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Should i finance a new car?

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  • Larkers
    Larkers Posts: 2 Newbie
    If you are not intending to keep your car after the financing period is up, all potential finance products are available to you lease (contract hire), PCP, HP etc. I would recommend adding up all the costs of any of the deals and going with the cheapest (as the car is not a variable). Unfortunately, this is definitely a case of looking at the small print for arrangement fees, penalties and the like. If the finance cost is 5% and you get 10% on the cash in the bank - finance it. If it's the other way around, then don't.
  • loskie
    loskie Posts: 1,761 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts
    I would avoid PCP and consider leasing. Something like this:
    http://www.simpsonsskoda.co.uk/new-car-offers/may-fabia-149-fb/
  • andrewf75
    andrewf75 Posts: 10,424 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts
    edited 26 May 2015 at 3:51PM
    Fox998 wrote: »
    Finance or to pay from my savings that is the problem.

    savings all the way in my opinion

    people will tell you how great the deals are, but this is compared to buying a new car every few years, which is already very expensive. Unless that is what you would be doing otherwise then I wouldn't even consider it.
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