VW Fox on scrapage scheme

mdixson

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Hi all,

Looking for a bit of purchase justification I guess...

Girlfriend and I have been looking for a cheap new car to get her so we could get the 2-3k on the scrapage scheme for her Daewoo Matiz (I know awful car she had it before we met).

After looking around all the dealers over the last few months - and the Matiz getting worse and worse, has a ECU problem, we final came across the VW Fox for £5 after the £2k discount for her car; this works out at £150 per month over 3 years.

Now all the reviews I have read say that the car is okay but that the Kia Picantto and the Daihatsu Siron are better...

Well I feel that for the money I would rather have a VW every time, I have a SEAT Ibiza and know the company to produce sold well made cars.

Whats everyone's thoughts? - and remember we were looking for the most affordable monthly payments we could get!
 
the VW Fox is a terrible car. It has shockingly bad plastics as its made in Brazil for the 3rd world.
think of it as a VW Sandero

it's probably better than a Matiz, but then so's taking the bus.
 
mjt said:
the VW Fox is a terrible car. It has shockingly bad plastics as its made in Brazil for the 3rd world.
think of it as a VW Sandero

it's probably better than a Matiz, but then so's taking the bus.
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What other cars for this price would you suggest? - because the plastics in the VW are not that shocking at all - equally as good as my Ibiza and a million years better than the Daihatsu or Kia...
 
TBH at that price point I'd go for the fabled reliability of the Japanese petrols - nothing that cheap'll have a particularly decent interior, you may as well have a car that's pretty much bombproof once outside its warranty.
 
What about the Hyundai i10? If you have to get a new cheap car then that would be my choice. Get the 1.2 though as it's a much better engine than the 1.1
 
Sounds like a bit of "out of the frying pan, into the fire" none of those cars are going to be any better than each other.

Spend less on fixing what's wrong with what you have got.
I bet you don't spend £150 a month in repair bills
 
Just keep the Daewoo. Why get rid of a crap car in order to instead pay 150 quid a month for another crap car with a 59 plate?
 
[TW]Fox;15469691 said:
Just keep the Daewoo. Why get rid of a crap car in order to instead pay 150 quid a month for another crap car with a 59 plate?
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Much more eloquently put than me. :D


EXACTLY
 
OP if you must buy a car have you considered paying the £3k on an interest free credit card for 12 months and switch to a lower interest one later? It'll no doubt be better than the 17 or so % interest you may be paying?
 
The other repair for the ECU on the Matiz is one of many things it will fail on its next MOT.
The bonus with the FOX is she will only keep it for 3 years (aka for the warranty period) and she has all the services covered as well in the monthly cost. All she will have to pay extra is MOT, Tax, Insurance and petrol...

Also from what I have read the FOX is basically the Polo that was out at the time with less kit... it even uses the Polo engines
 
Ricochet J said:
OP if you must buy a car have you considered paying the £3k on an interest free credit card for 12 months and switch to a lower interest one later? It'll no doubt be better than the 17 or so % interest you may be paying?
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The interest is very good @ 9% which I was amazed at
 
The VW Fox is terrible. It wont be like your Seat.

You've named some pretty awful car in your post. If it had to be a new super mini, with scrappage for as little as possible I'd be looking at a Fiat Panda or a Renault Clio.
 
Bug One said:
The VW Fox is terrible. It wont be like your Seat.

You've named some pretty awful car in your post. If it had to be a new super mini, with scrappage for as little as possible I'd be looking at a Fiat Panda or a Renault Clio.
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Looked at both of these and they are not as cheap, she can only pay £160 max a month ... which is the real deal breaker on getting a better motor...
 
If reliability and monthly payments are what you're after then go for the Hyundai i10. It's been praised numerous times. In fact
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Compared to its three-cylinder rivals from Citroen, Peugeot and Toyota, the i10 is in a different league.
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Coupled with a 5 year warranty it might be the better bet.
 
The scrapage scheme is nothing more than a cash cow anyway.
It does everything for the economy but NOTHING for you and I.
Take an objective view of what you are purchasing and look for best bang for buck..

I'm damn sure it wont be anything related to chopping your old ****ter in for scrapage.
 
skippi90 said:
How about you get a loan with repayments of £160 a month and get a decent 2nd hand motor rather than the rubbish available from the scrappage scheme?
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This, I'm sure you can get a decent fairly-new second hand car for <£5k, leaving you with enough money to buy a decent warranty from somewhere and a nice car into the bargain.
 
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