On 05/12/2016 16:54, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

Quite. Although buying an ex lease or whatever car at auction - where it
has simply reached the age and mileage where a main dealer won't want it
as used stock - can be a good deal. But you need to get it at auction
price rather than from a bomb site dealer who has given it a valet and
doubled the price.

I bought my car at auction. 3 years old and 30k miles. It had just come
off lease. I bought it for almost exactly 30% of list price. The only
flaw with the car was that some ******* had taken one of the keys, and
flogged it on ebay for £20. Getting a new one cost £200.

My big tip is to buy in the last one or two auctions before Christmas.
The dealers aren't bidding much, because they know the stock will just
sit around for two or three weeks before they can even start selling it.