Reply to: Is it worth getting a car on hire purchase?

[BolshieBastard]

German cars are 'basic', unless u spend 80k on one...

Utter rubbish.

[kevpuk]

Well, my XF S is soon to be swapped.....for a spangly new CLS (have to wait until they build it, mind, which is looking like end of January)
Gotta spend the pennies on something....

[SueEllen]

Least the German and Japanese manufacturers recall their cars unlike the American manufacturers who ignore their defects until they appear on Watchdog or some other consumer program.

[scooterscot]

Takata airbag recall expands to 7.8m US cars

BMW recalls over 76k 2012-2014 models over brake failure - Autoblog

Mercedes-Benz recalls new C-Class over steering fault | Motoring News | Honest John

VW Recalling 1 Million Cars World-Wide - WSJ

7.8 million!!

BBC News - Takata airbag recall expands to 7.8m US cars

Don't worry my warranty company will remove the shrapnel from my face. Or best avoid buying Japanese cars in the first place.

[ZARDOZ]

Japanese cars, not so reliable as so called 'warranty companies' would have believe. Who'd have thought it, eh?

BBC News - Toyota recalls 1.75 million cars over brake issue

BMW recalls over 76k 2012-2014 models over brake failure - Autoblog

Mercedes-Benz recalls new C-Class over steering fault | Motoring News | Honest John

VW Recalling 1 Million Cars World-Wide - WSJ

[stek]

You have such a ridiculously clear bias towards everything that is German. Why don't you marry a BMW or a VW?

I am on my 2nd VW and 2nd Japanese car. I have no biased based on their nationality. Jap cars are low running cost and low maintenance, they just continue running without headache. German cars are higher performance and more sophisticated technology. Each has it's own strengths and weaknesses. German cars cost a bomb to maintain. I am taking my VW into it's second service this year and it will be costing me £700... My Toyota has not cost me half that in 4 years. Go figure.

German cars are 'basic', unless u spend 80k on one...

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

Jesus! A toyota is bad enough (bland, boring and driven by hat wearing old farts smoking a pipe. Yes I know about the gt86 or whatever its called) but a verso!

How old are you?

Don't blame me, it's the NLUK "be a sensible contractor" effect on me.

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

Japanese cars, not so reliable as so called 'warranty companies' would have believe. Who'd have thought it, eh?

BBC News - Toyota recalls 1.75 million cars over brake issue

You have such a ridiculously clear bias towards everything that is German. Why don't you marry a BMW or a VW?

I am on my 2nd VW and 2nd Japanese car. I have no biased based on their nationality. Jap cars are low running cost and low maintenance, they just continue running without headache. German cars are higher performance and more sophisticated technology. Each has it's own strengths and weaknesses. German cars cost a bomb to maintain. I am taking my VW into it's second service this year and it will be costing me £700... My Toyota has not cost me half that in 4 years. Go figure.

[scooterscot]

Toyota recalls 1.75 million cars over brake issue

Japanese cars, not so reliable as so called 'warranty companies' would have believe. Who'd have thought it, eh?

BBC News - Toyota recalls 1.75 million cars over brake issue

apanese carmaker Toyota is recalling 1.75 million vehicles worldwide because of a faulty brake installation.

The recall includes nearly 94,000 vehicles in China.

The latest brake defect is found in some models of Toyota's Crown Majesta as well as the Noah and Voxy models produced between June 2007 and 2012.

Toyota said in a statement to the BBC it was not aware of any crashes, injuries or fatalities caused by this defect.

Last month, Toyota recalled 690,000 Tacoma pickup trucks in the US because of a potential vulnerability in the vehicles' suspension systems.

[BolshieBastard]

you know me too well!

We definitely need a bigger car and so far still looking at the Toyota Verso. Just thinking how much to spend and what spec to get.... Also when is best to buy. The dilema I have is that the current Toyota has cost a single brake pad change in over 4 years of stress-free driving. I know I need to get a bigger car soon and it makes most sense now whilst kids are young. If I could get a deal that cost me £100 a month and got me what I wanted then that would be most ideal.....

Jesus! A toyota is bad enough (bland, boring and driven by hat wearing old farts smoking a pipe. Yes I know about the gt86 or whatever its called) but a verso!

How old are you?

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

So.... debating done. Can we start guessing what NWP2C actually did? Judging by his last foray in to asking us about what to do he will have done the opposite... Who's going to guess first?

you know me too well!

We definitely need a bigger car and so far still looking at the Toyota Verso. Just thinking how much to spend and what spec to get.... Also when is best to buy. The dilema I have is that the current Toyota has cost a single brake pad change in over 4 years of stress-free driving. I know I need to get a bigger car soon and it makes most sense now whilst kids are young. If I could get a deal that cost me £100 a month and got me what I wanted then that would be most ideal.....

[Churchill]

So.... debating done. Can we start guessing what NWP2C actually did? Judging by his last foray in to asking us about what to do he will have done the opposite... Who's going to guess first?

Suity is going to piss on his shoes.

[northernladuk]

So.... debating done. Can we start guessing what NWP2C actually did? Judging by his last foray in to asking us about what to do he will have done the opposite... Who's going to guess first?

[Avalonia]

I just reply "Yes, I do".

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Pefectly sums up this forum, too much willy waving

[TykeMerc]

Me, actually. But then I'm odd.

Every ten years I blow 15K on a car. For the first three months I have the joy of driving some gorgeous piece of German perfection around the place though I also have screaming fits if anyone dares to open a packet of crisps inside it.

Then, once some young tw@ts have keyed a few panels and I've got pints of their blood all over the inside of my car boot and then my dog chunters on the back seat I simply stop caring.

And the not caring is for me the best, most liberating part of car ownership. I can drive it around for 9 years getting it serviced at my local garage not worrying whether I have exceeded my permitted mileage or whether I need to get that dent fixed. Leasing sounds like I'd need to give a tulip again, and I find that too stressful.

Eloquently put.

I don't follow quite the same methodology, but the scenario plays out the same.
I tend to buy something comfortable/decent spec, but not a flash badge at about 6 months old (for cash) then run it for 5+ years depending on mileage. My current Mondeo is lowish mileage at 5 years old as I had a lot of home based stuff for 3ish years so I'll probably not swap it unless it becomes troublesome.