Car Finance

[DimPrawn]

If you must have an M3......


Why not get an Alpina B3 BiTurbo instead?

Alpina B3 - Road Test First Drive - Autocar.co.uk


A new one

Sytner Harold Wood : ALPINA CONVERTIBLE B3 S 3.0 Bi Turbo 2dr Switch-Tronic

or a used one

Cullen's : BMW ALPINA B3 3.0 BI TURBO 2DR SWITCH-TRONIC M3


A more civilised and softer family friendly M3.

[gingerjedi]

But make no mistake, buy a Cee'd, people will laugh about you, people will take the piss, and rightly so...

I laugh at people who put themselves in massive debt because they worry about what other people think about them.

[DimPrawn]

I laugh at people who put themselves in massive debt because they worry about what other people think about them.

Are you talking about AtW now?

[sasguru]

Little does he know that he can resolve all those issues by buying the house next to yours. Spooky, eh?

Nah, he'd have to be a Big Swinging Dick to do that.

[d000hg]

Why? It looks like a small(ish) car but there's nothing wrong with it as far as I can see.

Don't bother. Zoidy has a bit of an obsession on the subject. Nobody knows why. Perhaps it's a racist thing.

[russell]

I laugh at people who put themselves in massive debt because they worry about what other people think about them.

I will never buy a new car again, what a waste of money. Luckily I got a BMW and its price held, but next time I will go for a 4-5 year old Merc.

[Joeman]

DONT DO IT!!!
I was bored one weekend back in 2005 and ended up buying the BMW convertible demonstration car from the local BMW dealer 42k car bought on a whim with "hard earned" contractor cash....

Still got the car, but only really use it for long distance or when the sun is out. its much less hassle to jump in the 600quid peugeot 106 that i bought for my partner and rag that around. I dont care who bumps into it, or where i park it, not even bothered if its locked or not. if it breaks i throw it away and buy a new one for less than one month of the op's finance repayments!! meanwhile the BMW sits dirty and unloved on the drive...

[gingerjedi]

I will never buy a new car again, what a waste of money. Luckily I got a BMW and its price held, but next time I will go for a 4-5 year old Merc.

The best and worst

It's a myth.

Least cash lost
If you want to lose the least cash over three years, you need to start with a low list price in the first place.

Thanks to a low list price of £6635, and a good resale percentage of 43%, the Kia Picanto comes out on top by losing just £3755 over three years and 36,000 miles.

The Volkswagen Fox runs the Kia close with £3810 lost over three years on the £7460 1.2 54bhp car.

Most lost
Go to the other end of the spectrum with the £153,341 long wheelbase Mercedes-Benz S65 AMG luxury performance car and the story is very different.

It retains just 32% of that original pricetag over three years – so pay in full up front and you're looking at a whopping £103,715 loss over three years. That's just short of £95 depreciation for every day of ownership.

Take note the 'least cash lost' is a Kia whilst the most is a Merc.

[cailin maith]

Only a complete would borrow money to buy stuff he can't afford to impress people he doesn't know

WHS

I wouldn't put the best part of 50k on finance either. However, I also wouldn't buy something so dull, so desperately dull, that my balls would shrivel up at the mere thought of it. I would think less of myself if I bought a Cee'd. Jesus, you'd be on the lowest rung of the manly ladder, women would think you'd given up on life, kids would openly mock you, people would move away from you in the bar, the local garage would refuse to service it.

Oh dear.

these days, I'm sensible, I now drive a Golf

FTFY

I laugh at people who put themselves in massive debt because they worry about what other people think about them.

WHS

[bobspud]

The best and worst

It's a myth.



Take note the 'least cash lost' is a Kia whilst the most is a Merc.

I have been close to several really big crashes on the m4 (not in, or causing them I am keen to point out!) and I have to say that when the metal gets bent I want to be in a BLOODY large car that has 300mm vented grooved disks and 8 pot callipers. What's the point in earning 100k while sat in a 5K pile of asian tin.

Just don't buy big cars on finance.