Will it make a difference to those undecided potential owners?

if they have a 10 year old car to trade in  Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

Pointless.

I got £5K off list on my FL2 back in Sept without even trying that hard and when things hadn't sunk quite so low, I'm sure I could get a lot more if buying today. £2K will just be absorbed by the OEM who will still only offer the same overall discount.

I can't really see either that the sorts of people who drive 10 year old cars can afford to buy new. 58 HSE, auto, lago grey, tints. Mine and my dogs Storm and Sky
TT Quattro, black. Ers.
AC Cobra rep in build. Ars.

The motor industry have been asking for support ... they have been given some ....sort off... but I have NO doubt that being the lying, thieving buch of scoundrels (most) of them are they will screw this up copmpletely and the retailers will try and make the most out of this offer, at the expense of the end user.

Mrs Avtur is in line for a new car, we've been holding off simply because of this 'scrapage' scheme. I have recent quotes on a number of possible replacement cars; I bet a shed load of money that if get re-quoted now the scheme has been announced I wont get a single quoted that comes in £2k less than what I've already got.

And of course the big con is that the the government is only putting up £1k to be matched by the dealer, this is where the delaers will tell us they are already giving us the £1k and thats why there will not be a single £2k drop on any car anywhere.

The motor industry is doomed due to them being their own worst enemy .... appreciate there may be the odd good one out there BUT they are few and far between .....

Mr Angry
Stockport

PS - we do have a 10 year old car to trade (actually its 10 years and 3 months), I know its worth squat in the real world which is why I was hanging on for this scheme. Stornoway Grey GS ... What a fine motor ... but not any more ... ... psst look at my gallery!
Company cars ... a thing of the past - May 2013.

stormsky wrote:

I can't really see either that the sorts of people who drive 10 year old cars can afford to buy new.

Agree, mine was only 9 and still have it.

stormsky wrote:

I can't really see either that the sorts of people who drive 10 year old cars can afford to buy new.

Mabe we're not typical, but Mrs Avtur is not in the least car minded and has no interest in keeping upto date, having latest model etc... So the pattern we have established over twenty years is that her car is kept many years until its not economic to repair and then replaced with something that will (should) give manys more years of trouble free use. The timing of this 'offer' is just right as her current car has given us 7 years trouble free motoring but I don't think it'll give us much more without costing.

(actually its because the ashtrays are full and it needs a wash ) Stornoway Grey GS ... What a fine motor ... but not any more ... ... psst look at my gallery!
Company cars ... a thing of the past - May 2013.

Similar situation to Mrs Avtur, in that it has all come together at the right time

My father qualifies for employee discount and as such allows me cheaper than average new price Freelies , I also have access to a vehicle over 10 years old (not my current daily car) that was very recently (three weeks ago - didn't preplan this at all ) registered in my name so the scrappage thingy will (if LR sign up) make the difference between a GS and XS plus some shiny bits!

However if LR don't sign up, my plan B is a Volvo C30 T5 Sport Lux for £16k (20% off - employee disc again )

avtur wrote:

And of course the big con is that the the government is only putting up £1k to be matched by the dealer, this is where the delaers will tell us they are already giving us the £1k and thats why there will not be a single £2k drop on any car anywhere.


(Still) Mr Angry
Stockport

Well just as I thought, no chance of seeing the £2k .... Been looking at motors this afternoon and just as I suspected there is £1k off the price I was offered about 10 days ago ... "well sir you see we already had £1k discount in the car and that is what's now being used to match the governments £2k contribution"

There was spokesperson the SMMT on the radio just yesterday say that all you had to was present a qualifying car and you would receive an EXTRA £2k discount, absolute tosh .... all anyone is going to get from this deal is the extra £1k from the government. OK thats better than a kick in the teeth but yet again there's a load of hype and when you cut through the crap what's on offer is not exactly what we were lead to believe..... Stornoway Grey GS ... What a fine motor ... but not any more ... ... psst look at my gallery!
Company cars ... a thing of the past - May 2013.

I hope this does not lead to loads of old Landies being uncessarily scrapped which would normally be bought by enthusiasts and be returned to gainfull employment as off roaders, fun cars or even restored to original. Surely more CO2 goes into building a new car than can ever be recovered by scrapping it. The great thing about Land Rovers is that they never die. (OK some are beyond redemption but they would never qualify for a fudged clunker scheme). Just remember one of the first stealth taxes introduced by the scotsman was the scrapping of the 20 year VED exempion scheme.

ps. Mr Pinks, how do I get spell check to work on this site, I feel I need it after a couple of G&Ts still pining for my 3dr, no removeable hardtop, no drop glass tailgate, no roof rack, no pockets everywhere to stow all that man kit

If the Government wanted taxpayers to go out and buy new cars, houses, etc then money in the pocket by way of a tax cut would have been the ticket! Not £600 Billion of debt!

PS. Look how they have treated the Gurkhas!! Maybe they should have claimed asylum instead of serving the Crown!!

Steve

24772433 there are many inequalities in this world including most definately the Gurkhas. The only way of judging the morality of your 'leaders' is when the going gets tough. anybody can be 'nice' in the good times. Though they were not to the Gurkhas, says it all! still pining for my 3dr, no removeable hardtop, no drop glass tailgate, no roof rack, no pockets everywhere to stow all that man kit

respect to the loyal gurkhas they deserve more


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Well said 24772433!

avtur wrote:

yet again there's a load of hype and when you cut through the crap what's on offer is not exactly what we were lead to believe.....