VW Used Approved Warranty T&C's

throughtheblue

Grumpy_chap said:

throughtheblue said:

The car is 8 years old...

How do you consider that this potential 8yo VW will be better than your current Citroen?
Much of your other thread about the Citroen is dominated by your concerns over whether or not the cam belt requires changing (at £400 ish).
Get the belt done on the Citroen and then you'll have that concern taken care of and the knowledge of the condition of the car you have.  

Unfortunately, buying an 8yo car is possibly the worst of all worlds - old enough that it may have faults or may have the major service expenses all arriving like buses - expensive enough that you can't cut your losses and walk away if it becomes a money pit.
I think I've always gone for either nearly new cars or for bangernomics cars, never anything in between.

I am keeping the Citroen, however, still researching what the best of my budget could get me in the case that it becomes problematic and needs replacing.

The used cars I was looking at were through the VW/Skoda used approved scheme, to provide some peace of mind.

I'm slightly weary as I've lived in a city for 4 years, and not relied on a car the whole time. Now my partner and I are taking a punt moving to a more rural location, and I get concerned about relying on what we've got. Part of the problem we both need to get over is the appearance of the car. We don't want anything extravagant, but would feel better having something presentable whilst now having to use it each day.