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  • facade
    facade Posts: 7,870 Forumite
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    As dealers on Autotrader want around £15K, there is probably an "optional" £5000 payment somewhere that is missing...
    I want to go back to The Olden Days, when every single thing that I can think of was better.....

    (except air quality and Medical Science ;))
  • daveyjp
    daveyjp Posts: 13,844 Forumite
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    £280 per month for 42 months = £11,760

    That's the total cost of the monthly payments, not the price of the car.

    You could buy a Bugatti Veyron for £280 a month for 4 years, does that mean it also costs £11,760?
  • wgl2014
    wgl2014 Posts: 1,144 Forumite
    daveyjp wrote: »
    That's the total cost of the monthly payments, not the price of the car.

    You could buy a Bugatti Veyron for £280 a month for 4 years, does that mean it also costs £11,760?

    Apparently zero deposit, no mention of if there is a final balloon payment.
  • facade
    facade Posts: 7,870 Forumite
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    daveyjp wrote: »
    That's the total cost of the monthly payments, not the price of the car.

    You could buy a Bugatti Veyron for £280 a month for 4 years, does that mean it also costs £11,760?


    The definition of "buy" seems to have changed recently.

    People seem to think that "hire/rent/borrow" is somehow the same as "buy".

    I still live in the 1960s, and "buy" means I own the thing at the end of the payments. ;)

    If the question is actually "Does handing over £11700 to borrow a car for a while seem like a good deal, then my answer is no. :D
    I want to go back to The Olden Days, when every single thing that I can think of was better.....

    (except air quality and Medical Science ;))
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