Out and about today looking at TDV8's and in one dealership the salesman asked me for a realistic price for my FFRR against a 40k TDV8.

Granted i have a 05 registered 06 mdl 4.2 Vogue SE Supercharged with all the toys, plus a few extras,with 30k on the clock FSH by LR.

So i thought well say 24k , WRONG came the reply , salesman said " Try nearer the 19k mark".

Due to the credit crunch ( every c ts byword these days ) FFRR petrols are quite hard to move on in the car trade.

Think some of these sales guys talk through a hole in their arse at times.

Bunch of w s... Don't think they're that hard to shift at the moment. It has been noted recently that they represent quite a bargain.

They'd give you that, but they have to make (silly) money and throw a fair few grand on top. I looked at buying from my local stealer before xmas, told them what I was prepared to pay (wasn't sure between FFRR and RRS). He tried to get me to practically spend double and buy a RRS - practically told me the FFRR was out of my league... Even pulled in the business manager to pile on the pressure when I wouldn't budge. Couldn't wait to get out of the door! Didn't listen at all to my needs, just tried to push for the hard sell - very rude.

However, come the end of Jan I found my FFRR for a very reasonable price - more than happy...

Mick, salesman talking , my mates runs a Porsche dealership and there is a shortage of good second hand FFRR's he's just started a sideline passing them on. The prices are creeping up. My mate just bought a private '55 4.2 S/C for 23k.

Buying and selling too totally different practices
It really don’t matter what they give you or what it costs work out how much you can afford (cost of change) and bargain with this.
A main stealer will always normally bid low as they need a sum of money to bring the car up to retail add the Warranty deprecation costs whilst is on the forecourt it just goes on and on
I don’t agree with the low bid just understand