Lease a car or buy second hand again? Budget £1500-£2000

mobileron

Try a skoda,ask why its the Taxi drivers favorite car, reliable cheap tax and UK best selling car.

knightstyle

Hang on that is a Cat S so has been written off and repaired.  Should it be a lot cheaper than that????

CupofTea

Martin_the_Unjust said:

Well you can't go far wrong with a Honda, but that one is going to be costly to run, fuel, tax etc, but if you don't do many miles a year it is certainly one to consider.

Ah okay. I did run it through a calculator and it said it would be low cost. I guess I need to recheck. 

Work is half an hour away. 
We do use the motorway to go visit grandparents a couple of hours away but that's not too regular. 

CupofTea

mobileron said:

Try a skoda,ask why its the Taxi drivers favorite car, reliable cheap tax and UK best selling car.

Thanks I'll have a look at some Skodas.

CupofTea

knightstyle said:

Hang on that is a Cat S so has been written off and repaired.  Should it be a lot cheaper than that????

Wow okay that's a surprise. I don't know these things and I'm guessing nor does my friend. 😂

CupofTea

I do like seats being higher eg in the Zafira. 

CupofTea

knightstyle said:

Hang on that is a Cat S so has been written off and repaired.  Should it be a lot cheaper than that????

Where did you read this? I need better glasses. 

Jonesya

Unless your budget is very limited leaving you with no choice, or your getting the car for next to nothing, then I think it's a false economy to buy a 14 year old car when for around £5k more you could buy something far, far newer, say around 5 years old or less, possibly with a few years of manufacturers warranty to avoid any major repair bills for a couple of years and would last you a lot, lot longer.

How long is that 14 year old car going to last, maybe one or two and likely needing repair work?

Get a 4 or 5 year old car, look after it, it's going to last you 5 years easy, possibly 8 or 9 years if you keep it until you scrap it. Plus you know you'll get the benefit from any repairs because it's got a lot more life left in it, rather than spending out on repairs on a car that's already at end of its life. 

CupofTea

Yes that's very true. 
Unfortunately money is an issue and we don't really have 5k hence I guess I was wondering about leasing a car as I'm not sure if it works out cheaper long-term. 
We have about 1.5-2k to spend on a car. 

CupofTea

And I think I've roughly spend £1300 on repairs over the 4 years
£1500 for the Zafira and traded in an old car to get to that price.