Well I went to look at a yellow 'vert today and have to admit I was disappointed by the presentantion and attitude/service of the (main) dealer.

I'll admit I turned up later than expected (I'd booked for noonish but traffic etc meant I arrived @ 12.40) but after that had to wait for 13 minutes while they looked for the key (and the sales man!!) but finally it's time.... a gorgeous yellow 'vert. I must admit I've not been sure about soft-tops in the past but in this colour I can forgive it nearly everything!!! So closer inspection reveals the usual expected age related chips etc but nothing outrageous then..... headlight covers certainly need replacing as they are "on the turn" and starting to look a little milky ither than that exterior looks fine... pop the boot and there's evidence of the dreaded bubbling but all in all nothing too bad... get into the car and the passenger side A-pillar is scraped from 1/3 way up to the top where is really doesn't look too good at all. Oh well something else to negotiate about when the dealer can finally take my details we can go off for a spin hmmm this isn't bad, top goes up and down ok (abeit nosier than I'd have expected!) get back to the dealership park-up and... well blow me if there isn't a trail of coolant leading out of the storage space up to where I've parked the car and out where I went for the drive. Staff don't seem overly concernedabout this but do check it out.... oh well let's see what we can do price-wise.

Particulars - 58k, £6,500.... NO leeway on price "we've already dropped the price by £500" when I pointed out that this was due to the price being insanely high rather than just stupidly high I was told that "we feel we've priced it right" pointing out it was a 2nd hand large engined sports car in a depressed market didn't cut much ice though they would try and clean then lenses up (not replace) and 'make good' on the a-pillar damage would also fix the coolant leak oh and there'll be a 30 point check (or whatever - wasn't too reassured by this given the issues I'd already spotted), 12 months MoT and 12 months parts and labour warranty (isn't that a legal requirement for any dealer anyway?) - pretty much what I'd have expected from any large dealer let alone a main dealer! We had a talk about my px but the offer went beyond insulting!! At various points throught this conversation I'd mentioned that my g/f wanted to have a drive in a coupe before we made a firm decision only to be badgered for a decision - WTF don't these people listen?? They know I've driven 90 minutes to view so I'm serious but still they don't listen - had the usual b/s about some lady coming in to look tomorrow, it's at the point where it's actually quite insulting TBH.

Now that my whinge is finally over the question - am I unreasonable? Is this car priced spot-on or is it a little pricey? I'd expect to get knocked a little on my px but I really don't want to get bent over and told I was being lucky!! ((