Do i keep the car or get rid??

stuartjl

buglawton wrote: »

So the only maintenance really is tyres and brakes, and that £100 is per month or per year? I assume month which is fair enough at your mileage.

Well, even new cars will wear through their tyres and brakes.

Are you trying to talk yourself into buying a newer car to impress your mates with or are you making a strictly financial decision here?

PS I have run cars happily, economically and reliably till they had 130,000 miles on the clock.

Hi, i think what i trying to decide is do i want to keep pumping money that i dont have into a 13 year old Seat Arosa with 90k miles. I think once the tyres are done and brakes are sorted. The only real issue would engine maintenance and if i had a problem with that, i feel putting all that money into the rest of the car would have been a waste. But if i have no engine trouble this would not matter, i think ultimately that i will run this car into the ground. So like you say you have to pay out maintenance costs on the mileage i'm doing anyway.

Other option is i get another job nearer home.

buglawton

A 13 year old car could be scrapped by the first serious fault. You main problem is, with such a lengthy commute, being off the road is difficult and buying another car in a hurry is also prone to be expensive.

I'd look out for a 3 to 5 year old Astra or maybe Fabia.