plus trade in my 15 yr old BMW 3 series.
What should I get? Strongly considering just getting a more recent 3 series
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plus trade in my 15 yr old BMW 3 series.
What should I get? Strongly considering just getting a more recent 3 series
I have no real knowledge of the used car market so can't help much, other than to tell you the current thoughts of those inside the industry:
1. Avoid diesel. The hammering is going to get worse.
2. From a medium-term taxation point of view, try to move to hybrid.
3. No one makes a bad car (except the French) any more. Buy the car you want.
4. See the bit in point 3 about French cars? Read it again and remember it.
5. Electric cars are for queers and yoghurt-knitters only. (That's mainly my view rather than indusrty-wide.)
Sir C "... indusrty-wide"
You're still thinking about Kirsty G C
Point 3. Noted and Point 4. Also noted. I did have a Peugeot 306 once, it was actually rather nice.
Points 1.2. & 5. Also noted, I was thinking at least a 2.0L petrol
On the diesel thing, it that all diesels or will more recent ones be okay? Just thinking of off-loading my wife's 64 plate Tiguain as well
You're definitely better off with a diesel Rich. Yes, You should definitely buy a diesel. In fact, buy two! What could be better than one diesel except two diesels?
Diesel is the way foirward. Your residual value will be fantastic, indeed the car is unlikely ever to lose any value at all. If anything, it will increase in value as the years roll by. And the tax on diesel is definitely going down, since all governments are fully committed to encouraging the use of diesel cars. Also, all those problems manufacturers are having achieving EURO Vl emissions aren't going to result in further scandalous exposes, dear me, not at all.
You must be the daftest chump I ever did encounter, r.
Look, drop the attitude. I need something with performance that will get good mpg on the motorway. A GTI will get about 30mpg on the motorway, I would think.
I wish diesel didn’t exist but it does tend to be more economically viable for those that do big miles.
Tell me I’m wrong.
Don't do it. Just like Sonos. :-)
I went down the lease route and couldn't be happier, don't think I'll ever buy again. The key is to get the car that the manufacturers are doing a great deal on, you may need to be patient. No idea why but the way it seems to work is that a manufacturer i.e. VW will release a bunch of cars of a certain model i.e. Golf GTI, and provide or allow (not sure which) great financing and you get a great deal.
I was looking for a Golf GTI as my station car, they seemed to be about £1500 down and £300 a month but I just missed out, they had all gone by the time I was ready to do it. So the chap says to me 'however VW just released a bunch of Scirocco Rs for £280 a month'.
Job done. Excellent car for very little, I took a 3 year lease as the warranty is 3 years so I will always have a car under warranty and every 3 years I get a new one. If you get a deal the numbers are pretty similar to buying, you just have no risk.
Highly recommended. Unlike Sonos which was driving me crazy again the other night. :-(
It's a good car. It's not quite as good as the previous one. Kia are where Hyundai were 5 years ago.
Look, contact the bloke whose details I gave you, tell him you want 5 doors, big boot so D segment or SUV, petrol or hybrid and let him tell you what deals he has at that moment. You may find that Kia have released a batch of Sportages at silly money, or Lexus have dumped a load of IS250s on him, or whatever. You're in the best position to come by a bargain if you don't care about the car.
Of course it's a dying area. 5 years ago a massive proportion of cars sold in this country were D segment and diesel. Consider that now Toyota, for example, have no diesel passeger car offer at all, and when current Avensis stocks run out in a couple of months, will have no D segment offering either.
It's all hybrid and SUV now, man.
Excellent. As a reward for your help, I will show you Ivanka Trump quoting Val Doonican. Really.
https://twitter.com/IvankaTrump/stat...09679308656640
Treat yourself, prsb.
Something like this...
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classif...01801192913951
Ticks all your boxes (I expect) and is incredible fun.
https://i.atcdn.co.uk/imgser-uk/serv...gColour=e8e8e3
Though extend your mortgage to pay for tyres and fuel :thumbup:
Don't buy an Evoque. Just... don't. Please. :-(
Put it this way. A daily rental company bought 300 of them. They now only ever rent out 250 of them at any point. They keep 50 in reserve to replace the cars which break down.
You knwo when I said earlier that no one makes a bad car except the frogs? I assumed you'd realise that the Great British Workman isn't to be trusted to build motor cars. Consider the Allegro, man.