I'm trying to buy a new car - new to me that is rather than brand new. My old one recently gave up the ghost and although I can manage short term without one, I do want to replace it.
I was thinking about a lease car as we get a deal through work but when I looked at it, it actually isn't that good for the size of car I wanted. So looked around and identified a particular make/ model that I thought was good, and I can afford a 2-3 year old model.
So my partner and I have been to a couple of local dealers to have a closer look at the model, I've not test driven one as the first time we were literally just passing, and the other time they only had 2 salesmen in so couldn't take us out (fair enough). The showrooms shut at 6 in the week (and I don't finish work til then) so I can only go at the weekends.
Anyway, I've also been checking online and found another dealer that has a better spec model than the ones I've seen locally, for only a couple of hundred more, and it's also in a colour I'd prefer. Although like the places here they are main dealers, they're not part of the same group, so I couldn't get this car brought to a local garage, I'd have to go and see it. Car is about 60 miles away.
So when I spotted car I emailed a link to Dp for his views (my car, but I value his input). He agreed it looked good, and said why don't we go look at it at the weekend?
So then today after I mention our road trip at the weekend, he asks how far it was (it clearly said on the link I sent him where the garage was) and when I tell him says that's a bit far, and he doesn't think we should drove all the way down there just for me to drive it, am I serious about buying it, etc. And that he won't take me unless I can say I'm committed to buying it. I say that I can't say for sure until I see it. To which he says well you might not be able to drive it. Oh, and it might have damage accounting for the reasonable price. He said it would be much easier if thre was one up here. We'll obviously but this specific, better, one isn't here.
So I'm now not sure whether we're going at all, it feels like he's backing out of it. I don't feel it's that far to look at a car, but maybe I'm wrong?
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to feel a little, not quite pissed off, but at least miffed about this?
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newcarwoes · 01/06/2017 08:01
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