Cars = con

[contractor79]

using your figures


ownership = £200 per month

car hire for commuter £10 per day = £305 per month


thats why we buy


bye bye

yes which is understandable in that situation

[contractor79]

Indeed, they are - you can't lose 10K on a car that only cost 1K

Trains can be useful though - I prefer them for travelling into London.

well that's another tactic, just get a cheap one that actually works and can pass MOTs

[Bagpuss]

well that's another tactic, just get a cheap one that actually works and can pass MOTs

Just the other week 1400 for an 04 mondeo in the auctions

[Sockpuppet]

I need one to commute. Only 15 miles but my contracts are generally not in the city centres.

[Bagpuss]

Polo bluemotion 75mpg £0 road tax

[contractor79]

Polo bluemotion 75mpg £0 road tax

wow!

[Diver]

I need one to commute. Only 15 miles but my contracts are generally not in the city centres.

LWB 4x4 2.5 with Bull bars front and back, Scrape bars down the side (for people & cyclists that won't move over) Very Loud two tone horn (to scare old ladies) and lots of Halogen spotlights (to blind people).

I wouldn't be without mine

[Lockhouse]

I've got a 1992 BMW 325i (newish shape, not the square one) that I use as my daily driver. 86K on the clock, dead reliable, immaculate interior, bodywork not bad, great on motorways, not worried if it gets door-marked in the car park, not afraid to leave it anywhere. Got it as an insurance write-off for nothing, bought a new front for it off FleaBay which I fitted myself, had £300 worth of professional paint & panel work on top of that to make it look decent and my last service+MOT was £250.

Buy cheap, look after, when it goes wrong, throw away.

[wobbegong]

Absolutely. Bangernomics; buy for £1 - 2K then run it into the ground over 3 to 4 years, chuck it and start again. The only downside with older cars is, no matter how good the condition is, it doesn't take much of a knock to write it off, and because of the low market value, the insurance will always be woefully short of what's needed to replace it.