To keep or to trade

[RP64]

I have a 5 year old vauxhall insignia 2.0cdti with 120,000 miles on the clock. It has never missed a beat so far and I have serviced it regularly all along. Had a major service with cambelt, water pump and tensioners at 90,000 miles. Should I keep driving it for a couple of years ( in which time it'll be up to 170k miles) or trade it in now? What, if any problems, am I likely to run into in the next couple of years?

[Deep Thought]

RP64 said:

I have a 5 year old vauxhall insignia 2.0cdti with 120,000 miles on the clock. It has never missed a beat so far and I have serviced it regularly all along. Had a major service with cambelt, water pump and tensioners at 90,000 miles. Should I keep driving it for a couple of years ( in which time it'll be up to 170k miles) or trade it in now? What, if any problems, am I likely to run into in the next couple of years?

i'd keep it. Its probably not worth a big hill of beans as is.

Keep it well maintained.

Who knows what problems you might hit, or you might not hit any.

[stevemcs]

As above, run it into the ground.

[DoubleD]

RP64 said:

What, if any problems, am I likely to run into in the next couple of years?

Boredom.

[Summit_Detailing]

Keep it, no reason to think that just because it's now north of 100k bits will start falling off it.

Even if you have to put a clutch in it at 150k for example this is much, much cheaper than the additional outlay of swapping to a different car now which may bring its own issues.

Cheers,

Chris

[Deep Thought]

DoubleD said:

RP64 said:

What, if any problems, am I likely to run into in the next couple of years?

Boredom.

That made me laugh out loud. I've one currently and they are a dull but worthy big thing.

[RP64]

I actually don't think it's too bad a car. I can't call it exciting to drive but it's quick enough, very comfortable and good for the 25k miles a year I do.

[Deep Thought]

RP64 said:

I actually don't think it's too bad a car. I can't call it exciting to drive but it's quick enough, very comfortable and good for the 25k miles a year I do.

Agreed. I've had two now. I took the most recent one as a trade in against my Focus ST to "get the deal done", but i've been quite enjoying it. Its a 2010 160BHP SRi variant (as was the last one).

Well spec'd, looks decent, goes well. Not going to set the world on fire but a decent car.