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Category Archives: buying a new car
Women don’t need to take a man with them to get a fair deal when buying a new car.
The nightmare car for someone you don’t like
Who can you think of to wish a nightmare car on? One that broke down every other month and cost an average of £2,050 to fix each year? I can think of a few prime candidates I’d like to nominate … Continue reading →
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Tagged nightmare car, reliable cars, Warranty Direct
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Why can’t car showrooms be like travel agencies?
A new survey confirms that 3 out of every 4 male and female customers feel ill at ease in new car showrooms. Yet they are out to spend £10,000+ and often a lot more. Carried out by Auto Trader whose … Continue reading →
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Tagged Autotrader, car showrooms, female friendly car dealerships, women drivers
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New used car rights to repair ruling
In a surprise judgement an Evesham court has defended a customer’s right to repair his used car without consulting the car dealer who sold it to him. The case concerned a Land Rover sold by used car dealer Sean McGrath … Continue reading →
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Tagged car sales, Lucy Bonham Carter, right to repair, Sale of Goods Act, used car
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Women drivers will like Tesco Cars
Female buyers accounted for almost a third of all sales in Tesco Cars’ first month of operation and will surely influence many more new car sales in future. Tesco has untold experience of marketing to millions of women and in … Continue reading →
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Tagged cars for women, female motorists, Tesco cars, women drivers
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Possible Car of The Year Award?
Here’s proof that looks can deceive when buying a used car. The sales blurb below is exactly as it appeared at eBay, without any spelling or grammatical amends of course. The link is out of date but I am leaving … Continue reading →
Testing Tesco Times
Can female friendly car dealerships outfox Tesco Cars? This is the question on many dealers lips this week. On behalf of women drivers I welcome Tesco’s entry into the car sales market because they cannot afford to get this wrong … Continue reading →
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Tagged female friendly garages, franchised car dealerships, marketing to women, Tesco cars, used cars
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What do women really, really want from cars…
A recent piece in the Sunday Telegraph probed what women want from their cars. Written by Neil Lyndon who knows a few things about cars for sure, he seemed surprised that a female friend looking for a car on a … Continue reading →
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Tagged Colette Dunkley, Neil Lyndon, Sunday Telegraph
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Crafty bad news car price hike
Under cover of the latest VAT increase, 69% of manufacturers have raised their new car prices by an average of £142.74 says CAP, who operate a database of new vehicle prices and technical data. And an unknown 29.5% have reduced … Continue reading →
A foxy Santa wish
Dear Santa All I want for Christmas (ie 2011) is a new car I like… I am not a difficult person to please but I’d like it to be foxy as in stylish, I no longer need a people carrier … Continue reading →
Used Citroën car buying advice
Foxy ladies know that used cars don’t suffer the dramatic depreciation of new cars during their first few years. But you still need to do your homework carefully to choose the right car and a reputable used car dealer. A … Continue reading →