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£15k new/ex-demo car????

socrates
socrates Posts: 2,889 Forumite
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Missus wants a car - criteria:

Automatic

5 door

Very low mileage (under 5,000)

Under one year old

Leather seats

Air con

Sat nav

Reliable

Max 1.8 litre

Petrol or diesel

Golf sized

Her present car is a Golf but its not 10 years old until September and has been a second car - just for school and shopping runs - she will now be doing more like 12-15,000 miles per annum.

She wants a Golf BUT they are way overpriced/ over budget which as the title says is £15k.

Is it worth part-exchanging or is it better to do straight cash for a better deal?

What cars do people suggest?

Thanks in advance!!!

Comments

  • gilbert_and_sullivan
    gilbert_and_sullivan Posts: 3,238 Forumite
    Hyundai 130 Premium .
  • Cool_Username
    Cool_Username Posts: 499 Forumite
    Kia Ceed. Reviews are good. Seven year warranty. Happy days! :rotfl:
  • Phil_L_2
    Phil_L_2 Posts: 116
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    Nissan Note. Nissan have extended the scrapage to eight year old vehicles.
  • GT60
    GT60 Posts: 2,375
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    gilbert_and_sullivan wrote: »
    Hyundai 130 Premium .

    I agree i30 good car and 5 year warrenty
    and hyundai have a deal on

    http://www.hyundai.co.uk/tradeupgrade/
    Spending my time reading how to fix PC's,instead of looking at Facebook.
  • pinkneonmartini
    pinkneonmartini Posts: 670 Forumite
    seat leon??? fiat bravo??? ford focus???

    you should be able to get a crackin deal on a pre-reg/ex demo astra, given that the new shape has just been launched?
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    Make £10/day Y1£3.5k Y2£3k Yr3£4k Yr4£1.5k
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  • flyingscotno1
    flyingscotno1 Posts: 1,679
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    pinkneonmartini wrote: »
    seat leon??? fiat bravo??? ford focus???

    you should be able to get a crackin deal on a pre-reg/ex demo astra, given that the new shape has just been launched?

    It is a specific list- would you get Kia and Hyundais with that spec commonly?

    Focus is overpriced, starts at £17,800 :eek:. Do get discounted a bit but still might be better out there.

    Fiat Bravo is a good car and excellently priced, but I'm not sure I about the dualogic auto box and reliability. Same with all those systems and not just Fiat. I'm sure plenty have but that is my view.

    Looking on VW website there is a few auto Golfs with around 6/7K for £13.5K but probably without leather and satnav (get a TomTom and save cash ;)) Might not be a bad deal as they hold value if you can

    Anybody going to suggest the Octavia but again might be a struggle to get everything on the list.

    I think it might be worth compromising on some of the things.
  • gilbert_and_sullivan
    gilbert_and_sullivan Posts: 3,238 Forumite
    edited 15 March 2010 at 9:40PM
    http://www.buyacar.co.uk/hyundai_i30_diesel_estate/car_16_crdi_premium_5dr_17664.jhtml

    this isn't an auto but it it might be worth emailing them for a quote.
  • socrates
    socrates Posts: 2,889 Forumite
    Having read all the advice on here and elsewhere - we have now decided to up our budget by a couple of thousand.

    She did not like the Hyundais at all - I liked the look of the Seat Leon BUT

    It seems we can get a B Class Merc - however as people have pointed out a TomTom seems a better option and opens up more options.

    Will test drive at the weekend.
  • silvercar
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    Honda Jazz, the ES-T comes with automatic and built in sat nav.
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  • [Deleted User]
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    Make sure you get a proper automatic, none of this easytronic bolloxs. :p
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