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Originally posted by Wilmslow View PostI am likely to be here for the next 3 years or so, so looking at my travel options, which is driving, as no other option to get here.
High mileage - around 40K per year.
Got my focus 2 years ago now, like it a lot, comfortable, but, about to need to spend £700 on tyres, service etc.
Can sell to webuyanycar for £6500, and lease a diesel Astra for around £200 per month for the next 3 years, unlimited miles. Used car with 15K's on.
Debating what to do:
1. Keep Focus until it dies, and when it does die, consider leasing then
2. Sell, bank the money and lease for the cheap as chips deal, if I can hack an Astra. Option to buy at end of the lease meaning will probably pick up the 200K miles car for nothing.
Easy option is to keep my Focus, but a lot of depreciation will be had there.....
Hmm, tough one that.
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Originally posted by Wilmslow View PostI am likely to be here for the next 3 years or so, so looking at my travel options, which is driving, as no other option to get here.
High mileage - around 40K per year.
Got my focus 2 years ago now, like it a lot, comfortable, but, about to need to spend £700 on tyres, service etc.
Can sell to webuyanycar for £6500, and lease a diesel Astra for around £200 per month for the next 3 years, unlimited miles. Used car with 15K's on.
Debating what to do:
1. Keep Focus until it dies, and when it does die, consider leasing then
2. Sell, bank the money and lease for the cheap as chips deal, if I can hack an Astra. Option to buy at end of the lease meaning will probably pick up the 200K miles car for nothing.
Easy option is to keep my Focus, but a lot of depreciation will be had there.....
You seem to imply that you will not be in this country at end of three years, so it goes without saying that you are better off buying a Honda or Toyota with about 60K miles on the clock for about 3K and run it down for 3 years.
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The 40k a year mileage will kill it too, that's 25k over the norm, say three year lease, say 8p a mile is......
Six Grand!
That can't be right, can it.....
Or an extra 166 quid a month over the lease period on top the actual lease.
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Originally posted by Moscow Mule View PostThere's a lot of demand at the moment. You can actually buy a similarly aged / specced Mondeo for less.
Christ on a bike knows why.
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Originally posted by Wilmslow View PostI am likely to be here for the next 3 years or so, so looking at my travel options, which is driving, as no other option to get here.
High mileage - around 40K per year.
Got my focus 2 years ago now, like it a lot, comfortable, but, about to need to spend £700 on tyres, service etc.
Can sell to webuyanycar for £6500, and lease a diesel Astra for around £200 per month for the next 3 years, unlimited miles. Used car with 15K's on.
Debating what to do:
1. Keep Focus until it dies, and when it does die, consider leasing then
2. Sell, bank the money and lease for the cheap as chips deal, if I can hack an Astra. Option to buy at end of the lease meaning will probably pick up the 200K miles car for nothing.
Easy option is to keep my Focus, but a lot of depreciation will be had there.....
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The problem with these leasing schemes is that you get hit with a bill at the end for "repairs to bring up to standard". They're usually used by people to buy cars they can't affoard. There's always payback somewhere.
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Originally posted by Moscow Mule View Post
Christ on a bike knows why.
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Originally posted by Jeebo72 View PostPs is a focus worth 10,000? I'm guessing it's a sporty model or something. Or this is all made up.
Christ on a bike knows why.
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Wilmslow's custom title should be
<<< canned laughter >>>
Come on admins!
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Originally posted by TheFaQQer View PostWhat does the £200 a month actually cover? How much extra are you going to have to fork out over the three years - in two years time, are you going to find yourself in the same position but with an Astra rather than a Focus?
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Originally posted by Wilmslow View PostI am likely to be here for the next 3 years or so, so looking at my travel options, which is driving, as no other option to get here.
High mileage - around 40K per year.
Got my focus 2 years ago now, like it a lot, comfortable, but, about to need to spend £700 on tyres, service etc.
Can sell to webuyanycar for £6500, and lease a diesel Astra for around £200 per month for the next 3 years, unlimited miles. Used car with 15K's on.
Debating what to do:
1. Keep Focus until it dies, and when it does die, consider leasing then
2. Sell, bank the money and lease for the cheap as chips deal, if I can hack an Astra. Option to buy at end of the lease meaning will probably pick up the 200K miles car for nothing.
Easy option is to keep my Focus, but a lot of depreciation will be had there.....
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