Monsieur Le Plonk
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Then you add in the fact that it IS new and there is a warranty and it seems, to the layman, a no brainer
[Help] New Car - what would you choose
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Then you add in the fact that it IS new and there is a warranty and it seems, to the layman, a no brainer
BiffyBoy100
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Got to go Golf or Polo... Polo for insurance.
Knocky's Nose
Mon nez est en Valenciennes..
Golf if you can, Polo a close second.
Both great cars.
Leasing isn't as bad as people say. You're just funding the depreciation as opposed to lumping a load of cash out then taking the hit when you sell it. In the meantime you can use the money for something else, and also with the car being brand new you'll have zero major issues as it'll be under manufacturers warranty.
Both great cars.
Leasing isn't as bad as people say. You're just funding the depreciation as opposed to lumping a load of cash out then taking the hit when you sell it. In the meantime you can use the money for something else, and also with the car being brand new you'll have zero major issues as it'll be under manufacturers warranty.
Polos are great. Except for mine; my Polo is sh!t
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- Jul 10, 2003
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Unless you are putting 30-40K a year on a car, then something 4-5 years old, 30-40K with Service history would be sensible. (And be significantly less than 50% of a new one). For a Polo, I would guess 6-7K (or, as I said in my first post, maybe I'm just a cheapskate
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ForestRowSeagull
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Don't know much about cars but i'd have thought the insurance to get your kids to learn on a golf would be very high. I drive an old Toyota Aygo and it's never let me down 
Suspect my next car will be an electric one but can't afford anything at the moment.
Suspect my next car will be an electric one but can't afford anything at the moment.
Icy Gull
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- Jul 5, 2003
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If you enjoy driving test drive the BMW. I am quite anti BMWs, mainly for pigeon holing drivers reasons. I hired one on holiday and loved it
If getting from A to B is all that matters the Polo is probably the best option
Publius Ovidius
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Have a 1 series M sport. 118i
Really quick and very comfortable
Third one on the trot.
Really quick and very comfortable
Third one on the trot.
GT49er
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Unless you are putting 30-40K a year on a car, then something 4-5 years old, 30-40K with Service history would be sensible. (And be significantly less than 50% of a new one). For a Polo, I would guess 6-7K (or, as I said in my first post, maybe I'm just a cheapskate
No, you're just not a car snob!
- Jul 10, 2003
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I normally keep our cars 3-4 years (one for me, one for Mrs Wz) and if I don't get back 50% of what I paid for them and have to pay for anything other than servicing, tyres and the occasional brake pads and discs, I am OUTRAGED !
Just as well seeing as one tyre on my mid life crisis car costs more than 4 on either of our regular cars, but definitely not a car snob
Wrong-Direction
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You can have my old Golf for a grand
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GT49er
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One year old, and 15K miles - that's been flogged up and down the country; you're looking at the wrong sort of second hand. Four or five years old, 20K or 30K on the clock, you've got a good five years' plus usage out of it, and probably half the price of a new one. Of course, if the status of having a 19 or 69 number plate is more important to you than anything else, well, it's your money you're spending!
Buy a new one, and its value drops by a four figure sum before you've got it home.
I'd go with the Polo.
I learnt to drive in one in 1989, just a good honest and (for then) simple car.
I keep looking at these .. .
. You need to save up a few years no claims first though
I learnt to drive in one in 1989, just a good honest and (for then) simple car.
I keep looking at these .. .
. You need to save up a few years no claims first though
There’s no right or wrong approach though, it’s just personal choice and different opinions. I do think the “ thank you” I got from my wife though for receiving a surprise new car was worth any depreciation though.....
happypig
Staring at the rude boys
I had a 15 year old Polo, used to get a puddle of water in the footwell. Drilled a hole through the floor, sorted.
Of, and to answer sensibly, not, under any circumstances, a Toyota Yaris Hybrid
Of, and to answer sensibly, not, under any circumstances, a Toyota Yaris Hybrid
GT49er
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Yes, well, that seems like it might have been a reasonable deal!
Mackenzie
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Well if you want a car that never breaks down and always starts when you turn the key go for a Toyota, a Yaris would be perfect for a youngster to learn to drive/insure.
If your budget allows, it would silly not to at least test drive the top end cars.
BMW are known as the drivers car, but personally I would grab the Merc for the luxury feel.
Oh, and tell the kids to get their own car!
BMW are known as the drivers car, but personally I would grab the Merc for the luxury feel.
Oh, and tell the kids to get their own car!
DarrenFreemansPerm
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15000 miles a year is roughly the equivalent of commuting from Worthing to Crawley 5 days a week for 48 weeks a year, not exactly big distance. Also worth noting that a car that does 15000 motorway miles is going to suffer less wear than a car doing 6000 stop-start in a town or city.