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thepharcyde

thepharcyde

thepharcyde

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So my budget of £2.5k was pushing anything half decent on my travels. Spent too much time trying to find anything but found a 1.6 Focus Zetec in Neptune Green for a grand more.

Anyway details as follows.

FFSH 2 owners, first for a year 2nd a local owner for 7 and service and maintained at the Ford garage I've bought it from.

70162 Miles

I've paid the full screen price having negotiated certain things I want doing but it will come with the following

12 months MOT
Full service including new cambelt that's due at 100k miles or 10 years
6 Month tax
getting a new condenser for the aircon
Back bumper resprayed
And a two month warranty.

They swapped 6mth warranty for the tax as I will be relocating soon so is pretty worthless.

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Pick it up next Saturday.

Bit of a downgrade from a 2.5T Focus, but hohum beats the bus!
 
You paid £3.5k for an 8 year old 1.6 Focus?

Wow, that makes my same-generation 4 year old Mondeo for £2750 seem even more of a bargain. 6 years ago.
 
Ultra kudos at paying over the odds from a Ford Dealer but then swapping the only reason to do so - the warranty - for 6 months road tax. Thats especially inspired, that is. 6 months tax is only 85 quid anyway!
 
a quick search of autotrader shows similar age cars with similar millage for £2000-£2300 from trade dealers.

£3500? what a rip.
 
thepharcyde said:
Needed a car, carless at the mo, pretty impossible to take time off work. Fitted my criteria priced in line with others in my area I'm happy. But expected the replies above :)

But I'm glad to be a source mid morning entertainment :D
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If you were desperate for a car, borrow one? Or just buy something (rather than look for a specific car) that has tax and MOT, then worry about getting what you actually want at a later date?

Either way, getting penetrated sans-lube for a cruddy car from a main dealer sounds like par for the course for you.

EDIT: LOL at limiting yourself to cars within 10 miles.
 
thepharcyde I'm going to try not to sound like an utter **** when I post this but...

how can you be happy with being so monstrously ripped off? You have bought it for at least 50% above it's market value.

Let me put it in other terms:

You are going on holiday to France. You need some Euros. The current market rate for €1000 is about £855. You have just paid at least £1300 for them, or more, and you justify it by being a bit strapped for time.
 
What I don't get is that he appears to be on a massive economy drive - selling his house, selling his decent high value cars - so really, he could probably have done with the saving from... not paying a stupid amount of money for an old Focus!

I hope that road tax seems like a good deal when it breaks down in 5 months time, mind..
 
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