Vit4wd 1st Gear February 25, 2007 Share February 25, 2007 (edited) How much petrol did you brand new car have when you collected it? My Hyundai Getz - Full Tank (at the SE's expense) My friend's Nissan Latio - 1/2 tank My friend's Suzuki Swift 1.3 from a parallel importer in the West - Almost empty tank, low fuel warning light was on Edited February 25, 2007 by Vit4wd ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redboy 1st Gear February 25, 2007 Share February 25, 2007 mine about 1/4 tank. wonder why SE dun even want to top up one tank for the customer when the SE already earn so much from one car? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutty 4th Gear February 25, 2007 Share February 25, 2007 Mine's 1/2 tank. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carcraze 1st Gear February 25, 2007 Share February 25, 2007 (edited) For the Toyota, Full tank too. SE full tank-ed the car before delivering it to our home. The others were around 1/4. Edited February 25, 2007 by Carcraze Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yeshe Turbocharged February 25, 2007 Share February 25, 2007 My Mit Outlander - 1/2 Tank Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
B1dada Neutral Newbie February 25, 2007 Share February 25, 2007 when u receive yur car, how many km have it recorded? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lengendcf 1st Gear February 25, 2007 Share February 25, 2007 Also when you received the car, is it washed and polished? Mine, quite dusty on the outside.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lau_mathew Clutched February 25, 2007 Share February 25, 2007 My Mazda3sp 1/4 tank with 11km milage Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mubarakrashid Neutral Newbie February 25, 2007 Share February 25, 2007 SE A top up to full tank of 40-litre capacity.. SE B top up to 1/2 tank of 80-litre capacity.. in many people eyes, SE B is bad cause he/she gave 1/2 tank only.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vit4wd 1st Gear February 25, 2007 Author Share February 25, 2007 (edited) A SE who sells a car with a 80 litre fuel tank capacity makes at least $6,000 in sales commission (derived from trade in of exisitng car, loan, insurance and car sales commission) and are dealing with affluent people who would likely give them a future referral or come back to the same SE when they purchase a newer model of a similar make in future. It would be silly for the SE to top up 1/2 tank and it makes no business sense to do so. Edited February 25, 2007 by Vit4wd Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mubarakrashid Neutral Newbie February 25, 2007 Share February 25, 2007 care to breakdown the figure for us of how he/she could rake in at least $6000 in commission.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ccssgm 1st Gear February 25, 2007 Share February 25, 2007 My Latio.......With $30.00 .....Petrol.....Pump In..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vit4wd 1st Gear February 25, 2007 Author Share February 25, 2007 (edited) Mubarakrashid, Since you want me to re-post it (which I had earlier deleted), I will do so. I am not sure if I should post this publicly, as it may not go on well with MCF sponsors who are car salesmen. But let's take this with an open mind for all to learn and share. And apologies if I go off topic. Moderators may delete this if they find it inappropriate. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commission structure may vary from co. to co., but in general, it is as follows : Insurance - 8% Loan - 1.5% Car Trade-in - $300 onwards Car Sales commission - $500 onwards * The above sales commission is based on that of a typical Jpanese bread and butter 1.6l car. Commission for luxury marques may be higher. Since you are talking about cars with 80l fuel tanks, you must be referring to those luxury marques like a Mercedes Benz S Class or BMW 7 Series. Let's take the Mercedes Benz 350 LWB as an estimated example. Currently retailing at $328,000 with Certificate Of Entitlement. Commission that salesman takes home : 1. Insurance premium of $3,000 - 8% x $3,000 = $240 2. Loan of $300,000 = $4,500 3. Car Trade in = $500 4. Car Sales Commission = $1,000 Total commission = $6,240 That is why when my friend bought the E Class, the salesman was very generous in throwing in whatever he requested, even for a more expensive sports rims. For bread and butter Jap cars, we have to bargain like mad to get the basic freebies Edited February 25, 2007 by Vit4wd Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curahee 1st Gear February 25, 2007 Share February 25, 2007 My civic 1/4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mubarakrashid Neutral Newbie February 25, 2007 Share February 25, 2007 eh.. why removed it away? anyway, based on the example you gave, who on this island will take a $300k loan for a car that cost $328k? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insurance 1st Gear February 25, 2007 Share February 25, 2007 nissan latio 1/4 full. But SE give me $40 of SPC petrol....... I ask for it... :) If not I think most SE will not top up... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pentium 1st Gear February 25, 2007 Share February 25, 2007 A SE who sells a car with a 80 litre fuel tank capacity makes at least $6,000 in sales commission (derived from trade in of exisitng car, loan, insurance and car sales commission) and are dealing with affluent people who would likely give them a future referral or come back to the same SE when they purchase a newer model of a similar make in future. It would be silly for the SE to top up 1/2 tank and it makes no business sense to do so. If you take a million dollars loan and trade in your car at paper value without body price, then will make 6000 for your deal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheekg98 1st Gear February 25, 2007 Share February 25, 2007 Got my mazda with v low mileage (single digit) at point of collection. ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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