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If you bought a reliable car, you'd only see the dealer once a year for the annual service, so it doesn't matter how far away they are.
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There was Ford, Vauxhall and Rover main dealers in my small town until a few years ago.
They were all closed when main dealerships were closed apart from large towns.
Yes they did make a difference to me as the furthest was only half a mile away.
The nearest are now 20 mile away.
It must have been important to others in my town as the vast majority of cars were from the above marques.
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No BUT
It does knock things off the list. Nicole fancies a new grande punto, and I have to say they are a nice car. Its firmly off the list tho as the nearest Fiat dealer is miles away, the chances of that one being rubbish are very high, so to find a good dealer could be a major treasure hunt.
You just dont need that hastle
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No BUT It does knock things off the list. Nicole fancies a new grande punto, and I have to say they are a nice car. Its firmly off the list tho as the nearest Fiat dealer is miles away, the chances of that one being rubbish are very high, so to find a good dealer could be a major treasure hunt. You just dont need that hastle
Very valid point - I'd need a Fiat dealer in my front garden before I bought one!
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I would not even factor in my decision.
If I was buying a new or nearly new car, decent cars these days need servicing once a year at the very most. Ok, so once a year I might have to make a long trip to a dealer. I can handle that, it's not a big enough deal to affect my choice of car.
If I was buying a used car, it isnt' going anywhere near the dealer anyway.
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A Lexus owner that I know decided since the nearest Lexus dealer to his new home was 200 miles away, he would get rid of the Lexus and get a Toyota. 100 miles would have been reasonable, 200 was not.
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>>since the nearest Lexus dealer to his new home was 200 miles away>>
Presumably in the out reaches of Scotland (dealers listed for Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen) or abroad - even so you'd be hard pushed to find the nearest Lexus dealership in the UK was 200 miles away.
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Presumably in the out reaches of Scotland (dealers listed for Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen)
Yup. As per my profile - and this gent lives 4 miles beyond me!
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