Why is a better car ALWAYS just over initial budget?!

[CoolHands]

If my budget is 5 grand, it's worth going to 5.5k for the ones that are lower mileage. If my budget is 6 grand, then the ones that are 6.5k are 2008, rather than 2007. If it's 10 grand, then just under 11 will get you the DSG box and full leather etc etc

Whatever model I'm buying, be it car or motorbike, I always end up in the next price bracket!!! I might take 2 grand off my budget and then start looking - that way I'll end up where I wanted to be in the first place

[Jem0911]

EVERY but everytime I am in the Market for a second hand car the initial budget upped to get that small/next upgrade.
Year, leather,etc etc etc.

[CoolHands]

And yet when I'm selling, the market is always 'quiet' and I end up dropping the price I seem to pay both ends

[winshent]

Up your budget to £2M..

[Jazoli]

Or when you search for ages to find the right car or bike, don't find exactly what you want so you compromise and buy something similar, then a perfect example of what you were looking for comes up for sale 5 miles away a day or two after, it's happened to me more than once

[o0myles0o]

winshent said:

Up your budget to £2M..

Yeah, and then it'll be 2.1M for the car he really wants!

[benzito]

think of it this way though, if you buy the car that is 1-2k (e.g. because it has much lower mileage) it will therefore be worth 1-2k more when you sell it so you are not really losing out - well hopefully anyway!

[bristolracer]

Shed and a bloody nice holiday?

You will remember the holiday, the £5k car you eventually scrapped?

[Tyrion]

benzito said:

think of it this way though, if you buy the car that is 1-2k (e.g. because it has much lower mileage) it will therefore be worth 1-2k more when you sell it so you are not really losing out - well hopefully anyway!

Doesn't work that way unfortunately!

[Mr E]

Aaah. Man maths.

[cailean]

Always happens to me too

[carmonk]

CoolHands said:

If my budget is 5 grand, it's worth going to 5.5k for the ones that are lower mileage. If my budget is 6 grand, then the ones that are 6.5k are 2008, rather than 2007. If it's 10 grand, then just under 11 will get you the DSG box and full leather etc etc

Whatever model I'm buying, be it car or motorbike, I always end up in the next price bracket!!! I might take 2 grand off my budget and then start looking - that way I'll end up where I wanted to be in the first place

Same here, it's always oh, if I spend 10% more I can get exactly what I want. Then if you dither too much after you add the 10% you find you're saying the same thing, so you add another 10%, and then another. It's exactly the same with houses (except the £ increments are vastly more!)

[matthias73]

o0myles0o said:

winshent said:

Up your budget to £2M..

Yeah, and then it'll be 2.1M for the car he really wants!

http://www.hotcarszone.com/car-gossip/2-million-pounds-gold-edition-bugatti-veyron-car-model.html

Seems to be within budget?

[JayTee94]

Same here.

I will be buying a first car soon. Budget of £1,000.

£1,000 - Fiesta/Astra/147 etc etc...

then..

£1,500 - Toyota Yaris T Sport/Honda Civic

which then leads to..

£2,000 - Ford SportKa

..and then.

£2,500 - Citroen C2 VTS

but for...

£3,000 - Fiat Grande Punto..

[Or888t]

JayTee94 said:

Same here.

I will be buying a first car soon. Budget of £1,000.

£1,000 - Fiesta/Astra/147 etc etc...

then..

£1,500 - Toyota Yaris T Sport/Honda Civic

which then leads to..

£2,000 Ford SportKa

..and then.

£2,500 - Citroen C2 VTS

but for...

£3,000 - Fiat Grande Punto..

Pardon.

[JayTee94]

Or888t said:

JayTee94 said:

Same here.

I will be buying a first car soon. Budget of £1,000.

£1,000 - Fiesta/Astra/147 etc etc...

then..

£1,500 - Toyota Yaris T Sport/Honda Civic

which then leads to..

£2,000 Ford SportKa

..and then.

£2,500 - Citroen C2 VTS

but for...

£3,000 - Fiat Grande Punto..

Pardon.

Care to explain?

• Do you not like the SportKa?
• Did I not spell it correctly?

[STW2010]

JayTee94 said:

Same here.

I will be buying a first car soon. Budget of £1,000.

£1,000 - Fiesta/Astra/147 etc etc...

then..

£1,500 - Toyota Yaris T Sport/Honda Civic

which then leads to..

£2,000 - Ford SportKa

..and then.

£2,500 - Citroen C2 VTS

but for...

£3,000 - Fiat Grande Punto..

Or....find better and more fun options for much less money.

What an uninspiring list of cars

[STW2010]

JayTee94 said:

I will be buying a first car soon. Budget of £1,000.

What the hell are these in your profile as 'current fleet' then?

Citroen Berlingo Van 1.6

Ford Fiesta 1.3 Finesse

Toyota Avensis 2.0 T-Spirit

[greggy50]

STW2010 said:

Or....find better and more fun options for much less money.

Which being a first car he will probably not be able to insure...

[STW2010]

Going for the obvious first car options is an almost guaranteed way of paying over the odds for insurance.