Other Half wants a New TT. Anyone got one?

DiamondMark said:
Im starting to sound like an arse now, but i cant help thinking that a man that has a panic attack over losing a 2k audi stock car, maybe could put 30k to work better on stock, than a brand new daily driver.
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My head is in exactly the same place. Just seems totally illogical. In his mind, having the latest flash bling is prioritised above everything else to the extent he has convinced himself it's a legitimate business expense. It's not. It's an extravagance.

Extravagence comes when you are a wealthy and succesful businessman - which one day you will be if you avoid spending money on crap when you are at the early stages of building a business.

The fact that 'having the right image' even enters into the head of somebody picking a car when his business is a used car lot makes no sense. If anything it'll make the rest of his stock look crap when he parks it by the office ;)
 
You are confusing the two people in this thread. It's the OP who it has been suggested should buy a £20k petrol one, not Maz.

Maz is a car dealer and thus should be able to buy and sell used cars in such a way that depreciation is nil.
 
[TW]Fox;17259852 said:
The depreciation you will suffer putting 100,000 miles on a brand new TT in the space of 4 years is going to make the fuel economy thing look like nothing.

You might be better with a £20k 2.0TFSI instead.
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dam it, sounds correct :o


But if they kept the car for 10 years then depreciation is less of a factor overall, presumably that would not happen though
 
Wooo, thread has gone a little sideways.

Let me just elaborate on my situation.

The TT will be bought through business contract hire, as me and the other half are self-employed and we have our own Ltd company.

Car will be kept for 3yrs and then handed back to the lease company.

The diesel is better interms of "taxes".

After all the number crunching, it will work out around £9,500 over the 3yrs with the way the contract between the company and us will be set-up to mitigate a lot of taxes and BIK. There is insurance and maintainance costs on-top of that but the Ltd company will be looking after those (which saves £20% on CT).

Now, over the 3yrs if brought out right the car would loose around £12,000 in depreciation so that is a saving of £2,500.
 
[TW]Fox;17265460 said:
You've taken into account how much more expensive leases get when you have mileage limit of 25k, right?
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Yes.
We have managed to get a really good deal as brother is a director in the fire brigade so we utilised his contacts. Will work out the same as what the major services pay on the OG framework.
 
Then I am confused.

Why are you asking us 'what to look for' and 'are they reliable' and what the list price is? None of this stuff matters when leasing? Why tell us its going to cost £30k when.... it isnt? :confused:
 
[TW]Fox;17265491 said:
Then I am confused.

Why are you asking us 'what to look for' and 'are they reliable' if its a lease car. Its not your problem :p
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Because the lease company will not be looking after the maintenance costs. Our Ltd company will and i don't want a duff car that will be in the dealers a lot. Thats why i ask if they are reliable and what to look for interms of common faults etc
 
The warranty will cover any faults, even on a non-maintained lease.

I dont really know what you are going to 'look for' when you take delivery of a brand new car faults wise. It wont have any faults!
 
[TW]Fox;17265592 said:
The warranty will cover any faults, even on a non-maintained lease.

I dont really know what you are going to 'look for' when you take delivery of a brand new car faults wise. It wont have any faults!
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Your not understanding me Fox.
I know the warranty will cover any faults but I don't want a car which is going to be at Audi getting repaired all the time. Its an inconvenience.

All cars have faults! If anything - new cars are the worst as they have not been tried and tested.

This thread is to gauge interest from people who have one or experience of one.
 
photoshop said:
i don't want a duff car that will be in the dealers a lot.
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In which case I would not buy an Audi.

What about the new Z4. It will probably be more reliable and you have a tin top folding roof.

I have only ever had one Audi but I keep hearing from Audi owners how bad the dealers are and how often they end up having to take the car in.
 
2 successful ltd co's that are doing well enough for such extravagances, well done to you in the current climate :)
Wouldn't be where I would be putting my potantial profit for now, that's for sure!
 
Morba said:
2 successful ltd co's that are doing well enough for such extravagances, well done to you in the current climate :)
Wouldn't be where I would be putting my potantial profit for now, that's for sure!
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depends how you look at it. They may have been driving 60k cars in the past and have decided to get a more "affordable" car due to present climate.

I got flamed for when I posted that my dad wanted to buy a XJ or CSL because he lost his job which would have actually been considerably cheaper then the company car he was paying 765 quid a month for when he had a job.
 
Dr House said:
What about the new Z4. It will probably be more reliable and you have a tin top folding roof.
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She's not keen on Z4's although she does also like the 1 Series convertible.

Morba said:
2 successful ltd co's that are doing well enough for such extravagances, well done to you in the current climate :)
Wouldn't be where I would be putting my potantial profit for now, that's for sure!
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We both work through One Ltd company mate. We are just two consultants.

I wouldn't say its extravagance- Just a cost effective way of her having a car to make use of tax savings through the company rather than buying it out right and then taking a hit on depreciation.
 
I was talking about yourselves and maz.
It's savings on outlay, you still pay a significant amount of money for the pleasure, money that could be elsewhere.
But that's your choice :)
 
Morba said:
I was talking about yourselves and maz.
It's savings on outlay, you still pay a significant amount of money for the pleasure, money that could be elsewhere.
But that's your choice :)
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Well yes, it is a significant amount but in one way we are saving 20% on taxes (Corp Tax) if we took the money as dividend.

There is always going to be a cost. We are not viewing this is an investment. She works hard and just wants something nice to drive and have something that makes her feel good. Cant really put a price on that and if we did, we would never buy the things that make us happy.
 
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