Bob
1st April 2006, 22:46
Now this shows the advantage of the internet...
I took a look at the Kawasaki UK site - and it has a dealer finder utility. So I looked up the London ones, then Googled to find if they had websites.
Found one in Watford (about 25 miles from me) that is selling the ER-6f for £500 off (£4,399) - contacted them with an honest discussion about condition of SV and they gave me a "marker" price, subject to seeing the bike. Watford is about 30 miles away, so no real hardship. However, my closest Kwak dealer is 5 miles away...
... so I called them up and asked their price. RRP of £4,899. So pointed out that the Watford dealer is selling for £500 off list. They've said they'll match (yes, I have printed off evidence of deal at Watford). Got them to give a "marker" price for SV - same as Watford.
Went to local dealer and thankfully spoke to the older, decent salesman rather than the cocky little oik I agreed price with. So he just went along with it.
Picking up silver ER-6f next Saturday.
I've also affected their prices! It seems that after I called up, they've revised their Kawasaki prices. And reduced the ER-6f to £4,499 (from £4,899). I got it for that, with Datatag (though I did reduce to 6 months tax, which suits me as it means I can spread out tax and insurance to two very separate dates now. And of course no MOT for the next three years).
So I think the moral here is: Do shop around, make use of the internet to get prices and then use them as bargaining tools. It saved me a few hundred quid.
Once I’ve picked up the bike, done the boring “500 miles at 4,500 revs” bit and start to ride the bike properly, I’ll do a review for the Motobke.co.uk site (http://www.motobke.co.uk) and post a link in the reviews page.
I took a look at the Kawasaki UK site - and it has a dealer finder utility. So I looked up the London ones, then Googled to find if they had websites.
Found one in Watford (about 25 miles from me) that is selling the ER-6f for £500 off (£4,399) - contacted them with an honest discussion about condition of SV and they gave me a "marker" price, subject to seeing the bike. Watford is about 30 miles away, so no real hardship. However, my closest Kwak dealer is 5 miles away...
... so I called them up and asked their price. RRP of £4,899. So pointed out that the Watford dealer is selling for £500 off list. They've said they'll match (yes, I have printed off evidence of deal at Watford). Got them to give a "marker" price for SV - same as Watford.
Went to local dealer and thankfully spoke to the older, decent salesman rather than the cocky little oik I agreed price with. So he just went along with it.
Picking up silver ER-6f next Saturday.
I've also affected their prices! It seems that after I called up, they've revised their Kawasaki prices. And reduced the ER-6f to £4,499 (from £4,899). I got it for that, with Datatag (though I did reduce to 6 months tax, which suits me as it means I can spread out tax and insurance to two very separate dates now. And of course no MOT for the next three years).
So I think the moral here is: Do shop around, make use of the internet to get prices and then use them as bargaining tools. It saved me a few hundred quid.
Once I’ve picked up the bike, done the boring “500 miles at 4,500 revs” bit and start to ride the bike properly, I’ll do a review for the Motobke.co.uk site (http://www.motobke.co.uk) and post a link in the reviews page.