Soldato
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Wife and I are now seriously thinking about buying a new car (large estate: V90 vs 5 Series vs E Class - but that's for another thread).
We'd love to buy an approved used car, within warranty. One of the issues we have is that buying an approved used is a lottery when it comes to the options - a lot of the times the options you want aren't fitted to the car and you end up making compromises.
So, is it at all possible to retrofit options to a car after a purchase? Now obviously this has to be sensible. If you've bought a RWD car and you actually wanted AWD then I doubt you'll be able to retrofit an entire new drivetrain!
But what about "softer" options? Say I wanted memory heated seats but the car comes with bog standard leather seats. Now obviously I'd have to pay to get them swapped (I suspect order £1000's) which then begs the question if it's economical to buy new and get what you want?
For context, we'd look to keep the car for 7 years.
We'd love to buy an approved used car, within warranty. One of the issues we have is that buying an approved used is a lottery when it comes to the options - a lot of the times the options you want aren't fitted to the car and you end up making compromises.
So, is it at all possible to retrofit options to a car after a purchase? Now obviously this has to be sensible. If you've bought a RWD car and you actually wanted AWD then I doubt you'll be able to retrofit an entire new drivetrain!
But what about "softer" options? Say I wanted memory heated seats but the car comes with bog standard leather seats. Now obviously I'd have to pay to get them swapped (I suspect order £1000's) which then begs the question if it's economical to buy new and get what you want?
For context, we'd look to keep the car for 7 years.