Depreciation busting £15k
Discussion
Firstly,
Appreciate similar have likely been done to death but in the interests of remaining current....
Reaching parity on a current PCP and having received a healthy salary increase, my plan is to do what any PH'er would do....buy a cheaper car.
Ok not quite every PH'er...
Motivation is to step away from PCPs/depreciation of new cars and with personal loan rates incredibly low, now seems like a good time. Other financial goals also dictating.
Requirements
- < 5years old
- < 30,000 miles
- Hatch, coupe or estate
- At least what could be described as 'warm'
- Not of an image that every 18 year old McDonald's fan aspires to (been there, done it)
- Do have a preference for German metal but open to all.
All suggestions gratefully appreciated.
Appreciate similar have likely been done to death but in the interests of remaining current....
Reaching parity on a current PCP and having received a healthy salary increase, my plan is to do what any PH'er would do....buy a cheaper car.
Ok not quite every PH'er...
Motivation is to step away from PCPs/depreciation of new cars and with personal loan rates incredibly low, now seems like a good time. Other financial goals also dictating.
Requirements
- < 5years old
- < 30,000 miles
- Hatch, coupe or estate
- At least what could be described as 'warm'
- Not of an image that every 18 year old McDonald's fan aspires to (been there, done it)
- Do have a preference for German metal but open to all.
All suggestions gratefully appreciated.
why under 5 years old?
There are cars out there which will work for you. Look at the 2005 GT Mustang,, interestingly enough about 6 years ago you could pick up a good one for £12/£13k, now you're looking at knocking on £20k.
There's a degree of luck involved (obviously) but pick right and you can have fun and (in some cases) actually male a little
If you're happy to go LHD look at a C5 Corvette: great performance, reasonable MPG, quite a few toys (HUD for example), gorgeous sound...
There are cars out there which will work for you. Look at the 2005 GT Mustang,, interestingly enough about 6 years ago you could pick up a good one for £12/£13k, now you're looking at knocking on £20k.
There's a degree of luck involved (obviously) but pick right and you can have fun and (in some cases) actually male a little
If you're happy to go LHD look at a C5 Corvette: great performance, reasonable MPG, quite a few toys (HUD for example), gorgeous sound...
DSGbangs said:
daemon said:
DSGbangs said:
MK6 Golf Gti: Edition 35.
Mine has yet to depreciate.
Does it matter if its 3 door / 5 door, manual or DSG?Mine has yet to depreciate.
Pica-Pica said:
Remember you will be better off with at least Euro 5 petrol (post 2012) or a Euro 6 diesel (post Sept 2015).
Any post 2012 petrol Golf, whatever engine size you wish/afford.
lol why? For dem 1-2mpg gains?Any post 2012 petrol Golf, whatever engine size you wish/afford.
surely someone cares about extra 2mpg which will cost him extra $15 a year when he buys a new car...
irocfan said:
why under 5 years old?
There are cars out there which will work for you. Look at the 2005 GT Mustang,, interestingly enough about 6 years ago you could pick up a good one for £12/£13k, now you're looking at knocking on £20k.
There's a degree of luck involved (obviously) but pick right and you can have fun and (in some cases) actually male a little
If you're happy to go LHD look at a C5 Corvette: great performance, reasonable MPG, quite a few toys (HUD for example), gorgeous sound...
I second to this. Modern Mustang is fairly practical too. And looks and sounds good! There are cars out there which will work for you. Look at the 2005 GT Mustang,, interestingly enough about 6 years ago you could pick up a good one for £12/£13k, now you're looking at knocking on £20k.
There's a degree of luck involved (obviously) but pick right and you can have fun and (in some cases) actually male a little
If you're happy to go LHD look at a C5 Corvette: great performance, reasonable MPG, quite a few toys (HUD for example), gorgeous sound...
daemon said:
DSGbangs said:
daemon said:
DSGbangs said:
MK6 Golf Gti: Edition 35.
Mine has yet to depreciate.
Does it matter if its 3 door / 5 door, manual or DSG?Mine has yet to depreciate.
If you want to know anything about them (ie. Prices depreciation etc) drop me a PM, but from my purchase price, it has yet to depreciate even a £
DSGbangs said:
I will be honest Daemon, I thought you were taking the piss
If you want to know anything about them (ie. Prices depreciation etc) drop me a PM, but from my purchase price, it has yet to depreciate even a £
Nope. I'm in the market for something like that perhaps. 5 door DSG would be the spec if it were a GTI.If you want to know anything about them (ie. Prices depreciation etc) drop me a PM, but from my purchase price, it has yet to depreciate even a £
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
Not wholly convinced i want another 5 door hatch at the door alongside the A45, but the lack of depreciation would appeal
daemon said:
DSGbangs said:
I will be honest Daemon, I thought you were taking the piss
If you want to know anything about them (ie. Prices depreciation etc) drop me a PM, but from my purchase price, it has yet to depreciate even a £
Nope. I'm in the market for something like that perhaps. 5 door DSG would be the spec if it were a GTI.If you want to know anything about them (ie. Prices depreciation etc) drop me a PM, but from my purchase price, it has yet to depreciate even a £
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
Not wholly convinced i want another 5 door hatch at the door alongside the A45, but the lack of depreciation would appeal
EA113 cambelt engine, ko4 turbo, 235ps standard
And will remap to 300bhp.
Currently have a milltek non resonated catback and it sounds wonderful flat out.
Same cars for sale with more mileage on ebay and auto trader for more money than I paid Jan 17.
DSGbangs said:
Pistonheader101 said:
I find there just isnt a market for ed35. Noone seems to be buying them as the mk7 gti is a better all rounder.
It's popular with tuners as it has the KO4 turbo as standard but I don't think the mk6 ed35 and mk7 are world's apart to be fair.I had an ed30 a few years back, absolutely loved it. Stage 2+ with 360bhp!
Pistonheader101 said:
DSGbangs said:
Pistonheader101 said:
I find there just isnt a market for ed35. Noone seems to be buying them as the mk7 gti is a better all rounder.
It's popular with tuners as it has the KO4 turbo as standard but I don't think the mk6 ed35 and mk7 are world's apart to be fair.I had an ed30 a few years back, absolutely loved it. Stage 2+ with 360bhp!
Thats true!
Gassing Station | Car Buying | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff