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Originally Posted by runboy
Hi all! (and hi to Murphy the cat-I've come over here from Honest Johns!)
What are prices like in the UK for 300c CRD Saloons? Are they going for full list at the moment, or are dealers knocking some off.
Also, what are on-going costs like for a 300c CRD? Servicing etc?
Thanks
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Hi Runboy
Welcome to the forum.
Thanks for popping in and saying hello on the Uk section of the forum - I hope that the people on here can help you like they've helped me.
About the only place that I've found that is offering "GENUINE" discounts on the 300C CRD is
LloydsTSB
which are offering the 300C CRD for £25072, a saving of £702. There are several online sites that are offering discounts, but I'm led to understand that the discounts magically disappear when you try and order the car.
Myself and several other posters on here have however found that dealers are prepared to negotiate on extras and especially on the fitting of extras. In my case, I got a very fair trade in on my Rover 75 tourer and the dealer fitted my own extras (that I'd brought in from America) for nothing.
So, in my case there was no discount, but I did get quite a lot of added value that made it (in my eyes) a good deal.
I think that my car was one of the first (if not the first) customer owned CRD's on the road in England and I'm nicely racking up the miles - I'll go through 9000 during the next week, but with my first service not due until 12500 mile I can't help you with service costs.
As regards running costs, I'm getting a minimum of 35mpg from each tank, and while Arnie had a slight thirst fot synthetic oil at first (2.5 lt in the first 5000 miles or so) nothing since.
And my car still passes the "twist neck" test :- every time I park the car up, I walk away and twist my neck to have another look !! Inevitably, there is already a passerby having a closeup of it.
MTC
Runboy, you know from my comments on Honest John how much I like the car, I hope that other people on here can back me up with their ownership experiences as well
