who never turn up, being without a car for a period of time etc etc. A good website is www.drivethedeal.co.uk. They source all their cars from uk main dealers (no imports) and the price includes delivery to your door. They don%26#039;t do part-ex though and i%26#039;m not sure how they stand regarding finance, but at least you can use the site to %26#039;spec%26#039; the cars that you are interested in and can use the quoted price as a bargaining tool at your local dealer. You won%26#039;t get such a low price because the website negotiate %26#039;fleet discount%26#039; type deals, but you may get close to it - in my case within 鎷?00 on a 18k car - still with a significant discount over list. Also look on www.whatcar.co.uk for reviews/road tests and comments from owners on what they actually think of the cars.