Young People and Cars
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dim
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[QUOTE 4506913, member: 45"]Sheesh that's a lot of money.[/QUOTE]
she's a hairdresser and in demand .... on a very good salary.
she's a hairdresser and in demand .... on a very good salary.
Piemaster
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Insurers may well take it into account. We had one car for several years in which my wifes NCD lapsed. When we went back to a car each the insurer gave her a discount equivalent to a full NCD.
swee'pea99
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she ended up buying a brand new Ford Fiesta 1.25 .... monthly installments are £282.99 per month plus insurance of £50 per month
she is happy as it's the same car that she done her driving lessons with. She collects it on Friday[/QUOTE]
Thinking about it that sounds quite a high payment, was it a no deposit deal?
she is happy as it's the same car that she done her driving lessons with. She collects it on Friday[/QUOTE]
Thinking about it that sounds quite a high payment, was it a no deposit deal?
biggs682
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We bought our son a 1981 VW Polo 1.0 covered just under 100k miles , i could run faster but 4 years later he is still using it and he loves it .
1st insurance cost more than the car even with a tracker
Running costs yearly mot and basic service so on average £250
1st insurance cost more than the car even with a tracker
Running costs yearly mot and basic service so on average £250
dim
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Thinking about it that sounds quite a high payment, was it a no deposit deal?[/QUOTE]
£300 deposit and lease is over 3 years. Price of the car is £13 000 (it has all the bells and whistles), and after the 3 years she has to take another loan of £3000 to keep it
expensive, but she has a mind of her own (I've never ever owned a new car and have always bought 2nd bargains)
DaveReading
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On the other hand, he may have learned how to drive.
£300 deposit and lease is over 3 years. Price of the car is £13 000 (it has all the bells and whistles), and after the 3 years she has to take another loan of £3000 to keep it
expensive, but she has a mind of her own (I've never ever owned a new car and have always bought 2nd bargains)[/QUOTE]
I do not like these low deposit deals, they often seem to belong to the sort of people who a year down the road are trying to get out of the deal, which ends up costing them big time.
I do like the idea of kids making up their own mind, but debt on something that is dropping in value so quickly just goes against my grain, I suppose being in the garages a lot I see the misery side too often.
DaveReading
Don't suffer fools gladly (must try harder!)
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[QUOTE 4507470, member: 45"]I know I did a lot of learning after I'd passed. One aspect was spacial awareness, learnt when I drove a rear door of my dad's Montego into a gate post.[/QUOTE]
No argument there. But my point was that it's not actually inevitable that you'll have an accident in the couple of years after passing your test.
I did something similar to you, but that was while I still had my L-plates,
No argument there. But my point was that it's not actually inevitable that you'll have an accident in the couple of years after passing your test.
I did something similar to you, but that was while I still had my L-plates,
Take care of that. It's an appreciating classic from the days when Volkswagen's reputation for quality and reliability was genuinely true.
Yep; I still regret selling my 1991 Golf GTi 8 valve when it had 150k miles on it, sold in 1999. I reckon that car could still have been on the road if I had kept it. Checking the MOT history site it appears to have died in 2006 with 196k miles on it
; subsequent owners probably didn't give it the necessary TLC.. It was minted when I sold it.
Drago
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My 11 year old Sportage is refusing to break, rust, rattle, or show it's age in any way. It's crammed full of toys, and every single one works perfectly. The heated leather in particular is soothing on the Nurembergs. The downside is that it is very thirsty, but I don't do 3000 miles a year and I don't have any HP repayments to make, so overall its very cheap. The Missus was so impressed she's now got a 66 plate Sportage for herself. I promised myself a new car when I retired, but now I'm there I really can't be bothered. I don't care what the neighbours think, have no automotive ego to feed and parade about the place, so i'll stick with it until it dies...which may be a decade or two yet.
Automotive ego, I love that one. Certainly not something I have nowadays and they cost a fortune to maintain. It often amazes me the amount of people who I hear in showrooms who cannot get a deposit together but somehow are convinced they will be able to meet the £500 a month repayments.
swee'pea99
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'96 Golf Estate. TBH it's had a costly year this year, with new exhaust, two new tyres and a problem due to gear linkage wear that took a while to sort out, but even so I doubt it's come to more than about £500. In the average year it costs £78.40 to get it through its MOT, and it's still as solid as a rock - not a creak or a buzz anywhere. Couple of years ago my missus had to call up the retrieval people after getting a flat in Sainsbury's car park. Took awhile for them to find her, because, they said when they did, 'I was looking for an old car'...
