Your Bangernomics successes

FiremanDave

Hyperxr wrote: »

I'd agree there are alot of bargains out there on older (bigger, luxury) cars that are plus 10 years old, many of which are much better than purchasing a newer, smaller car with a similiar price tag.

It goes without saying the biggest reasons for the value on older, bigger cars is the insurance, road tax and fuel cosumption. Unless I had a good working knowledge on cars, and it had full service history, I would be hestitant on purchasing an olde vehicle like the Lexus RX300 etc. When things goes wrong (and more likely due to age) they would be expensive to fix

But you were going to buy a newer IS250.

Rolandtheroadie

Never mentioned my latest purchase as it's not bangernomics in the spirit of the thread either, but just bought a 2008 Kia Cee'd 1.6 CRDi SW for £1700.

Ok, 205k miles, but has a FSH. New engine under warranty at 50k and a clutch 6k miles ago.

Also nice to get away from £240-£285 a year VED (£110).

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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2003-Skoda-Octavia-1-9-SDi-Classic-5dr-/141440491789?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item20ee82a10d

Worth it for £995 or overpriced? It's an ex-Taxi.

jimjames

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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2003-Skoda-Octavia-1-9-SDi-Classic-5dr-/141440491789?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item20ee82a10d

Worth it for £995 or overpriced? It's an ex-Taxi.

Overpriced I reckon. SDI engine too which isn't as good as the TDI

colino

LeeUK that trader has some brass ones. First of all, no trader in their right mind retails a high miles taxi and for that price and 200,000+ miles it should be a 57 plate or newer.

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colino wrote: »

LeeUK that trader has some brass ones. First of all, no trader in their right mind retails a high miles taxi and for that price and 200,000+ miles it should be a 57 plate or newer.

That trader also runs a taxi business so I assume it is one of his old knackered taxis too.

colino

Don't know where you are in the country, but private hires can't be older than seven (eight if they're wheelchair accessible) around here so there's a lot of choice of recent plate, family type cars with the tell-tale taxi scars.

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colino wrote: »

Don't know where you are in the country, but private hires can't be older than seven (eight if they're wheelchair accessible) around here so there's a lot of choice of recent plate, family type cars with the tell-tale taxi scars.

There is taxis going about that are 10-11 year old in my area. Mostly run by dodge firms. Most of the private hire companies run new and nearly new cars.

Rolandtheroadie

I though it had to be under a certain age to be licensed initially, but after that, it didn't matter.

colino

Depends where you are, personally, if I called a taxi and an ancient wreck turned up, I'd tell him to jog on. It's a good thing the LAs have a grip on cabs around here, I can't believe the rubbish that are allowed to ply the streets in other areas, you all pay the same price for decent, newish cars to the wrecks.