Residual Values 2017

[happy days]

I once kept a Porsche for 11 years. Cost me an average of just over £2k a year. Which was nice.

[spook]

The OPC P/X rule of thumb seems to be:
They look at the approved Porsche site site for a similar specced vehicle and offer £7k less for minor repairs , inspection service and warranty costs ( The service department change the sales department about £2k - £2.5 ) for this so the OPC are looking for about £5K .

[SAC1]

Keep the SD, it's a fantastic car and don't believe all this diesel rubbish!

+1. Totally agree.

[Johnsmith]

Last time I checked the service dept and sales dept were part of the same company .

Is it the diesel chatter that makes you want to change though ?

[Johnsmith]

Last time I checked the service dept and sales dept were part of the same company .

Is it the diesel chatter that makes you want to change though ?

[Paul]

Last time I checked the service dept and sales dept were part of the same company .

So true, and from the business owner’s point of view its a bit like asking if he wants the money in his left or his right hand trouser pocket.
However, in the majority of big corporate dealerships the in-fighting betwenn services and sales is legend! Hence the inter dept charges. The argument is that if you could be charging a retail customer ££ per hour, why shouldn’t sales pay the same rate?
(And don’t get me started on who pays the final depreciation on service loan cars)

[Johnsmith]

Completely agree. They probably paid a consultancy firm to come up with this whizz, need a dedicated accountant to look after all these inter dept recharges, spend longer arguing over these cross charges than speaking to real customers, and then loose out on buying in new stock because they're too expensive !

[MartinRS2K]

Last time I checked the service dept and sales dept were part of the same company .

So true, and from the business owner’s point of view its a bit like asking if he wants the money in his left or his right hand trouser pocket.
However, in the majority of big corporate dealerships the in-fighting betwenn services and sales is legend! Hence the inter dept charges. The argument is that if you could be charging a retail customer ££ per hour, why shouldn’t sales pay the same rate?
(And don’t get me started on who pays the final depreciation on service loan cars)

The above is totally true and incredible. An example is my local BMW/Land Rover Main Dealer who also has an Approved bodyshop offsite. The sales department of both franchises send their cars to a third party bodyshop (owned by a friend of mine) as the job gets done faster and at a better ££ rate

He must do between 5-10 sets of RR alloy wheels per week changing from factory Silver to Gloss Black as it is cheaper than specing the car with black wheels from factory and also much cheaper than getting their own bodyshop to do the job

[happy days]

I wonder why they have their own body shop then - must be part of the terms of dealership.Isn't it crazy that a third party can undertake work cheaper than in-house. The overheads of owning a body shop must be horrendous.

[DandyDon]

I traded in my Macan S petrol (cost approximately £55k) registered in early March 2015 (17k miles) for £41k against a new 911 C2 (I was offered the same against a Cayman 718 and another Macan S petrol) so £41k after 6 months seems very stingy by your OPC but maybe it's the "diesel" word that is the killer just now.