Buying a new car would like an Audi A5 Sportback...

[joeyvicks]

But here's the catch.

I'm in a bit of a quandary, it's for commuting a 110 mile daily round trip to my office. I get an allowance from work which taking all other motoring costs into account leaves me with a monthly budget just for the car of £400.

A new one on pcp is £525 a month (because of the 30k miles I do each year) and if I buy a used one, to fit around the 400 budget I would only have about 16/17k to spend one. Taking a 4 year loan out to pay it off.

My concern is would a 4 year old one with 50k on the clock be ok to run for another 4 years at 30k a year? Or do you think it is risky going for something of this age to use for such heavy mileage?

Any advice would be much appreciated.

[A900ss]

I'd look harder at the PCP on a new one.

1 minute revealed a 177 2.0 TDi S Line at 30k pa for £424/month (only slightly over budget) and £2691 down payment.

Good luck.

http://www.broker4cars.co.uk/Buy/New_Car.jsp?showO...

[joeyvicks]

Thanks for that link it's a really useful website that I'd never come across before.

If I go for the used car option though do you think buying a 3/4 yr old model with 50k on the clock be a good idea?