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Sep 4th, 2018, 14:47 | #31 |
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I get a car allowance at work so buy an ex company vehicle from an auction that has full dealer service history and a high mileage. I save about 60% plus on the purchase price and end up with a car that when washed and polished looks like new. Put about 100k miles on it over 4 years and its still worth 4 or 5k.
So 4 years motoring for a depreciation of about 10k in total. Not bad for a nice big Volvo.
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Sep 5th, 2018, 12:37 | #32 | |
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Sep 5th, 2018, 18:37 | #33 |
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I am still of the firm belief that the supply of "bangernomics" type vehicles that I buy will outlast me and that's assuming that the two I have now don't do that anyway!
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Sep 5th, 2018, 22:12 | #34 |
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I am down to only 4 cars now, and each of them were as near as dammit £1300 each. I have tried expensive cars and the running costs go up with the purchase price. Unless I came into more money than I possibly needed, I cannot see myself moving from this price range any year soon.
I have tried expensive cars and was bitten hard by depreciation, never again. I have probably sold far more old cars for more than I paid for them, than anyone who has bought new - free motoring at its best. I used to work for a chap who had a new supercharged Jag, and my car at the time cost less than a pair of front tyres for his car, and when it got written off, I got twice what I paid for it back by selling the parts off.
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