Not me, just over half way through my PCP deal and happy with what I have.

Also no idea what mileage I’ll be doing when we return to some kind of normality

Find We Buy Any car very fair for buying your car off you .
The man in the office said to me they look for minor profits with the cars they buy in and sell them on for around £60 or a bit more in profit but it's the amount that they buy in that's where the profit is .

Taking my Dacia Logan there on Monday and more thàn likely leave it there.and run back home .

I have been planning to get a Jaguar F-Type in the new year but I am questioning whether I need it. My 8 year old Kia Sportage has seen better days but it doesn’t cost me anything and we also have my wife’s company car, which is a brand new Skoda Karoq.

Unless there’s a big incentive I think I’ll leave till I know how much driving I will actually need to do.

Jaguar F-type, sit on mower, you've done well for yourself bud 👍

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Quote from: PeterGrant on August 29, 2020, 11:53:27 am

I have been planning to get a Jaguar F-Type in the new year but I am questioning whether I need it. My 8 year old Kia Sportage has seen better days but it doesn’t cost me anything and we also have my wife’s company car, which is a brand new Skoda Karoq.

Unless there’s a big incentive I think I’ll leave till I know how much driving I will actually need to do.

Jaguar F-type, sit on mower, you've done well for yourself bud 👍

Thanks but not so much. Been absolutely rooked since we built our house 4 and a half years ago. Virtually zero disposable income due to debt and childcare costs. And an nice big helping of stress. We knew it would be a very tight 5 years but we are getting there now. Will be debt free apart from mortgage by end of 2022 and some of the monthly costs are finally going away now.

No pain no gain I suppose.

Well done, doff my Millwall cap to you. Work hard you deserve everything you get. Stress is not good though. The better half and I worked really hard up until 2012 and have now taken a step back. We managed to pay off our mortgage which is a massive relief. My sister sadly passed away as did her dad in 2011 so that changed our outlook on life. We now both work 4 days, 30 odd hours a week. No kids as well which makes a massive difference. We don't have much money but both us are content with our lot. As long as we can get to see Millwall we are happy.

My wife and I share a wee Golf TDI.. it's in decent nick but the 5 year HP is now paid up and I'm thinking of getting something else in the new year.

We've got a young baby and may have another 1 or 2 in the next few years so will be looking for something substantially bigger.  We usually take the car to Northern Ireland and Arran on the boat at least a couple of times a year each and need plenty space for storage with the wean(s) and associated luggage.  We like camping trips too so will be hoping to squeeze in tents, stoves etc at times.  Given that I know nothing about cars, does anyone have any particular recommendations for something that will suit our needs?  I don't even know where to start lol and am highly wary of salesmen in Arnold Clark and similar places.

Thinking about doing a lease deal rather than HP deals that I've always done.  Are they the way forward?

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My wife and I share a wee Golf TDI.. it's in decent nick but the 5 year HP is now paid up and I'm thinking of getting something else in the new year.

We've got a young baby and may have another 1 or 2 in the next few years so will be looking for something substantially bigger.  We usually take the car to Northern Ireland and Arran on the boat at least a couple of times a year each and need plenty space for storage with the wean(s) and associated luggage.  We like camping trips too so will be hoping to squeeze in tents, stoves etc at times.  Given that I know nothing about cars, does anyone have any particular recommendations for something that will suit our needs?  I don't even know where to start lol and am highly wary of salesmen in Arnold Clark and similar places.

Thinking about doing a lease deal rather than HP deals that I've always done.  Are they the way forward?

Buc will be able to talk about the Dacia Duster. Some people look down on them because they are Romanian and hence cheap but I don’t think there is a better value car in the world. And it’s SUV size.

I’ve been really happy with my Kia Sportage. 4 wheel drive diesel model. £20k cost me £340 a month and you can throw anything at it. Its been good for us with a dog and 2 kids.

Before retirment I bought a Mercedes CLS cost me £48k had it 3 years 30000 in the clock sold it for £13000 .

I thought to myself at the time fk that that car cost me at a loss of £750 per month . But when in business it didn't matter used to buy a new one every year or 18 months .

But I've ruined that in 4 months time

I'm looking forward to my Dacia Duster to be fair picking it up in Edinburgh hopefully next week .

Many thanks for the information on the Dacia Duster.  Having done some googling today, it looks the beez neez and is the type of thing we'd be after.

Very jealous of you possibly getting a Jag, Peter.  I've always considered them to be the smartest cars about, although I must confess to having a limited knowledge!

Cheers, it would be a lease deal or certainly a couple of years old and the F Type is actually pretty fairly priced and there will be deals in the new year. I was paying £340 a month for the Kia back in 2014 and I reckon can get my hands on a F-Type for not too much more than that after Christmas.

But like I say, I genuinely might just leave it because I don’t know how much I’ll even need a better car by then.

One day I would really love a Tesla X. But they are at least a grand a month. Prices will need to come down eventually though!