New car bargains

I might be starting a new job soon, I am looking at selling my old car (Peugeot 406 2.1TD) as it has 150k on the clock.

I will be averaging 26k a year, and was thinking of getting the most economical car I can find, without being too small. I have got other considerations too, such as :-

Free insurance deals (I pay over 1000pounds a year for my insurance). Interest free credit deals Free servicing deals

On my shortlist are :-

Skoda fabia :- 1.4TDI, 1.9TDI(100) or VRS(130) Peugeot 206 1.4HDI-S Citroen Xsara Picasso 1.6HDI Mitsubishi something! - Looks like 'A' Class merc... 1.5D

The Audi A2 seems to give the best MPG, but looks shit and is too pricey.

Lupo, 106, etc, too small

Any other suggestions, comments etc...

Andy

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Nik&Andy
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Not much help this, I know, but I think the car you are thinking about is the new Colt - may help you in your research ;-) :-)

Ta, G.

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G-Man

That sounds like the one... ;) - It's not very interesting is it?.

I would really like something a little 'classier', but needs must, it's cheap, practical and not very expensive to run.

Andy

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Nik&Andy

Nik&Andy ( snipped-for-privacy@adenleyremovethis.f.co.uk) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :

Smart ForFour is the same thing.

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Adrian

Daewoo Lacetti. Okay it might not do the milage (thought I beleive they got a decent writeup) but it is a 'bew car bargain' right now as apparently they're going new just now for the same price as a 1 year old (7500). Must be punting the old Daewoo's before they bring the new chevy-badged ones (and start charging 2k more for them from what I've heard).

Chandy

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chandy

This one. In vRS form.

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SteveH

Keep the Peugeot. Give it a damn good service, wash and polish, few new bushes etc and for £400 it'll feel like a new car. With 26K/year you'll loose far far less money on the Peugeot than you'll wipe off the value of a new car and the Peugeot will be far more comfortable for long distances.

My Mondeo has done 165K miles now, tows my kit car with all the tools/spares/spare wheels in the estate boot, still gives me 45mpg and after a good polish, still looks very presentable. Everything is cheap, servicing, parts, insurance, it's the ideal business car, bit like your Peugeot. I'll be keeping my Mondeo for a good while longer, even though my gf thinks it's boring ! (My car thinks my gf is boring so they're even !)

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Rushing7

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As long as you don't think your GF is boring.

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Guy King

Hmm, I was hoping nobody would point out the obvious sensible option.... The trouble is, the Peugeot has a few other little niggles which is making me not like it very much.

I know you are right though, I probably would struggle to sell it for more than £500, so I may as well keep it until it 'blows' - However if I can get a small diesel that can do nearly 70mpg on the flat stuff and free insurance etc... then it would probably actually cost me less than the Peugeot is costing me now.

Old Peugot ======================= Insurance monthly :- £97.50p.m. Tax :- £160p.a. AA Cover :- 30p.m. Maintenance :- 850p.a. Total monthly :£211.67

NEW CAR ======================= Insurance :- Free for first year Tax :- Included for first year AA Cover :- Included for 1 year Maintenance :- 140p.a. (One minor service) HP :- 198.p.m Total Monthly :- ££209.67

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Nik&Andy

Argh!! a 2.1 just hope nothing goes wrong with the diesel pump, even the diesel specialist cringed when I mentioned one of those

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George Spigot

Eh? The dearest cover, Option 400, is £141p.a. Even my rudimentary arithmetical skills make that £11.75 per month! Also, you can't directly compare the full "any vehicle" cover with the free cover that you get with a new car as this is limited to that one vehicle.

*HOW MUCH*?

Chris

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Chris Whelan

Ha! Have you seen the prices 406s make on Ebay? Especially diesels. never seen one go for less that 1000 yet.

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Chris Bolus

If you're taking it to a garage, probably. I've bought cars whose history has included £700 service bills. I budget £385 a year per car, but I do all my own servicing. That doesn't include t&t. You only need a new alternator, for example (£126 exch on my wife's Previa), to throw that figure out too.

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Chris Bolus

Nik&Andy ( snipped-for-privacy@adenleyremovethis.f.co.uk) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :

Hardly old.

So? Is it any good? It may well be fine at that mileage.

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Adrian

Nik&Andy ( snipped-for-privacy@adenleyremovethis.f.co.uk) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :

And we're completely forgetting the depreciation...

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Adrian

Chris Bolus ( snipped-for-privacy@FARINAb0lus.com) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :

Don't forget that most 406 TDs are the older 1.9 - the 2.1's a far better lump without all the complexity of the HDi.

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Adrian

In news: snipped-for-privacy@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com, snipped-for-privacy@totalise.co.uk decided to enlighten our sheltered souls with a rant as follows

Er, does that actually recommend a Daewoo?????

*boggle*

They're bloody awful.

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Pete M

No! I was just sayin'! *hides*

Reply to
chandy

No its cr*p. Even I can see that. It rattles, it stinks (inside). It rolls around corners, the clutch is shagged, the handbrake is dodgy and the fuel economy is s**te compared to newer cars. Its a truly disgusting car which I refuse to drive (and I drove my Mum's Lada!).

Nik

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Nik&Andy

The wife has a small point there, you see my father owned it before me, he is a heavy smoker. He used to use the car to take other people with him to work, as he owns an employment agency for lorry drivers, they smoke roll-ups and there are lots of small holes all over the seats and it really does stink..

I replaced the brakes all round when I inherited the damn car, at considerable cost to myself, only to find the warped disks at the front have returned within a thousand miles, I take this to mean the calliper or calliper slider is seized - that's not going to be cheap anyway.

But my main point is that if I am working 60-70miles away and travelling and hour each way per day I am not going to want to do any work at all on a car, hence the heavy maintenance costs; I will see so little of my kids I will not want to spend the weekends under a 406, just the wife.... :)

So the maintenance issue is quite a big deal, the depreciation is also a big deal, however, looking at 'which car' mag last night, modern 1.4 diesels get over 70mpg on the motorway at ~70mph, as I said earlier, my 406 struggles to get 45 on a good run.

I must also point out that the 150k on the clock are largely unserviced miles, as my father does not believe in wasting money on services.

Another good point to make here, is the Mini 1.4D - This retains 70% of it's new value and only costs 11k to buy, so there's very little depreciation and it does loads to the gallon, albeit slow miles...

Andy

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Nik&Andy

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