Which Car Would you buy today?

[Gnarlybluesurf]

Edited by Gnarlybluesurf on Sunday 26th January 00:44

[NadiR]

Say you do 10k a year, and keep the car for 5 years. The mileage of the cars would be 82k and 58k respectively. Do you think you'll make back an extra £1.1k for the lower mileage car, come time to resell?

[Number 5]

NadiR said:

Say you do 10k a year, and keep the car for 5 years. The mileage of the cars would be 82k and 58k respectively. Do you think you'll make back an extra £1.1k for the lower mileage car, come time to resell?

Great answer

[jellypig]

Number 5 said:

NadiR said:

Say you do 10k a year, and keep the car for 5 years. The mileage of the cars would be 82k and 58k respectively. Do you think you'll make back an extra £1.1k for the lower mileage car, come time to resell?

Great answer

Agreed. Thats what I'd look at too.

[Toaster Pilot]

Where either of them have been would be a concern, and ultimately buy on condition.

[Gnarlybluesurf]

They are great points, thanks.

I guess my thoughts were that there was less chance of the younger car having had a hard life and thus less likely to run into issues in the future especially if we kept it for 5-10 years.

Edited by Gnarlybluesurf on Saturday 25th January 08:16

[David87]

As long as they're both the same spec and condition, I'd pay the extra.

[redtwin]

The condition of the car (scrapes, scratches, towbar) will tell you which one has had a harder life, not the year or mileage. A heavy caravan will put more wear on the car than the eye can see. High annual mileage doesn't always mean easy motorway miles if the car was used as a taxi or a courier hack.

Also don't forget consumables. If the cheaper car will soon be needing tyres, a service and possibly brakes, that could easily wipe out the £1K savings in purchase price.

[New POD]

jellypig said:

Number 5 said:

NadiR said:

Say you do 10k a year, and keep the car for 5 years. The mileage of the cars would be 82k and 58k respectively. Do you think you'll make back an extra £1.1k for the lower mileage car, come time to resell?

Great answer

Agreed. Thats what I'd look at too.

Or worse. Say you keep it 10 years at 18K a year. You might find that one becomes a scrapper 18 months earlier, and you have to find another 10K plus 2 years earlier.

[Gnarlybluesurf]

Edited by Gnarlybluesurf on Sunday 26th January 00:45

[golfer19]

What make of Japanese car are we talking about?

[Gnarlybluesurf]

Edited by Gnarlybluesurf on Sunday 26th January 00:45

[New POD]

Gnarlybluesurf said:

Edited by Gnarlybluesurf on Sunday 26th January 00:45

Problem ?

[CraigyMc]

New POD said:

Gnarlybluesurf said:

Edited by Gnarlybluesurf on Sunday 26th January 00:45

Problem ?

Seems to have deleted all posts. Odd.