Purchasing Advice!
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My mate has done the same job for 2 years and has driven a C2 1.4 Hdi for 2 years.
His first car was a Fiat Uno.
His first car was a Fiat Uno.
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Whats wrong with buying an old cheap car (say mondeo) with high milage, add 30K to this and then sell it on for virtually no loss.
chances are it wont miss a beat
chances are it wont miss a beat
Option 3: Buy £300 Mk1 Ford Mondeos with a years MOT, each time they die buy another. Buy something cooler for the weekends and leisure with the giant amounts of spare cash you'l have left over which can also fill in for a short while in between cheap mondeos.
Soldato
What I'd do if I could...
You should be lucky you can get a working mondeo for 300 quid there, here 500 € buys you a borked mondy without mot, the working ones start from 700 €
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Soldato
Personally, I'd be looking at the cheaper end of the market. Get something that cheap and reliable enough that you can just run it into the ground. New cars break too.
Something like a MK2 Mondeo would be ideal for this, petrol or diesel.
Otherwise, you can normally pick up 12-18month old Citroens for peanuts, maybe a C3 or C4?
Something like a MK2 Mondeo would be ideal for this, petrol or diesel.
Otherwise, you can normally pick up 12-18month old Citroens for peanuts, maybe a C3 or C4?
Situation, 300 miles from home and just got to site to work.
Car grenades.
Your buggered.
£300 mondeos are not something i would want to have to rely on day in day out to do reasonable high milage in.
Soldato
I agree, but it doesn't mean he has to buy brand new either. Just because it's new and in warranty doesn't mean it's going to be trouble free.
Someone I know just had to wait about 8 weeks for a replacement gearbox to be fitted in his van, in the mean time they gave him a Corsa as a courtesy car
No car = no money.
I only get paid for the jobs I attend.
I only get paid for the jobs I attend.
I agree, but it doesn't mean he has to buy brand new either. Just because it's new and in warranty doesn't mean it's going to be trouble free.
Someone I know just had to wait about 8 weeks for a replacement gearbox to be fitted in his van, in the mean time they gave him a Corsa as a courtesy car
Atleast he had a courtesy car.
Caporegime
How does high mileage effect a leased car?
Soldato
A Corsa isn't much use to a builder who needs a van full of tools
I do see where you're coming from, I'm just trying to give you a different perspective - just don't go into it assuming that a new car won't give you any troubles and consider it may well cost you more money in the long run than buying a cheaper 2nd hand car.
Astra Sporthatch CDTi 150?
How do lease plans work?
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Ok, why not £1000 mondeo?
New cars can be unreliable too, especially some of the new diesels
Caporegime
£250 will get you a lease car for 10k miles a year. Add another 20k and you are looking at quite an increase imo.
Soldato
This.
High mileage leases are setup for company car policies. Buying one privately will cost you through the nose.
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I would buy something along the lines of a 2nd hand Mondeo, 3 Series, A3 etc. I once did ~25k a year in a small Hatchback and it wasn't the nicest thing in the world.
IMO a brand new car is a risk if you NEED a car every day, new cars often break more than a 2-3 year old one in my experience. Having a courtesy car is great but garages normally only open during hours that you will not be able to make etc, then they may not have a spare car to let you have there and then etc.
IMO a brand new car is a risk if you NEED a car every day, new cars often break more than a 2-3 year old one in my experience. Having a courtesy car is great but garages normally only open during hours that you will not be able to make etc, then they may not have a spare car to let you have there and then etc.