What would you do?

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Mum is getting a Golf GTI (08) on Monday. She's planning on part exchanging her 03 silver Toyota Celica (21k miles, they've offered 6.6k), however she asked me tonight if I wanted it :o

At the moment I have an 07 Corsa which i've only had a year, i'm a bit apprehensive about trading such a newish car for one so old (altohugh it had its MOT today and passed fine). I think I might struggle to drive it at times, parking especially, but I guess I'd get used to it?

Thoughts?
 
an 03 plate car is old? jesus!

Anyway, the Celica will be a much much better car then your corsa (what isnt better than a corsa :p) I would change.
 
Your worried about an 03 plate celica owned by your mum with 21k on the clock? :eek:

I'd go for it for sure if you like them.

Love Celicas myself and they have a fantastic reputation for reliability to boot.
 
What are you going to do with the Corsa if you take the celica, trade it for the golf?

Take the celica. 5 years is not old.
 
You'll probably get a shock on the depreciation of the Corsa if you can sell it at all at the moment, however the celica will be a better car.
 
Gaygle said:
You even have to ask?! :eek:

Tell us a bit more about the Celica anyway.
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It's the Celica Coupe 1.8 VVT-i T-Sport 3dr. Leather seats, air con and all that jazz. I'm no car expert but I like it :)

Lopéz said:
It's just over five years old mate :eek:
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I know, but to me that seems old :o

panthro said:
What are you going to do with the Corsa if you take the celica, trade it for the golf?
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Not been decided yet, gonna have a proper look at the celica in the morning and take it out for a bit.

Dangerous Dave said:
Take the Celica assuming the insurance isn't a problem. On different note why did your mum MOT a car two days before trading it in ?
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Well she didn't plan on buying a new car. She had the MOT planned today and while she was waiting she popped across to have a look at VW, and the rest is history.

Insurance would be around £620 compared to the £370 i'll be shelling out on the insurance for my corsa next month.
 
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It is not old. It is also better than your Corsa in every possible way. Unless you are completely skint and couldnt afford to run it, this is a complete no brainer. You have a chance to move out of a completely horrible car into a pretty good one.
 
Ripper said:
It's the Celica Coupe 1.8 VVT-i T-Sport 3dr. Leather seats, air con and all that jazz. I'm no car expert but I like it :)
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It is a very good car. Age is nothing.. Just because your Corsa is newer, does not mean it is better, because it truly truly isn't.

Ripper said:
Insurance would be around £620 compared to the £370 i'll be shelling out on the insurance for my corsa next month.
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Worth every penny tbh.
 
Hang on, are you doing a straight swap with your Corsa :confused: or is £6600 extremely cheap for a celica or something?

Edit: Just checked Autotrader and there are loads of celicas for that price.
Even more confused now :o
 
Ripper said:
At the moment I have an 07 Corsa which i've only had a year, i'm a bit apprehensive about trading such a newish car for one so old (altohugh it had its MOT today and passed fine). I think I might struggle to drive it at times, parking especially, but I guess I'd get used to it?

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Ok here is my thoughts. ITS NOT OLD!!!

And if you dont trade in a Crappy Corsa for a Celica then you have some serious problems and dont belong in motors.

Some of you people just dont under stand the meaning of Old:rolleyes:
 
The question here is not whether or not you like the car - it's a much better car than the corsa.

The question is whether the price (cost to change) is made good by them giving a good price on the trade in or a good price on the golf itself with an average trade in price.
 
Also, its nice to know the history of a car too. Lets be honest, your mum aint going to have ragged it and its got really low miles. The celica'll probably be a fantastic car for years and years to come and i wouldn't expect hardly any bills tbh.

As others have said and as i said earlier, you absolutely must get rid of your corsa for the celica.
 
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