Gov's £2000 and saving my old car.

May 19, 2009 3 Replies

A few years ago I was talking to a car dealer and he was offering (i forget how much) on any old 'rubbish' part exchanges.



He said he would give me the allowance on my old car, but didn't want it as it was really just extra work for him.



Might that still apply? The dealer gives the £2K government allowance and not be intererested in your old motor? {so you could somehow get it back } (mines a 14 year old and still runs like a dream).



Also does anyone know if it might be possible to get the 2K on these 'demonstration models', i.e. new, but with a very small milage on them? Thanks for advice.


"john royce" gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying:

The £2k isn't really £2k. It's £1k from the government and £1k (or more) from the manufacturer, if they choose to participate. And, yes, the dealer has to pay to get shot of the scrappers and prove them scrapped. So all that's really on the table is £1k less the cost/hassle of doing that.

No. It's only brand spankin', list price cars.

From the information that I had from a main dealer last Friday - the answer is no!

Again from the dealer info - the car *must* be a brand new, unregistered car and your old car must have been owned by you for at least 1 year and have a valid MoT.

And the dealer contribution is a moot point. Surely that will affect how much you can haggle, anyway. Worthless.

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