Farewell Insignia
The final stage of my car re-shuffle this year; changing the Insignia.
I was going to change this one later in the year, but had noted its part exchange value was dropping rather quickly and with a service and MOT due in December, it seemed like a better idea to do it sooner.
I was also intending to change it for a current shape Insignia, but looking around they were still a bit more than I was wanting to spend, plus 90% of the time we weren't using the full boot capacity of the Insignia. So I started looking at Astras again, the values of which had come down nicely.
I decided on a 1.6 Turbo 200 as a nice balance between sensible family car and something with a bit of performance. I also wanted a red one! So I set my Auto Trader search and kept an eye out over a few weeks, until one appeared at a very competitive price in St Helens on account of its slightly above average mileage.
We drove out in the Insignia to have a look, decided to take the plunge and drove back in the Astra a couple of hours later. The dealer (Lookers) were very helpful, sensible in their price negotiations with us and went out of their way to help us take the car the same day, avoiding the additional time/cost of having to come back for it a few days later. In fact they were much better than the large Vauxhall dealer group we have in Leeds... who I've purchased two cars from previously and were the polar opposite of what we experienced with Lookers. It certainly made up for having to travel a bit further to get the car we wanted!
I've not seen the Insignia re-appear on Auto Trader yet, presumably it's going through the auction system currently.
Farewell Insignia
The final stage of my car re-shuffle this year; changing the Insignia.
I was going to change this one later in the year, but had noted its part exchange value was dropping rather quickly and with a service and MOT due in December, it seemed like a better idea to do it sooner.
I was also intending to change it for a current shape Insignia, but looking around they were still a bit more than I was wanting to spend, plus 90% of the time we weren't using the full boot capacity of the Insignia. So I started looking at Astras again, the values of which had come down nicely.
I decided on a 1.6 Turbo 200 as a nice balance between sensible family car and something with a bit of performance. I also wanted a red one! So I set my Auto Trader search and kept an eye out over a few weeks, until one appeared at a very competitive price in St Helens on account of its slightly above average mileage.
We drove out in the Insignia to have a look, decided to take the plunge and drove back in the Astra a couple of hours later. The dealer (Lookers) were very helpful, sensible in their price negotiations with us and went out of their way to help us take the car the same day, avoiding the additional time/cost of having to come back for it a few days later. In fact they were much better than the large Vauxhall dealer group we have in Leeds... who I've purchased two cars from previously and were the polar opposite of what we experienced with Lookers. It certainly made up for having to travel a bit further to get the car we wanted!
I've not seen the Insignia re-appear on Auto Trader yet, presumably it's going through the auction system currently.