Thanks for the answers, much appreciate it.

Will be keeping the car for a good 5 years so having 2 keepers isn't a big deal for me. I just wanted to be sure that from insurance point of view having the "c/o" part doesn't mean that I'm not the registered keeper - if that makes any sense!

Buy from Carfile.net and you get the V5 in your name as first keeper with no dodgy nonsense. Their prices are more than competitive and when prices are very low there is usually a catch somewhere.

We have had 3 cars form them in the past 5 years and all have been delivered exactly as promised. We got a new Fabia earlier this month and the V5 dropped on our doorstep about 6 hours before we collected the car.

Sadly carfile dont do Peugeot..

What I am after is a 3008 GT Line Premium in ultimate red which I've been quoted £23600 for...hence the temptation (list price is circa £30k)

It's a tough call. I've emailed my insurer fir their guidance

Unfortunately as you say Carfile don't do Peugeot (probably a good reason) but DrivetheDeal and Broadspeed both do and they work in exactly the same way as Carfile and appear to be well respected. Carfile have been my chosen broker mainly because they are fairly local and so are their dealers. The dealers used by DrivetheDeal and Broadspeed are further away but depending where you live could be more convenient. Broadspeed charge a £200 finders fee but if the deal is still good I don't see an issue with that.

I very nearly used Broadspeed once (Carfile did not sell my chosen brand) but when their dealer e-mailed the order there was no expected delivery date shown confirming our conversation. When I asked for this to be confirmed he stopped communicating and I bought elsewhere.

They both do the car you are looking for starting at £24500 but that is for the 1.2 puretec engine (you don't say which you want).

If a price is too good to be true it usually is.

Carfile will sell you a 1.5 TSi Skoda Karoq starting at approx £20000 but this rises with spec of course.

The mags seem to say its a better car and having bought 2 Skodas form the Carfile delaer in just over 12 months I can tell you its a nice place to deal with.

Their discounts on VW T-Rocs (same car as the Karoq) are even better but I have no idea what their VW dealer is like. But I would certainly be looking.

For me buying a Skoda/VW 1.5 TSi or a Peugeot 1.2 TSI would be an easy decision.

Thanks to all, but I don't want this thread to be a 'dont buy that car, buy this car" discussion ??

My enquiries with discounted-new-cars.com are continuing. My insurers were surprised by the care of arrangement on V5C! They're going to get a decision from the underwriters.

Quite right. You don't need to suffer a bout of teeth-sucking from people (even Avant) trying to sell you a VAG car - certainly in the current publicity climate ....

And do you honestly think other manufacturers have acted any differently. VAG were the first found out thus got the most publicity. Doesn't seen to have affected sales though does it.

We are now on our 7th VAG car and all have been/are great.

And since it was VAG diesels that had problems and the OP is buying a petrol which was not affected your anti VAG posting is irrelevent.

Edited by skidpan on 29/05/2018 at 16:52