Resale advice

[shocka144]

a bit of advice please gents, which has the best resale value and therefore (I assume) the most financial sound choice; I do 20k miles a year, what would be the best valued car after 4 years. I will be paying the same a month (approx. £160 a month).
Fiesta 62 plate Zetec 1.25 petrol black, currently 45k miles
Mondeo 08 plate Zetec 2.0 TDCi silver, currently 32k miles

[anonymous-user]

They'll both be worth the square root of sod all so pick the car that suits your needs best.

[MG511]

20k a year in a Fiesta? No thanks. They will both be worth buttons so buy whichever you prefer, resale value shouldn't really be an issue.

[shocka144]

charltjr said:

They'll both be worth the square root of sod all so pick the car that suits your needs best.

Haha cheers mate

• think's I should delete this useless thread*

[shocka144]

What if I said I'd keep them for two years?

[R6VED]

I have just leased a 1.25 Zetec Fiesta for 2 years, no deposit and £131 a month. I am using it as a runabout to commute in but would not want to do 20k a year in it! I would get the Mondeo for that sort of mileage, it's not just the value at the end but the car you will be in driving for that long.

I only got my Fiesta delivered on Friday, but am enjoying driving a car where i don't notice the fuel gauge moving every journey - its the slowest accelerating car i have driven since i was 21 and i am 38 now :-)

[Rich1973]

Presumably the Mondeo is a lot cheaper to buy than the Fiesta with it being 4 years older. A quick searc on autotrader shows the Mondeo should only be costing you 2.5 to 3k.
Is the term shorter than for the Fiesta?
Buy the Mndeo I say as you will have less to lose financially and its the better car for larger miles

[shocka144]

Rich1973 said:

Presumably the Mondeo is a lot cheaper to buy than the Fiesta with it being 4 years older. A quick searc on autotrader shows the Mondeo should only be costing you 2.5 to 3k.
Is the term shorter than for the Fiesta?
Buy the Mndeo I say as you will have less to lose financially and its the better car for larger miles

Not sure where you found a mondeo for that price, basically the fiesta (I already own it) is worth £6k and the mondeo I have seen advertised is £6k too. The mondeo is more car but 6 years older, I've looked at resale values of both forwarding the years by 2 and 4 years and fiesta 6 year olds sell for more than 10 year old mondeos

[Willy Nilly]

I'm not sure why anyone would complain about doing 20,000 miles a year in a 62 plate Fiesta. They are nice little cars and have every thing you need. People are very spoiled now.

[Monkeylegend]

Well if you already own the Fiesta I would go with that.