Member Since: 24 Jan 2005
Location: London (naturally, with a 4x4)
Posts: 11
Se vs HSE
I've just ordered an SE spec with roof bars and rails & triple moonroof (£900!). The salesman tried to talk me into a HSE for an extra £2k but what exactly do you get for this? One inch bigger wheels (yo!); a better hi-fi (I listend to both and I'm damed if I can tell the difference); a talking sat nav rather than a non-talking sat nav (I think I'd turn the talking bit off); and front pdc (might be useful, but a fairly cheap extra).
So is the HSE really worth the extra dosh?
Will there be a Vogue in due course?
24th Jan 2005 11:52 pm
Pelyma
Member Since: 06 Jan 2005
Location: Patching, Sussex
Posts: 15496
The HSE will hold its price better than an SE with extras. On the day of reckoning yours will be an SE and only be worth SE money. I faced this same dilema and spent the extra £2K for this reason. My boss has just bought a merc E320 with £20K of extras, he didn't pay any more for the car at a year old than if it was standard!
25th Jan 2005 7:30 pm
johndelorean
Member Since: 24 Jan 2005
Location: London (naturally, with a 4x4)
Posts: 11
Good point. I suppose the reality is that on a brand new model, the depreciation is likely to be fairly slow anyway. The SE buyer only loses out if the percentage depreciation is bigger than on the HSE - and it's too early to say yet. And it depends on the extras - roof bars I would have thought a necessity, alongwith the auto box and metallic; the moonroof I suppose many would not value it much....
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