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Originally Posted by spyking Thanks HC for the detailed pointers!
I have already negotiated on the insurance front and have got a 7.5k discount (cash!)
The regration/lifetax/safetytax is claimed to work out to 80k.
Here is the rough breakup that the dealer gave me today
Lifetax@10% on exshowroom =69,734Rs
Make sure that you get the above value mentioned in the RC, otherwise you have to get back the difference in cash from the dealer.
Safety Tax = 1,500Rs
Registration Charges = 1,500Rs
Diesel/Driver bata = 500Rs
Number plate charges = 1000Rs
So that totals to about 74234k
Which means the dealer is taking about 6k a further 1k goes of as rto bribe he said, leaving 5k..
We decided that the 5k is okay, as it beats the fuss of getting the vehicle registered by ourselves..
Okay, one more small thing, I noticed this scratch during PDI.. while my dad and the salesman said is was only surface damage and will be removed for sure when they do the polish/teflon coat, I had second thoughts about the same and was in-fact almost about to agree to get a different older ( one month at the yard) vehicle allotted instead. But finally decided against it as that had been invoiced to someone already.
Is is a minor scratch? or is it something to be worried about? |
Spyking,
Lifetax@10% on exshowroom =69,734Rs
Make sure that you get the above value mentioned in the RC, otherwise you have to get back the difference in cash from the dealer.
Safety Tax = 1,500Rs
I am not aware of this, if you can get an official receipt to your satisfaction, it is OK, otherwise do as stated above.
Registration Charges = 1,500Rs
Diesel/Driver bata = 500Rs
All inclusive charges (reg, diesel, any other incidentals to RTO or the dealer) should be negotiated to be less than 1500 in my consideration.
There are no guidelines, but your judgment it is
Number plate charges = 1000Rs
usually number plate, foot mats, mudflaps are given free either by the car company or by the dealer.
Are you asking for any special number from RTO or some special type of number plate that the dealer is asking for money?
So that totals to about 74234k
Which means the dealer is taking about 6k a further 1k goes of as rto bribe he said, leaving 5k..
Please refer to RTO incidentals answered above. 1k for RTO is way too much.
We decided that the 5k is okay, as it beats the fuss of getting the vehicle registered by ourselves..
In my consideration you should consider asking for cash discount or equivalent accessories for about 9,000 Rs.
Have you negotiated any accessories such as sunfilm, alloys, body cover,or any other useful thing to you.
Please don't fall for the "Teflon" coating that is being pushed by the dealers and refer to several threads in T-BHP.
Okay, one more small thing, I noticed this scratch during PDI.. while my dad and the salesman said is was only surface damage and will be removed for sure when they do the polish/teflon coat, I had second thoughts about the same and was in-fact almost about to agree to get a different older ( one month at the yard) vehicle allotted instead. But finally decided against it as that had been invoiced to someone already.
Is is a minor scratch? or is it something to be worried about?
From the photo it looks like a small scratch to me, but please check whether it is deep.
If it is not deep, then it can be made good by some rubbing and polishing.
Besides if you are fully satisfied with the car for all other things using T-BHP check list as well as your own evaluation, I think some small scratch can be ignored.
In fact when I bought my vehicles, there was at least 1 such small thing that I knew but accepted it as some kind of "charm"
Finally it is your choice.
Hope this was some use to you.
HC