speedyj said:You are joking ?
I will have to use this vehicle to drive 2-3k miles a month and possibly take customers out etc.
[TW]Fox said:Why would he be?
Yea, so what? Cheap diesel does not neccesarily mean smokey horrid old banger.
It's a sound idea, unless you are one of these people who thinks the most important thing about the car is the image in the carpark you get from a bit of perspex that says '56'..
sormicoft said:40p a mile working on an average of 3k a month means £1200 quid eek allow 400 a month for fuel (3000/40(allow for a bit of abuse in the mpg) means around 75 gallons of fuel a month
which leaves you a stonking 800 a month for a car,
or a budget of circa 5 grand. buy something at a year old run for 6 months and batter the miles on and then sell it on and take a couple of grand hit
result you score a couple of G's
Nozzer said:Turning up in a clapped out Mondeo on your first day will probably speed the process up.