New jobSpec me a car - 12k max budget

Lucero said:
400 work miles a week though can easily turn in to 600-800 a week with personal mileage. That starts to cross the line between petrol and diesel.
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Aye but circumstances change and you don't always end up in the same job or doing the same mileage over the time it would take to recoup the mpg + running costs for D vs P. You could have had the petrol version given your mileage even though you were expecting to do more.

[TW]Fox;17745348 said:
I dont see any issue with the diesel requirement here.

I do think though that a 5+ year old car you'll take towards 100k reasonably quickly is a bad thing to buy on finance. It's going to break, you wont have a warranty and its going to cost big money to keep repairing.

The complexity of these cars keeps increasing but the reliability doesnt seem able to keep up.

I wouldnt want a diesel BMW with iDrive and an autobox without knowing it'll be under warranty for my entire ownership period.

Sadly that means buying one newer than 5 years old and with less than 77k miles on it.
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This, I just couldn't be bothered to type it out.

If you know you will be in the same job doing 20-30k + per year then over 3-5 years the D may offer a saving assuming a relatively even purchase and running cost compared to the petrol so you can actually benfit from the fuel saving.

In reality you may find a 2-3 year old petrol car with under 30k miles for the same price as the 5 year old D with 80k+ miles. Add 60-80k miles on to that and you have to hope the D doesn't throw up many of the running costs modern ones can especially as it will be outside any useful warranty.
 
[TW]Fox;17745359 said:
Another kid?! Isnt it only a few months since you got rid of the last woman? :p

Slow things down man, that includes buying expensive cars 35 seconds after getting a new job :p
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lol, it's about a year now.

I'm in a position now where i can walk into pretty much any job of my profession at the same rate of pay - if not more, so worrying about redundancy isn't a problem, the reason i chose the trade i'm in ;). Infact, i'm being head hunted by another company already lol.
 
wez130 said:
lol, it's about a year now.

I'm in a position now where i can walk into pretty much any job of my profession at the same rate of pay - if not more, so worrying about redundancy isn't a problem, the reason i chose the trade i'm in ;). Infact, i'm being head hunted by another company already lol.
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What do you do?
 
to get a good spec car with lots of options like leather / hfi / nav / bluetooth etc.. you usually have to wait. But one will come up eventually :)

Broaden your search to round the leeds / wakefield area if you want. I wont mind taking a look at one to confirm if its worth a proper look or not.
 
I ave included Leeds, it's under 60 miles away lol. I would travel for the right car, i'm not going to buy the first one i look at anyway :)
 
Wakefield is 80 miles from redcar, and obviously i can cover area 10/20 miles south of that too extending the range to more like 100 miles from redcar as opposed to 60. Anyway the offers there if you want it :)
 
I'd second that.

Only reason i get away with a saloon now is because my 7 year old doesnt have all that stuff anymore. Just a booster seat.

Having a hatchback when you've got baby crap to cart around makes life easier.

Urgh Nasty Zetec though. IF he's dreaming of A3s with Nav, Bose Hifi and bluetooth a Mondeo Zetec wont cut it :p
 
Buy my leon Wez! :D It's used to doing the A19 and B roads of the area - it's meant to be :p

Where's the new job at anyway? North or South?
 
I've never driven one, so I can't vouch for how good they are, but a 300C CRD would be within budget and would appear to tick the boxes.
 
wez130 said:
Why?, I'm hardly going to want a coupe, nor do i feel the need for a people carrier!
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Go try getting buggy / travel system into a saloon boot and a weeks shopping and anything else.
Boot space is generall ok in saloons, the problem is the accessible entry to the boot.
 
MrLOL said:
I'd second that.

Only reason i get away with a saloon now is because my 7 year old doesnt have all that stuff anymore. Just a booster seat.

Having a hatchback when you've got baby crap to cart around makes life easier.

Urgh Nasty Zetec though. IF he's dreaming of A3s with Nav, Bose Hifi and bluetooth a Mondeo Zetec wont cut it :p
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When i said a saloon, i meant the size,a hatch would actually be my preference.

Naf said:
Buy my leon Wez! :D It's used to doing the A19 and B roads of the area - it's meant to be :p

Where's the new job at anyway? North or South?
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Ummm, thanks but i think i'll pass lol. It's just near Northallerton, Solberge Hall

Ant84 said:
I've never driven one, so I can't vouch for how good they are, but a 300C CRD would be within budget and would appear to tick the boxes.
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I don't want to look like a gangster lol, thanks for the input though, it's different :)
 
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