So, heated windscreens have been around for 40 years ? You'd think I'd have heard of them then
I've only ever had a heater blower on whilst I shivered in the car on a frosty morning...lol. I was aware of heated seats but this is the first experience of a car with a heated windscreen. I can see the orange heater wires in the rear window/screen but not the front so I'll Google to see how that works.
A few years ago we were (kindly) taken out for a meal in Cornwall by the people who own the cottages we stay in and the lady has a Range Rover with white leather heated seats. At first,being unaware they were heated, I wondered if I'd had a bladder accident...lol.
Re the insurances. I did read that gap insurance
can be useful and you've pointed out the benefits of the wheel insurance. I read this article.
GAP insurance is probably not suitable if…
GAP insurance only pays out if your normal car insurance company says the car is written off (total loss) or unrecoverable.
Your car is less than 12 months old and you’re the first registered owner
Most fully comprehensive car insurance policies offer brand new car replacement during the first 12 months of ownership.
However, be careful to read the terms and conditions of your policy for any restrictions or exclusions.
Some policies will not offer new-for-old where the car:
- has been stolen, or
- is subject to an accident where the insured is at fault.
That's true re the current economic climate, probably why we got a good deal along with end of month numbers maybe.. Thing is, as highlighted in my first post, these insurance policies can be bought for much less in the open market, as you've mentioned. As the GAP insurance was £350 then that left £1385 to cover the other options I listed so they must have been expensive. He had an A4 with the costs but as we didn't take up any of them he's obviously binned it.
Re finance. I did hear it's possible to get a better deal if finance is taken up rather than pay cash but we'd been out for a test run and whilst doing that they'd looked over my wife's car and when we returned we said we'd buy the new one and he gave us a price for my wife's car which we happily accepted. A very fair price. Only then did he ask how we'd pay. There was no haggling which we don't like anyway. We want to own the car now rather than have a hire purchase company own it until we've paid. Also, there would be filling out application forms, credit checks, no doubt a charge for ending the agreement. Too much hassle,really.
Regarding my latest post. We intend to keep this car until just before the warranty runs out but after this experience I'm minded to say to a salesman that we accept your offer for our car and we'll pay you cash right now. To save your time we don't want GAP insurance nor any other add on. OR..maybe let him give us the same baloney re the FCA. I recall when we bought my wife's car we had the same. We declined those add-ons offered by the 'financial manager' we were handed on to by the salesman. We were about to leave and needed to know how to switch something on and had to go back in and ask the saleman who came to the car and showed us and just walked away..in a hough. He'd been pleasant until then.I actually feel quite atagonistic to them so it remains to be seen what happens in round two in mid-2023.
This morning a forum friend of my wife's was telling the others that yesterday she and her husband asked a salesman for a new Audi A1 in a particular colour. The saleman had it brought to the dealership as he didn't have one in that colour. The test drive wasn't a comfortable ride so the lady said they wouldn't be buying that model to which the salesman replied. "What do you want..colour or comfort ?". She won't be going back to that dealership.
Thanks. I know we'll enjoy using it. Next decent trip..hopefully re Covid.. is a week in the holiday cottage in Cornwall next month that we regularly go to .The radio is DAB so this time I'm looking forward to listening to it without losing the signal as we enter Devon on the M5 which always happens.We live near supermarkets so we've decided to use my trusty old 1.5 Prius to do the short journeys so we haven't been out in the new one yet..lol. The Prius runs on the hybrid Synergy battery up to 28mp at which point the petrol engine kicks in. Btw..the new one is petrol too. I saw there were loads of diesels for sale when we were looking. With the Prius I wish it had been 30mph before the petrol engine kicked in because I can't be doing 27/28 mph (in a 30) holding up other motorists. So, up to now we've just looked at the new one on the drive, sat in it with the manual getting used to what is called the information and infotainment...lol..screen. Infotainment ?? Is that a proper word ???
