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20+ tips on buying a used car guide

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It has to be new. How could you calculate depreciation, for instance, for a used car, which could have cost anything from £100 upwards?
So without knowing the depreciation element of the quoted monthly cost the figures supplied are pretty meaningless for a used buy.
eg the fact that diesel cars often have lower VED than petrols is a minus point for both.
It's beCause hire purchase means that you don't own the car, you are effectively renting or leasing it until you make the final payment.
As you haven't bought it then you can't be covered, this doesn't mean that you aren't covered by other legislation should you have defects or faults.
What has this got to do with the guide?
I want that car, what do you mean i have to pay for it?
Diesel, bad point: Vehicle excise duty is cheaper on diesel cars
Diesel, bad point: Commands higher resale values than equivalent petrol models
except this is now point 10 rather than point 9 in the page