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Title: SWMBO promoted - bye bye Miggy
Post by: The Barge Captain on 03 March 2009, 13:20:08
Now that SWMBO has been promoted, the new role comes with a car, so this means I'll get the Galaxy to move the kids around in and the Omega has to go  :'(

Still, it'll save me repairing the dent in the tailgate, replacing the exhaust manifold gasket thats blowing, the clutch that's seen better days, the rear box that blew all it's stuffing out last year and the small coolant leak that i suspect is coming from the transfer pipe into the back of the bock.

Probably easiest to px it in for £500 against a new car, as with a few scratches and scuffs etc it probably isn't worth much more on the open market.
(W reg, 143K miles, 7 months mot  2.5 manual estate)
Title: Re: SWMBO promoted - bye bye Miggy
Post by: webby23 on 03 March 2009, 13:22:07
If that was me mate id put it in the for sale section on here first......seems very sensibly priced and would sell quick on here too
Title: Re: SWMBO promoted - bye bye Miggy
Post by: nick v6 on 03 March 2009, 13:25:28
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If that was me mate id put it in the for sale section on here first......seems very sensibly priced and would sell quick on here too

i agree mate :y
Title: Re: SWMBO promoted - bye bye Miggy
Post by: Martin_1962 on 03 March 2009, 13:41:24
So what will you get stuck with then?
Title: Re: SWMBO promoted - bye bye Miggy
Post by: Elite Pete on 03 March 2009, 13:43:59
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So what will you get stuck with then?
eeerrrr a Galaxy to move the kids around in ;D
Title: Re: SWMBO promoted - bye bye Miggy
Post by: Martin_1962 on 03 March 2009, 13:51:50
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So what will you get stuck with then?
eeerrrr a Galaxy to move the kids around in ;D


The company car?
Title: Re: SWMBO promoted - bye bye Miggy
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 03 March 2009, 14:35:06
The sensible approach would be to dicth the company car and take the money (which is what I do)
Title: Re: SWMBO promoted - bye bye Miggy
Post by: Martin_1962 on 03 March 2009, 14:58:09
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The sensible approach would be to dicth the company car and take the money (which is what I do)


So what would you have had instead if you had taken company car?
Title: Re: SWMBO promoted - bye bye Miggy
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 03 March 2009, 15:46:19
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The sensible approach would be to dicth the company car and take the money (which is what I do)


So what would you have had instead if you had taken company car?

Er.....anything up to a lease cost of 400 quid a month.

So thats an A4, Mondeo, Passat etc
Title: Re: SWMBO promoted - bye bye Miggy
Post by: albitz on 03 March 2009, 16:30:54
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The sensible approach would be to dicth the company car and take the money (which is what I do)


So what would you have had instead if you had taken company car?

Er.....anything up to a lease cost of 400 quid a month.

So thats an A4, Mondeo, Passat etc
suit you sir! :D ;D ;D
Title: Re: SWMBO promoted - bye bye Miggy
Post by: The Barge Captain on 03 March 2009, 16:34:34
That's why we are looking at an Insignia, Saab 9-5, x type Jag, A6 etc...
Title: Re: SWMBO promoted - bye bye Miggy
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 03 March 2009, 16:37:09
I couldnt get a company car to cost in, the tax per month was horrific.

Title: Re: SWMBO promoted - bye bye Miggy
Post by: The Barge Captain on 03 March 2009, 16:39:16
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If that was me mate id put it in the for sale section on here first......seems very sensibly priced and would sell quick on here too

i agree mate :y
Possibly right, but i'd hate to sell it to anyone here knowing it needs work that might be more than i realise.
Title: Re: SWMBO promoted - bye bye Miggy
Post by: notacarbuff on 03 March 2009, 17:02:30
Don't do it. Take the money, swap the mig for one in better nick and you will be quids in over time, and think about the planet, recycling a old mig is better for it than building and buying a new car.
Title: Re: SWMBO promoted - bye bye Miggy
Post by: Martin_1962 on 03 March 2009, 17:52:42
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The sensible approach would be to dicth the company car and take the money (which is what I do)


So what would you have had instead if you had taken company car?

Er.....anything up to a lease cost of 400 quid a month.

So thats an A4, Mondeo, Passat etc


Ugh - bit of a step down then!