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DSK · Sep 4th, 2018, 08:41

I'll share my experience of the 2013 Astra GTC 2.0 CDTI SRI that I tried the lease option on. (full report here : http://forums.t5d5.org/topic/23967-a...comment-299065

Duration : 3 years - no maintenace
Mileage : 30,000 per annum
Deposit : £1595
Monthly Payment £311 (and a few pence) = £10,263
Total Servicing : £880
Cosumables : £1304 (tyres, wipers, brakes etc)
Total Paid : £14,042

Fuel : I've left this out as you have to put fuel in anything and one can choose if they want a gaz guzzler or a shopping trolley.

Insurance : I've left this out as you have to have insuance but, this crap car and the Merc E350's cost almost twice as much to insure than my modified Volvos!

At the end of this, in my eyes, I've paid £14,042 for 3 years and own nothing for it. Thats about £4681 per year.

Now you can buy an E46/E90 BMW 330/335 petrol/diesel, Volvo R (the proper ones), Audi A8 4.2 pterol/diesel or any anything else depending on your taste and it wont cost £5K in consumables/repairs to run (especially the way 99% of owners look after their cars).

I do 800-1000 miles a week in my Volvo C70 (been doing it for about 7 years now), one has about 250,000 miles on it and outside routine servicing in 250,000 miles its only needed the following despite crusing regularly at nealry twice the speed limit up and down the M40.

1 heater matrix (cost about £500 at volvo)
1 radiator (cost about £400 at Volvo)

Sep 4th, 2018, 08:41	#30
DSK C70 T5 Last Online: Mar 23rd, 2022 21:00 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Midlands	I'll share my experience of the 2013 Astra GTC 2.0 CDTI SRI that I tried the lease option on. (full report here : http://forums.t5d5.org/topic/23967-a...comment-299065 Duration : 3 years - no maintenace Mileage : 30,000 per annum Deposit : £1595 Monthly Payment £311 (and a few pence) = £10,263 Total Servicing : £880 Cosumables : £1304 (tyres, wipers, brakes etc) Total Paid : £14,042 Fuel : I've left this out as you have to put fuel in anything and one can choose if they want a gaz guzzler or a shopping trolley. Insurance : I've left this out as you have to have insuance but, this crap car and the Merc E350's cost almost twice as much to insure than my modified Volvos! At the end of this, in my eyes, I've paid £14,042 for 3 years and own nothing for it. Thats about £4681 per year. Now you can buy an E46/E90 BMW 330/335 petrol/diesel, Volvo R (the proper ones), Audi A8 4.2 pterol/diesel or any anything else depending on your taste and it wont cost £5K in consumables/repairs to run (especially the way 99% of owners look after their cars). I do 800-1000 miles a week in my Volvo C70 (been doing it for about 7 years now), one has about 250,000 miles on it and outside routine servicing in 250,000 miles its only needed the following despite crusing regularly at nealry twice the speed limit up and down the M40. 1 heater matrix (cost about £500 at volvo) 1 radiator (cost about £400 at Volvo) __________________ 2000 C70 T5 GT Coupe 1998 S70R / 1995 Toyota Supra Twin Turbo 2007 Mercedes CLS 320 CDI / 2011 Mercedes S350 Bluetec 2007 Suzuki GSXR-1000 Last edited by DSK; Sep 4th, 2018 at 08:46.