The "I Booked my Car" Thread

ajay_satpute · 1st August 2011, 12:23

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Originally Posted by aryashiv1

Make : Volkswagen
Model : Polo
Variant : Trendline
Fuel : Petrol
Booking Date : June 31st, 2011
Color : White
Expected Delivery Date : 07 July 2011
Dealer & City : Thane Volkswagen
Freebies : Mud Flaps, Matting
Price: OTR: 4.85 L (After corporate discount, Free Insurance, Exhange Bonus of 15K), Further could take accessories worth 13000 free so opted for Fog Lamps by further paying 2000 (Cost of Fog Lamps 15K).

I know its on higher side but there are hardly any accessories I could buy from them. I wanted to put my own ICE so did not opt for thiers. This is the reason I opted for Trendline. And paying 60K extra for Comfortline does not make sense beacuase only difference is Body colours handles and OVRMs, Driver height adjustable seat, Parcel tray and real seat 60:40.

Congrats! Did you know about the current offers for petrol Polo? I read and also heard an advt on radio that VW is offering benefits upto 45k on petrol Polo. So may be, you can have another round of discussions with the dealer.

dvprasad · 6th August 2011, 19:15

Make : Maruti
Model : A star AT
Variant : VXI Automatic
Fuel : Petrol
Booking Date : August 6st, 2011
Color : Silver
Expected Delivery Date : 07 Sept 2011
Dealer & City : ABT Guindy Chennai
Freebies : Did not discuss
Price: Exshowroom 4.44 + Insurance 13744 + Reg charges 56846 = OTR 5.15

I paid 5000 as booking amount by cheque, did not discuss about Freebies or any other discount.

I remember seeing & hearing about a 25000 rs corporate discount.

I have a couple of queries:

1) What is the best deal on freebies for A star @ ABT Chennai

2) Which is the best Finance organization to takr a loan from & on what terms.

EagleEye · 10th August 2011, 16:05

Booked my car last weekend!

Make : Ford
Model : Figo
Variant : Titanium
Fuel : Diesel
Booking Date : 7 Aug 2011
Color : Sea Grey
Expected Delivery Date : 22 Aug 2011
Dealer & City : SC Ford, Mumbai
Freebies : Mud Flaps, Matting, Sunfilm
Price: OTR: 6.46 L (3.5k Corporate discount-3rd year warranty free, + Negotiated 10k discount with dealer)

This is going to be my first car!!

Can't wait for the delivery.
Question: Does anyone have experience with this dealer? Can I negotiate more discounts/freebies?

ghodlur · 10th August 2011, 19:58

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Originally Posted by EagleEye

Booked my car last weekend!

Make : Ford
Model : Figo
Variant : Titanium
Fuel : Diesel
Booking Date : 7 Aug 2011
Color : Sea Grey
Expected Delivery Date : 22 Aug 2011
Dealer & City : SC Ford, Mumbai
Freebies : Mud Flaps, Matting, Sunfilm
Price: OTR: 6.46 L (3.5k Corporate discount-3rd year warranty free, + Negotiated 10k discount with dealer)

This is going to be my first car!!

Can't wait for the delivery.
Question: Does anyone have experience with this dealer? Can I negotiate more discounts/freebies?

Welcome to the forum @eagleeye and congratulations on the Figo. I think the dealer is one of the oldest Ford dealer and has quite a good name.

What about the Insurance? Are you taking it on your own?

EagleEye · 10th August 2011, 23:36

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Originally Posted by ghodlur

Welcome to the forum @eagleeye and congratulations on the Figo. I think the dealer is one of the oldest Ford dealer and has quite a good name.

What about the Insurance? Are you taking it on your own?

Thank you friend.
The original insurance quote was 21k (ICICI Lombard), but with some help from policybazaar I asked for a re-quote and got one for 17k (New India Assurance). The sales guy clearly told me that they have margin in the insurance component and it would be difficult to reduce further.
The cheapest I could find is Sundaram, @ 13600 bucks. What would you advice me to do? Should I fight and get my own insurance and save lots?

ghodlur · 11th August 2011, 13:02

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Originally Posted by EagleEye

Thank you friend.
The original insurance quote was 21k (ICICI Lombard), but with some help from policybazaar I asked for a re-quote and got one for 17k (New India Assurance). The sales guy clearly told me that they have margin in the insurance component and it would be difficult to reduce further.
The cheapest I could find is Sundaram, @ 13600 bucks. What would you advice me to do? Should I fight and get my own insurance and save lots?

Royal Sundaram is perfect. I have one for my car presently. Do think about the zero depreciation option esp since its a new car. A really helpful feature, may put you back by addtional amount but its worth it. Visit their website and have a look at the policy document before getting one. All the best.

pravingmh · 12th August 2011, 10:43

Make : Maruti Suzuki
Model : Wagon R
Variant : VXI
Fuel : Petrol
Booking Date : Aug 6th, 2011
Color : Baker's Chocolate
Delivery Date : Aug 11th, 2011
City : Bangalore
Freebies : Mud Flaps, Floor Mats, Body Cover, Artificial Leather seats, Sun film, Reebok goodies
Price: OTR: 4.58 L (After discount), Plus Exchange Bonus 20K for a (vintage

) '96 M800.

Delivery taken yesterday.

arup.misra · 16th August 2011, 12:53

Make : Honda

Model : City

Variant : VMT

Fuel : Petrol

Booking Date : 14th Aug 2011

Color : Bold Beige Metallic

Expected Delivery Date : 1st September 2011 (fingers crossed)

Dealer & City : Apex Honda (Mumbai)

Freebies : Mats, Underbody Antirust (3M), Body Cover, Cushions, Extended Warranty, Road Side Assistance

Others : Cash Discount 65k + Accessories Discount 15k

Credits : mdsaab, charthom, bluevolt, alam86 & remingtonsteele

ghodlur · 16th August 2011, 13:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by arup.misra

Make : Honda

Model : City

Variant : VMT

Fuel : Petrol

Booking Date : 14th Aug 2011

Color : Bold Beige Metallic

Expected Delivery Date : 1st September 2011 (fingers crossed)

Dealer & City : Apex Honda (Mumbai)

Freebies : Mats, Underbody Antirust (3M), Body Cover, Cushions, Extended Warranty, Road Side Assistance

Others : Cash Discount 65k + Accessories Discount 15k

Credits : mdsaab, charthom, bluevolt, alam86 & remingtonsteele

Congratulations Arup, finally you took the plunge

. You have booked a great car and bold enough to go for a petrol car in these days. Will be waiting for your ownership thread with lots of pics.
Did you get the extended warranty for one year as a freebie?

dre@ms · 16th August 2011, 13:06

I have booked the yet to be launched All New Jazz from Sundaram Honda last month. Paid 25k as the booking amount. Keeping my fingers crossed on the pricing.

arup.misra · 16th August 2011, 14:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by ghodlur

Congratulations Arup, finally you took the plunge

. You have booked a great car and bold enough to go for a petrol car in these days. Will be waiting for your ownership thread with lots of pics.
Did you get the extended warranty for one year as a freebie?

@ghodlur thanks, been driving a diesel for the past 6 years hence took the plunge. Already composing my pre-ownership thread in assembly line. Will release once I'm done. Have a couple of surprises for you all. Will see when the pics comes through.

Extended warranty for 2 years as freebie. Bargained very hard to get this one.

shashank.nk · 16th August 2011, 20:55

So booked a car without a TD or atleast seeing it in flesh! Here are the details

Make : Maruti Suzuki
Model : Swift
Variant : ZDI
Fuel : Diesel
Booking Date : August 16th, 2011
Color : Glistening Grey
Expected Delivery Date : December 2011
Dealer & City : Mandovi Motors
Freebies : Mud Flaps, floor mats, ganesh idol, 5lts diesel
Price: OTR: ~7.5 L (Not confirmed by the dealer though,my guess)

alam86 · 16th August 2011, 23:39

Quote:

Originally Posted by arup.misra

Make : Honda

Model : City

Variant : VMT

Fuel : Petrol

Booking Date : 14th Aug 2011

Color : Bold Beige Metallic

Expected Delivery Date : 1st September 2011 (fingers crossed)

Dealer & City : Apex Honda (Mumbai)

Freebies : Mats, Underbody Antirust (3M), Body Cover, Cushions, Extended Warranty, Road Side Assistance

Others : Cash Discount 65k + Accessories Discount 15k

Credits : mdsaab, charthom, bluevolt, alam86 & remingtonsteele

Congrats Arup! Glad to see that you finally booked it. And seems like you got a great deal too! A question about the accessories - is the 15K you mentioned for the freebies or did you buy other accessories? Could you list those accessories you bought?

Quote:

Originally Posted by arup.misra

@ghodlur thanks, been driving a diesel for the past 6 years hence took the plunge. Already composing my pre-ownership thread in assembly line. Will release once I'm done. Have a couple of surprises for you all. Will see when the pics comes through.

Extended warranty for 2 years as freebie. Bargained very hard to get this one.

Great! This is worth 10,200 on its own. Great deal indeed.

arup.misra · 17th August 2011, 14:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by alam86

A question about the accessories - is the 15K you mentioned for the freebies or did you buy other accessories? Could you list those accessories you bought?

15k discount I got for buying some accessories from Honda. Would reveal the list of accessories when I release my thread. Just keeping something under wraps for a surprise later.

Extended warranty for 2 years I think is around 6,200 AFAIK. Doubt dealer would have obliged had it been 12k.

pravingmh · 17th August 2011, 15:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by arup.misra

Extended warranty for 2 years I think is around 6,200 AFAIK. Doubt dealer would have obliged had it been 12k.

The price looks correct, I was offered a discounted Ext warranty package at 6.5k.

6th August 2011, 19:15	#1532
dvprasad BHPian Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: chennai Posts: 32 Thanked: 22 Times	re: The "I Booked my Car" Thread Make : Maruti Model : A star AT Variant : VXI Automatic Fuel : Petrol Booking Date : August 6st, 2011 Color : Silver Expected Delivery Date : 07 Sept 2011 Dealer & City : ABT Guindy Chennai Freebies : Did not discuss Price: Exshowroom 4.44 + Insurance 13744 + Reg charges 56846 = OTR 5.15 I paid 5000 as booking amount by cheque, did not discuss about Freebies or any other discount. I remember seeing & hearing about a 25000 rs corporate discount. I have a couple of queries: 1) What is the best deal on freebies for A star @ ABT Chennai 2) Which is the best Finance organization to takr a loan from & on what terms.
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10th August 2011, 16:05	#1533
EagleEye BHPian Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Muscat Posts: 378 Thanked: 280 Times	re: The "I Booked my Car" Thread Booked my car last weekend! Make : Ford Model : Figo Variant : Titanium Fuel : Diesel Booking Date : 7 Aug 2011 Color : Sea Grey Expected Delivery Date : 22 Aug 2011 Dealer & City : SC Ford, Mumbai Freebies : Mud Flaps, Matting, Sunfilm Price: OTR: 6.46 L (3.5k Corporate discount-3rd year warranty free, + Negotiated 10k discount with dealer) This is going to be my first car!! Can't wait for the delivery. Question: Does anyone have experience with this dealer? Can I negotiate more discounts/freebies?
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12th August 2011, 10:43	#1537
pravingmh BHPian Join Date: May 2011 Location: Bangalore Posts: 61 Thanked: 14 Times	re: The "I Booked my Car" Thread Make : Maruti Suzuki Model : Wagon R Variant : VXI Fuel : Petrol Booking Date : Aug 6th, 2011 Color : Baker's Chocolate Delivery Date : Aug 11th, 2011 City : Bangalore Freebies : Mud Flaps, Floor Mats, Body Cover, Artificial Leather seats, Sun film, Reebok goodies Price: OTR: 4.58 L (After discount), Plus Exchange Bonus 20K for a (vintage ) '96 M800. Delivery taken yesterday.
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16th August 2011, 12:53	#1538
arup.misra BHPian Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Mumbai Posts: 651 Thanked: 303 Times	re: The "I Booked my Car" Thread Make : Honda Model : City Variant : VMT Fuel : Petrol Booking Date : 14th Aug 2011 Color : Bold Beige Metallic Expected Delivery Date : 1st September 2011 (fingers crossed) Dealer & City : Apex Honda (Mumbai) Freebies : Mats, Underbody Antirust (3M), Body Cover, Cushions, Extended Warranty, Road Side Assistance Others : Cash Discount 65k + Accessories Discount 15k Credits : mdsaab, charthom, bluevolt, alam86 & remingtonsteele
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16th August 2011, 13:06	#1540
dre@ms BHPian Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: MADRAS Posts: 638 Thanked: 206 Times	re: The "I Booked my Car" Thread I have booked the yet to be launched All New Jazz from Sundaram Honda last month. Paid 25k as the booking amount. Keeping my fingers crossed on the pricing.
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16th August 2011, 20:55	#1542
shashank.nk Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Bangalore Posts: 1,696 Thanked: 1,048 Times	re: The "I Booked my Car" Thread So booked a car without a TD or atleast seeing it in flesh! Here are the details Make : Maruti Suzuki Model : Swift Variant : ZDI Fuel : Diesel Booking Date : August 16th, 2011 Color : Glistening Grey Expected Delivery Date : December 2011 Dealer & City : Mandovi Motors Freebies : Mud Flaps, floor mats, ganesh idol, 5lts diesel Price: OTR: ~7.5 L (Not confirmed by the dealer though,my guess)
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