Selling only car - hire or run a snotter/shed alongside

[funkyrobot]

I should be trying to sell my only car soon, but I need one for work. So, do I just sell mine and then hire one until I find a replacement? Or do I find a snotter/shed and run that alongside my current car until it sells?

I guess a hire car would save two lots of insurance and maintenance etc, but may not be cheap. A snotter would double most things bill wise, but would mean I have a runaround ready for when mine sells (if it sells).

Any ideas? Thanks all.

[rwstokes]

if your doing a snotter, be a good idea to do it asap, because then you have a working car if/when anything goes wrong.

for the garuntee of being able to get to work the hire car makes sense

financially, i wouldnt be surprised if a banger works out cheaper, depending on how long you'll be using it.

just for the fun of it, id go for a banger, but thats because i love car shopping ha

[Codswallop]

Sounds like a part-ex at a dealer might be easiest for you. Or, depending on how specific you are with your replacement requirements, a long weekend may suffice? When I sold my only car, I already had a replacement eyed up and picked it up within three days of selling my old car.

[funkyrobot]

Codswallop said:

Sounds like a part-ex at a dealer might be easiest for you. Or, depending on how specific you are with your replacement requirements, a long weekend may suffice? When I sold my only car, I already had a replacement eyed up and picked it up within three days of selling my old car.

Sorry, should have explained this. I'm selling my car to downsize for a bit and free up some cash for my house deposit fund. I'm hoping to get at least £5k for mine and not spend much more than £1.5k at the most. I doubt a dealer would part ex and give you the cash remainder?

Thanks anyway.

[funkyrobot]

rwstokes said:

if your doing a snotter, be a good idea to do it asap, because then you have a working car if/when anything goes wrong.

for the garuntee of being able to get to work the hire car makes sense

financially, i wouldnt be surprised if a banger works out cheaper, depending on how long you'll be using it.

just for the fun of it, id go for a banger, but thats because i love car shopping ha

I must admit, I've spent weeks now glued to the classifieds seeing what is available for minimum pennies. It's quite good fun

[funkyrobot]

Just been having a look at hire cars.

I can get an Astra (or something similar) for two weeks and it will cost around £250. Is that a good rate? It should be better than two lots of insurance etc though.

Edited by funkyrobot on Tuesday 25th September 12:54