Part ex a caravan with a dealer for a M/H

kdee69 replied on 18/08/2016 21:38

Posted on 18/08/2016 21:38

Due to a change in circumstances we find ourselves in a position of being able to change our car and caravan to a tracker RB. The age of the vehicle we can get will very much depend on how much we get for the caravan. It's pristine and they are being sold at dealers for approx £15k. We know we won't get close to that unless we do a private sale so I wondered if people had been there /done it through a dealer and were there any tips or tricks or advice they could offer. 

We are looking at a 2/3 year old autotrail tracker rb which retail around the £46k mark. Obviously the more we get for the caravan the more we save or the newer we can go. 

Thornsett replied on 20/08/2016 10:35

Posted on 20/08/2016 10:35

We arranged a deal to trade in our caravan for a motorhome. Then we offered the caravan to the dealer who sold it to us. He matched the offer so we sold to the caravan dealer and got a discount on the motorhome.

 

InaD replied on 20/08/2016 12:14

Posted on 20/08/2016 12:14

It's 16 years now since we changed from caravan to MH.  We part-exchanged our caravan for a 3 year old MH at a local dealer and we were quite pleased with the deal we got.

young thomas replied on 20/08/2016 12:48

Posted on 20/08/2016 12:48

many dealers are agents for both MH and caravans....

if you are dealing with one of these it shouldnt be a problem to p/ex.

kdee69 replied on 20/08/2016 17:55

Posted on 20/08/2016 17:55

Well Laughing...the deed is done and thank you to all who gave such great advice. We have gone for a new 2016 version - the 2017 is out in two weeks and I don;t like the changes so VERY happy that I got the 2016 one and got a great trade in on the van and discount on the new!!

young thomas replied on 20/08/2016 18:02

Posted on 20/08/2016 18:02

Well Laughing...the deed is done and thank you to all who gave such great advice. We have gone for a new 2016 version - the 2017 is out in two weeks and I don;t like the changes so VERY happy that I got the 2016 one and got a great trade in on the van and discount on the new!!

...so much for the 2/3 yr old model....Wink

were you 'upsold'?Wink

kdee69 replied on 20/08/2016 20:56

Posted on 20/08/2016 20:56

Well Laughing...the deed is done and thank you to all who gave such great advice. We have gone for a new 2016 version - the 2017 is out in two weeks and I don;t like the changes so VERY happy that I got the 2016 one and got a great trade in on the van and discount on the new!!

...so much for the 2/3 yr old model....Wink

were you 'upsold'?Wink

Tongue Out....no!!! well....maybe...a littleLaughing.We managed to get a new one (as it's the 2016 version JUST before the 2017 hits) at 2.5k more than we'd seen the 2/3 year old ones. To David's point at the beginning of the thread, there's obviously a far better deal for them too on a new van. We really are pleased with the deal we got...we didn't really think we could get new..I suppose timing (adn a good sales personWorried) is everything. Now have to work out just what else we need hahaha

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