What car upto ~£8-9k

I thought the new fiesta was alright to drive (though comically underpowered for me) and decent enough to be in. If you're happy with the current one I think you'd be pretty pleased with the new model too.

I'd spend less cash though, an early one with reasonable miles will be much the same car as you will otherwise be buying for thousands more.

Petrol or diesel is up to you really, if the 1.4tdci is the same engine as yours (I dont know) then you'll have a good feel for how reliable it's likely to be. Otherwise there are plenty of petrols, all of which will give you reasonable economy.

About £6k on a 3-4 year old 1.25/1.4/1.6 petrol titanium looks a decent buy

something along the lines of:

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geuben said:
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It's going to depreciate. For example if you bought a £9k Mondeo, it's done most of it's depreciation already. So that's where I'd probably be putting my money. Then again you could just spend about £5-6k on a fiesta, up to you...

But it depends how long you intend on keeping the car I suppose.
 
The new Fiesta is a fantastic drive. Fully specced it's a very nice car.

I nearly bought one but couldn't find the right spec. Wanted a Titanium spec that had the Zetec S looks and bigger wheels.
 
rossk26 said:
It's going to depreciate. For example if you bought a £9k Mondeo, it's done most of it's depreciation already. So that's where I'd probably be putting my money. Then again you could just spend about £5-6k on a fiesta, up to you...

But it depends how long you intend on keeping the car I suppose.
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I think I would keep it for a good few years.

My brother has been looking at switching to leasing and suggested that might not be a bad idea.

I could lease a brand new model for £213 a month. However this seems like not a great idea to me.
 
geuben said:
I could lease a brand new model for £213 a month. However this seems like not a great idea to me.
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If you're the kind of person that likes to keep a car for a long time and have a firm idea of the car you want leasing isn't a great idea, £645 down then £215 a month for 3 years for a fiesta that you'll then hand back seems like even less of a great idea to me tbh. That's £8.5k you would have paid out over the term. By going down other routes you have an asset with resale value to recoup when you want to change.

If you were going to consider any sort of lease then a pcp might be worth looking at, though tbh I've never really seen these working out favourably when I've done the sums. Over the full term straight up HP or a bank loan for £x tends to work out best especially if you have a healthy deposit.
 
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rodenal said:
If you're the kind of person that likes to keep a car for a long time and have a firm idea of the car you want leasing isn't a great idea, £645 down then £215 a month for 3 years for a fiesta that you'll then hand back seems like even less of a great idea to me tbh. That's £8.5k you would have paid out over the term. By going down other routes you have an asset with resale value to recoup when you want to change.

If you were going to consider any sort of lease then a pcp might be worth looking at, though tbh I've never really seen these working out favourably when I've done the sums. Over the full term straight up HP or a bank loan for £x tends to work out best especially if you have a healthy deposit.
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That's pretty much how I felt about the idea. PCP seemed to look expensive compared to a loan from my bank.
 
The problem with the leasing is you end up with nothing at the end of it. So you'll trade your car in, which you own and pay out £250 per month over 3 years (more than the advertised figure because you're doing more than 10k pa). You'll have paid out 9k in lease costs plus your car worth ~1k and you wont own the car.

If you buy it, you'll have paid out 9k all in and you'll have a car worth 2-3k (guessing here a bit)

If you want to keep the lease car longer than the 3 years, you can either get a new one and keep paying for another 3 or buy it back. If you want to keep the car youve bought after 3 years and the loan is paid off, it costs you nothing on a monthly basis
 
iaind said:
The problem with the leasing is you end up with nothing at the end of it. So you'll trade your car in, which you own and pay out £250 per month over 3 years (more than the advertised figure because you're doing more than 10k pa). You'll have paid out 9k in lease costs plus your car worth ~1k and you wont own the car.

If you buy it, you'll have paid out 9k all in and you'll have a car worth 2-3k (guessing here a bit)

If you want to keep the lease car longer than the 3 years, you can either get a new one and keep paying for another 3 or buy it back. If you want to keep the car youve bought after 3 years and the loan is paid off, it costs you nothing on a monthly basis
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The leasing price of £213 is for 15k a year. Other than Road Tax being paid during the lease period does leasing offer any other benefits? Would the manufacturers warranty cover the same stuff and for the same time as the lease period?
 
For a private buyer of a car like a fiesta it offers next to no benefits imo. Manufacturers warranty is unaffected by the type of purchase, you're just driving around in a brand new version of the car you want anyway - that's it really, if you were willing to pay for having a brand new car every 2-3 years or there was a particularly good deal at the time then fair enough.

I've thought about leasing before (and in a round about way have through having a company car etc) but it has to be about the deal and not the car. Were you able to get a fiesta sized car for say £100 a month on 15k per annum for 2 years (3+24) for example then that would be worth it. Never going to happen though.
 
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