Bargaining with Honda

So I finally got around to visiting my local Honda dealership and was pleasantly surprised to see the reduced prices of certain vehicles and the fact that there were many different promotional offers on display. I thought to myself at this point that I would almost certainly get a cracking deal on a new car and proceeded to search through the different cars on show. I kind of like the new Honda Civic Type R that was sat on the courtyard. Full leather interior, a few little smart gadgets on the dashboard and the metallic paint was my ideal colour; brilliant red. The alloy wheels were 19 inchers, which gave the car a more robust and solid look. I particularly liked the rear of the vehicle and more specifically the rear spoiler, which has a totally different look to that of the older version. I got chatting with one of the salesman and discussed the possibility of part ex on my current car. Having looked at it intently, he gave me a price, which I must say was at least £1,500 less than what I thought I would get. He proceeded to explain that the cost of used cars has indeed decreased over the last month of two and that if I were to search around other dealerships, a similar price would apply. It was at this point that my day suddenly turned a bit sour as I was very excited about maybe purchasing the Civic. However, in the end I declined the salesman’s offer but did take him up on the advice that he gave me and visited a few other car dealerships to get a different point of view. Whilst some of them offered slightly more for my vehicle, overall the same price was quoted. Some were more, some were less and some of the dealerships actually offered exactly what the chap at the Honda garage did. Maybe I will wait a little bit longer…..