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Buying a new car: Emergency Fund, Car Loan or 0% Credit Card
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Look at what's for sale in your area, wherever that may be...robaber said:
I'm open to ideas, if you have any suggestions 🙂.Mildly_Miffed said:
If you can afford that much, great.robaber said:Looking at how expensive the second hand car market is £7,000 isn't going to be enough. We will likely need £14,000-18,000.
But saying that you can't buy a perfectly good reliable car for that is simply not true. There are many EXCELLENT cars out there that will last for years with routine maintenance for the £7k you've saved up, or even far less.
Borrowing money instead of using your savings is also a really daft idea.
What sort of size/type of car are you after?0
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