Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 00:05:30 +0000 (UTC) From: H. <musicboxnopsamrider.co.uk> Subject: Re: BUYING A DEMONSTRATOR 9-3
Thank you for those tips Nigel. I shall look into it! On Tue, 19 Feb 2002 23:26:02 GMT, nigel.hollingnopsamin.net wrote: >The issues I had to overcome were as follows: > >1. Find a good dealer - I investigated the Swedish Saab web site which >requires a bit of patience as I don't speak Swedish, however the site >is fairly self explanatory. Start from saab.com. If you decide to move >ahead I can give you the contact for the garage I used in Gothenberg. > >2. Get a commercial currency exchange, this gives you a much better >rate than the published 'tourist rate'. If you want to reduce your >risk buy all the cash in advance - but you won't get interest on it in >the intervenng period. > >3. If you are going to collect the car yourself you will need >insurance. Sweden supplies third party only cover with the car, but >you will almost certainly have to stay overnight and for me third >party only was not sufficient. This is probably the biggest problem as >it is now very difficult to obtain this cover in the UK due to EU >regulations. There are a few UK companies still offering this service >but I arranged cover with a Swedish firm via the dealership. > >Alternatively you can have the car delivered to the UK avoiding all >this hassle but missing out on the trip overseas. > >4. Overcome the fear of the unknown. The Swedes speak good English, >were courteous and informative, knew the UK specs and threw in some >extras like car mats FOC. > >Other than that its all plain sailing so long as you use common sense. > >On Mon, 18 Feb 2002 22:51:57 +0000 (UTC), H. ><musicboxnopsamrider.co.uk> wrote: > >>Nigel, sounds great. Once I have decided which bloody Saab I'm finally >>going to buy I shall look into it. What sort of problems did you come >>across? >> >> >>On Mon, 18 Feb 2002 20:59:49 GMT, nigel.hollingnopsamin.net wrote: >> >>>Having spent some time talking to UK dealers intent on selling me >>>'ex-demo' cars I chose to buy my 9-3 Aero direct from Sweden. The lead >>>time was 8 weeks and I saved over £9,000 on UK list. >>> >>>I also had a great weekend in Sweden while I picked up the car. >>> >>>There are very few problems with buying this way and if you want to >>>know more drop me a line. >>> >>>On Mon, 11 Feb 2002 04:49:21 +0000, aero2lnopsamail.com wrote: >>> >>>>I'm about to buy a 2000 9-3 cabrio, buit it's a demo car with 18k miles. >>>>Are demo cars more likely to have been well-maintained - or more likely to >>>>have been trashed around and neglected while on the forecourt. >>>> >>>>Colours wise, i wanted silver with blue hood, but can only get that with >>>>also beige leather. What do people think of the combination? >>>> >>>> >>>>Kee >>
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