Have you ever bought a new car?

elsien

my last car was a renault clio, bought from new for £8000, lasted for 14 years before any serious(expensive) problems, when I traded it in just before it was about to fail its MOT in a major way.
Now bought a skoda from new (£7500) and I reckon if it keeps going for the same amount of time I'll have had my money's worth.

Doozergirl

Dan29 wrote: »

Is there a site that allows someone who's not bothered about a specific make/model to list all deals in order of price? It seems the ideal way to lease if you don't have a particular car in mind is to take advantage of whatever special offers are on at the time.

You can do this on www.lingscars.com

She's very competitive on price too and her prices include the VAT for personal contract hire which often isn't included on other websites which can make them misleading. When I was looking for my car, I was tired of phoning companies through other websites only to be told that it was for minimal mileage or didn't include the VAT, wasn't available on personal lease. Just felt like a waste of time.

Ling's site takes some getting used to but seems to be much more informative than others.

Hintza

Doozergirl wrote: »

She's very competitive on price too and her prices include the VAT for personal contract hire which often isn't included on other websites which can make them misleading.

I think she might be quite good for run of the mill leasing but can't get close on slightly alternative leases.

MrsE_2

Belnahua wrote: »

I bought a new car, and didn't get much metal for my dosh really. Great for a month, then you start missing the electric windows, cd player, comfy seats; and you get paranoid about scratches and supermarket car park trollies. Sold it 6 years later for a loss of £8500.

I bought my car brand new in Dec 07 (first ever brand new car for me)
& I would never buy second hand again (if I can avoid it).

I have all the toys you mentioned "not" having, electric windows & wing mirrors, air con, cd with control on steering wheel, alloys, front & rear fog lights, other bits n bobs.

For your "loss" of £8,500 over 6 years, did you have 6 years of virtually trouble free motoring? If so thats not too bad for £1,417 per year.

Just_Me_4

I did buy a new car once and it was a lovely car but the second hand car I chopped in to buy the new one was much better and I really regretted it. The other new car I got was a nearly new (ex demo) Mini Cooper and it was the best car I ever had I really miss it. I think I would rather go for an ex demo than a new car as you often get some fab extras.

The car I have now is a G reg (about 17 years old) BMW 7 series and it is fantastic I absolutely love it although it is a gas guzzler.

DH always gets new cars - company cars - and they are not always what they are cracked up to be.

DenBo_4

I bought a brand new car a few years ago, it was a Fiesta (new style just before these ones came out a couple of years ago), I absolutely adored having the car, not one single regret. Unfortunately a year or so in I had to sell it because I couldn't afford my new mortgage and the loan for the car, the extra money on the car loan was the same as how much my mortgage had to go up! I lost £2,500, but three years ago I didn't care, I could afford it! Whereas now.....................I can't even afford a car! If you can afford it, buy a new car!

Dan29

Thanks Hintza - lots of great info there.

Hintza wrote: »

What kind of car are you looking for?

Personally I fancy a sporty coupe but am questioning whether it's worth it financially what with the price of fuel and road tax - although I reckon depreciation makes those costs look small fry.

lilac_lady you haven't been back since starting this thread - what sort of car were you thinking of getting?

Hintza

Dan29 wrote: »

Personally I fancy a sporty coupe

You have to be daft once or twice in your life. Have a look at the Chrysler Crossfire (the critics hate it) lease are not bad (again were very cheap just before Christmas and have gone up) but the are cheap as chips second hand.

I think they look good especially the roadster and the engine has a lot of grunt.

Kez100

I said I would never buy new ...butjust have.I would still stand by my original statement but there are some circumstances when a new is cheaper than used.

I have purchased an Aygo. New it was £8350 but I got that down to £7775 plus a tank of fuel. Then, there was interest free credit available. That was worth £600 to me leaving my savings in my offset mortgage. So, the new car was £7,200. Because they haven't been on the market for long and are sought after at present due to their fuel economy, I couldn't buy a nearly new second hand one for that price! I could buy a two year old for £6,600 - not worth the difference IMO.

So, new it was. However, I wouldn't buy new again unless I was in exactly the same situation as second hand used usually saves you a fortune.

TangledMemories_2

I bought my current car from brand new. Had it built to the spec I wanted...and I don't regret one minute of it. Had no problems whatsoever with it, dream to drive and there is no chance of me selling it anytime soon.
In fact, I'm in the process of ordering various bits of kit for it to make it look exactly how I want it to.