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... and, also, it has allowed me to re-set the deal and price favourably... I am likely going to let WBAC have the golf this weekend, rent for a few weeks, and still be quids in over the deal as it was in April... Don't get me wrong, that deal in April was great, but WBAC are offering more than 11% more now than they were when I did the deal 4 weeks ago...
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05-13-2021, 12:04 PM | #25 |
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Exactly... I can sell the golf this weekend with +ve equity, have WBAC pay of the finance, save a month's payment on the Golf, rent cars in the interim as I need, and still be quids in over the (admittedly good) deal I did a month ago...
BMW dropping the options and WBAC looking for cars really put the whip in my hand when looking more closely at how to deal with getting rid of the golf and how to minimise finance on the BMW...
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05-13-2021, 12:08 PM | #26 |
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As for current status of my build, and as to what I was told by the dealer was being dropped, I also asked the folk on the BMW live chat, on the web site, and they confirmed the same items are not available (comfort access, enhanced bluetooth and Harmon Kardon)…
I specifically asked what options were being affected by the global semiconductor shortage in respect of the car I have ordered and they were able to look that up for me… Took them a minute or so to get to the info, but they understand the question right away and provided a concise response…
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05-13-2021, 01:50 PM | #27 |
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I've never had HK so could be talking complete nonsense but given CD players seem to now be a thing of the past isn't it a waste just to play MP3's? I guess you can play the lossless formats but surely it's a compromise? And a car is certainly not the best in terms of acoustics. I've just had one of the stock under seat subs replaced after a water leak and the sound is very good, Cars sounds particularly beefy with the bass synth sounds.
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05-13-2021, 02:03 PM | #28 |
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Ford have closed all their factories at the moment because of the shortage.
We ordered a few new transit vans a couple of months ago, looks like they'll be delayed for a long while yet. |
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I was not aware the stock setup actually had drivers under the seat... ... but would explain why I thought the set up sounded more like the old "business' speaker setups used to sound when that was a mid-price option between "stock" and "fancy dan"... something interesting I noted, and this suggests that there is processing going on in the system, is that the broadcast signal of the same radio station sounded better in DAB than FM... Now, on my tuner at home, that is not the case, as FM sounds far better than DAB (and, indeed, should do, seeing as DAB streams are compressed and lossy).. I was actually quite surprised by this...
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My gut feeling is that it is the supply chain who is taking the brunt of it and that certain options have been hit first... with possibly more to come...
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05-13-2021, 04:02 PM | #32 |
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what has become of the motoring world and a good old car that a 'semiconductor shortage ' can halt car production
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A lot of my files are also Hi-Res, so more than CD quality... I also have a Qobuz subscription and the Qobuz app is available in CarPlay, and you can also download files from that to the app as long as your subscription remains valid, so you are not buying through bandwidth streaming... The Tidal app was similar, but I let my subscription to Tidal lapse...
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It's not just the motoring world, to be fair.. the world in general... When even your toaster and kettle can have chips...
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I took my 840i back in 3 days after I took delivery for them to disable all the 'crap' that it came as standard with. The Radio muted every time i moved my hand, the steering wheel tugged if I went over a white line, traffic announcements came on every 10 minutes, and to top it off there is no CD player but something called Napster which they explained to me but went straight over my head!!! How many ways do you need to increase the volume of the radio, I counted 4 in total....... bloody ridiculous |
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Dead easy and a no-brainer. Loads of people on trust pilot reviews also saying the same about getting more than WBAC.
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Maybe if I went through the Motorway process I may get a little more... But maybe I would not and as I want to resolve this now ASAP, I have decided to go with the best firm offer I have (subject to inspection)... I have spoken with M'way and have them as a backup in case the WBAC falls thriugh for any reason...
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All seems to be a bit of a moving target at the moment with used car prices. With Motorway, I got £1200 more than their original estimate once the bidding had finished. But then a few days later my WBAC quote went up and was not far off the original Motorway estimate! (but still less than what I actually got) As i say, used prices are all over the place (in the sellers favour!) at the moment.
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I was looking on Autotrader and the WBAC bid is only something like £2/3k less than the prices being asked for cars of my colour/age/mileage, which would be about right for the lower end of what a dealer would look to mark up, so I cannot imagine the trade going too far up on what I am being offered already... I think if I can get close to what WBAC are offering then I shall take it and walk away happy knowing I got a +ve equity and a better deal on my new car for having done that (like a double positive)...
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So, WBAC appointment cancelled and doing the arrangements now to sell to them....
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Good news! And if Wizzle dont charge you (I guess they dont, as Motorway dont, similar set up) you wont be paying the £70 that WBAC want as an admin fee.
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Have I maxed out...? Hard to say, but maybe there would have been a little more to squeeze out... but then the deal I have done is £2500 better than WBAC 4/5 weeks ago, and I have been able to remove the -ve equity aspect of doing the deal on the new car into a quite sizeable +ve equity that will fund my finance deposit and the rental of cars to fill in where I need them... Plus, because I have now been able to remove the trade-in elements of the new car deal, and we have removed some of the spec, my finance payment have come down a full 10%...!!!!! I mean, this semiconductor thing, if you go into it thinking "how can I make this an advantage rather than a problem", there are ways to do that...
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