So I have bought a new car, traded in the ST220 already.
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Very nice
How old are you, out of interest?
Says in the OP he is 25.
How much are you paying a month for this and with what kind of initial payment/trade in value?
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I really, REALLY don't like the aesthetics of the Boxster.....but in the same breath I have to say that the pics in the OP are of what might be the best looking example I've ever seen (love the rims BTW)
Fantastic spec and a car the OP will enjoy like pretty much nothing else in this price bracket. I'll be extremely surprised if the OP doesn't choose a 911 come trade in time.
Fantastic spec and a car the OP will enjoy like pretty much nothing else in this price bracket. I'll be extremely surprised if the OP doesn't choose a 911 come trade in time.
Not sure on the exterior colour but cant fault the spec + its a good price from OPC.
Heated seats, bose and sports chrono are some of the best options and you have them all.
The sat nav isn't bad once you get used to it, I just hope you didnt get stung too much with the APR. Its a shame about the weather at the moment but hopefully it will pick up for Friday.
With the amount of porsches being purchased on here recently I think its the new mondeo.
Heated seats, bose and sports chrono are some of the best options and you have them all.
The sat nav isn't bad once you get used to it, I just hope you didnt get stung too much with the APR. Its a shame about the weather at the moment but hopefully it will pick up for Friday.
With the amount of porsches being purchased on here recently I think its the new mondeo.
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That's the same conclusion I came too, I know it isn't as fast but I actually prefer the drive to an E46 M3 (never driven an E90 M3, and they cost far too much for me right now) and it just seems a more complete car than the Z4 M. Lower running costs than the M cars anyway
Just spent a good while ringing around different insurance companies, inlcuding Adrian Flux and Porsche insurance, no one can come close to Bell's £1,314 ...only Admiral get near that, and Direct Line come in cheaper ...but only if I have a tracker fitted, and the cost of that pushes their price way over Bell's aswell.
Arhh the finance details, since you are asking, basically the ST220 is my deposit on it. So I don't spend any money up front, it's £314 p/m (with GAP insurance, was only £8 extra a month) over 4 years, with a final payment of £11.4k or so, the APR is 5% flat rate.
It all does seem like a rather good deal considering it's from Porsche with all their protection and such. I guess it wouldn't have been so attractive if the car had been basic with very few options like most of the Boxsters I see on the OPC approved used schemes. The fact it has such a massive spec and absolutely the best wheels (imo) makes it very attractive to me.
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Flat rate isnt an APR its a term the motor industry use to hide totally ripoff APR's.
You are paying:
1x54 plate ST220 @ £6000 trade
48x £314 @ £15072
1x final payment @ £11400
Total cost: £32472.
Isnt that almost what a brand new one costs
[TW]Fox;14107606 said:Flat rate isnt an APR its a term the motor industry use to hide totally ripoff APR's.
You are paying:
1x54 plate ST220 @ £6000 trade
48x £314 @ £15072
1x final payment @ £11400
Total cost: £32472.
Isnt that almost what a brand new one costs
But what choice do you have if you don't have a lump sum available? A bank loan or this basically...
Why do you have to constantly pick holes in peoples decisions? It's really quite lame. If he wasn't happy with the finer points of the finance deal then i'm sure he wouldn't have gone ahead. Be happy for him, it's a staggering car and something I am sure he has worked very hard for!
The rest is irrelavent really....
Because this is a discussion forum where we discuss things, be it the pros, the cons, or what.
If moeks has a problem with my opinions, which he does not, then he'd tell me. Please stop being a hypocrite by picking holes in my decision to offer an opinion.
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surely in this economic climate, the government/BoE is stimulating growth by putting interest rates very low. how will interest rates of 7% stimulate anything?
meh, turns out you're right
you can get them for 4% in belgium. unlucky
Don't ask me, I don't set the interest rates
Well infact, it's the cost and lack of availability of wholesale credit in the money markets.The same reason why i'm struggling to find a decent mortgage rate.
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You shouldn't need to justify it to anyone of us. You can afford it, its your money, you are happy. Period.
Nice car !
Nice car !
