Am I right or wrong? GF/lease car/diesel

rG-tom · 29 Mar 2012 at 15:56

bazola said:
...and the 320D ED goes like stink!

Was convincing until then

rodenal · 29 Mar 2012 at 16:16

To be fair it's not bad, depends on your expectations - given that she's looking at a 90/110bhp ds3 it would blow her away.

I would really ,really hate to be the second owner of a 3
and a bit year old, 10k mile 320d though!

Liquidfox · 29 Mar 2012 at 16:38

But are they on the NHS lease scheme as Mucky said? Or are you just paying for a car and nothing more?

rodenal said:
I would really ,really hate to be the second owner of a 3
and a bit year old, 10k mile 320d though!

I imagine that Joe Bloggs will be willing to pay quite a bit of money for it though since it's ULTRA LOW MILEAGE, 1 LADY OWNER. Which to the rest of us means big bills.

shoes · 29 Mar 2012 at 16:43

lol women.

Back to the sink!

[TW]Fox · 29 Mar 2012 at 17:21

bazola said:
Guys thats crazy prices

I work for the NHS and pay the following: -

118D M Sport Coupe BMW Extra's 18" Alloys, colour etc. = £135pm

My mate has a : -

320d ED BMW = £109PM

BMW are the cheapest on NHS lease because of the lowest emissions and the 320D ED goes like stink!

There are two different ways to get a car though - a cheap way for people like you who presumably require a car for your job. And another way which is more expensive for everyone else, like the OP?

The two figures are incomparable.

Domi · 29 Mar 2012 at 18:30

is £273 a month really that expensive all in for a new car of her choice ?

too much argument about diesel over petrol in this thread the real issue is Lease or buy.

Buying outright would be better for me for instance but I could pay cash or get cheap credit, can she ? Also my insurance would be cheap (insurance for 5 i have no idea how much that might cost for 3 years).

However leasing is safe you do have a fixed cost and for many people this is a key factor.

Is the petrol cheaper to lease than the diesel ? check dont just assume it is because of residual values it may not be.

Philz0r · 29 Mar 2012 at 18:42

i wonder if your girlfriend knows my mam, if she works at shields hospital >.>

oh the possibilities.

Dr Who · 29 Mar 2012 at 19:33

Spunkey said:
As said, the deal isn't the greatest and DS3s are made from cheese stuck together with Gloy.

Yes they look funky and blah blah, but trust me they are AWFUL.

I am finding it hard to trust you as the one I drove was very nice.

My neighbour also has one and it has not had any issues other than her smashing into a wall

At the mileage suggested I would be looking at the petrol version, with so many short journeys she will be killing DPF's left right and centre.

Mucky_Pup · 2 Apr 2012 at 21:09

Just to bring closure to this thread, she's returned today, in a non-leased 1.2 Twingo, will probabley fair better for the type of driving she does, and is a lot better than the death trap Saxo she had, and she's happy so

rodenal · 2 Apr 2012 at 21:16

sounds good - is it the little turbo engine (can't remember if that's a 1 or a 1.2)? Quite like the twingo really.

Mucky_Pup · 2 Apr 2012 at 21:22

Nah, it's just the 73bhp NA one.

Liquidfox · 2 Apr 2012 at 21:43

Something you can borrow when the ST eats your cash?

Mucky_Pup · 2 Apr 2012 at 21:44

That's a future tense, implying I actually have any cash at the moment, no my car ate all that up a long time ago

Liquidfox · 2 Apr 2012 at 22:01

Haha, i'm finding that at the moment. Discovered I can get a Collins Satage 1 without any major modding. It was kind of keeping me from doing it until I had enough cash to do most of it in one go, but ~£300 for 40-60bhp is just too hard to resist. We all know where it leads from there in as well