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[STEMO]

I told you a while back what my wife's car was valued at on autotrader. It's gone up again. 66 plate astra 1.6 cdti automatic. We paid £10,100 for it 3.5 years ago with around 9000 miles on it. It now has just short of 40,000 miles on it.



Crazy. But, of course, that's only a paper valuation. Whether someone would actually pay that....

[Doctor Gollum]

Those suggestions are usually on the low side of achievable values.

A chap at work recently walked away from '17? plate Nissan Joke and took out finance on a pre registered '20 plate Joke for the same monthly payment.

He recently had a call from the dealer saying that because his car had increased in value, they would give him an extra £3k as a deposit against a brand spankers one, for the same monthly payment.

Obviously there's a fiddle somewhere, and what he doesn't appreciate is that the term will be longer, but he is a bit, er, special... He's not too far from retiring and was kicking off about not earning enough during furlough to cover his bills, just been kicked down from 12 hours to 8, so buying a new car on finance would be insane, even with an imaginary £3k off

[STEMO]

Those suggestions are usually on the low side of achievable values.

A chap at work recently walked away from '17? plate Nissan Joke and took out finance on a pre registered '20 plate Joke for the same monthly payment.

He recently had a call from the dealer saying that because his car had increased in value, they would give him an extra £3k as a deposit against a brand spankers one, for the same monthly payment.

Obviously there's a fiddle somewhere, and what he doesn't appreciate is that the term will be longer, but he is a bit, er, special... He's not too far from retiring and was kicking off about not earning enough during furlough to cover his bills, just been kicked down from 12 hours to 8, so buying a new car on finance would be insane, even with an imaginary £3k off

The 20 plate would not attract the 20% VAT, so the price difference between that and the new one should have been at least 30%.

[Doctor Gollum]

Those suggestions are usually on the low side of achievable values.

A chap at work recently walked away from '17? plate Nissan Joke and took out finance on a pre registered '20 plate Joke for the same monthly payment.

He recently had a call from the dealer saying that because his car had increased in value, they would give him an extra £3k as a deposit against a brand spankers one, for the same monthly payment.

Obviously there's a fiddle somewhere, and what he doesn't appreciate is that the term will be longer, but he is a bit, er, special... He's not too far from retiring and was kicking off about not earning enough during furlough to cover his bills, just been kicked down from 12 hours to 8, so buying a new car on finance would be insane, even with an imaginary £3k off

The 20 plate would not attract the 20% VAT, so the price difference between that and the new one should have been at least 30%.

Like I said, special 

[STEMO]

There is this, of course:

https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/cars/article-10060463/Car-sales-fall-lowest-level-1998-Tesla-Model-3-charts-September.html

[Doctor Gollum]

Diesel isn't very popular 

[STEMO]

Diesel isn't very popular 

No, not to buy new. But I'll bet nearly half of the cars on British roads are diesel.

[STEMO]

Diesel isn't very popular 

No, not to buy new. But I'll bet nearly half of the cars on British roads are diesel.

38% in 2020 is the best I can find without trying too hard.

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

Works manager where I work left his Aston in at a dealership to have a minor oil leak fixed a few months ago.
The next day the dealership called him and made him an offer on the car. He said he had no sensible choice but to tell them to keep the car and transfer the money into his bank account.

[Sir Tigger KC]

I put the Mondeo into WBAC a couple of days ago......  and drumroll........ £500! 

How do they know it's a heap of shite though?                                                                           

[STEMO]

I put the Mondeo into WBAC a couple of days ago......  and drumroll........ £500! 

How do they know it's a heap of shite though?                                                                           

And they'd probably knock you down to £400 when you got there. Not kidding.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

I put the Mondeo into WBAC a couple of days ago......  and drumroll........ £500! 

How do they know it's a heap of shite though?                                                                           

And they'd probably knock you down to £400 when you got there. Not kidding.

My Jag was immaculate but they still knocked almost £1000 off their initial offer .......but this was still far higher than the offers from  Tata dealers.

[Doctor Gollum]

I put the Mondeo into WBAC a couple of days ago......  and drumroll........ £500! 

How do they know it's a heap of shite though?                                                                           

And they'd probably knock you down to £400 when you got there. Not kidding.

My Jag was immaculate but they still knocked almost £1000 off their initial offer .......but this was still far higher than the offers from  Tata dealers.

Portacabins are significantly cheaper to run than the glass and marble emporiums that the franchises have to put up with...

[Sir Tigger KC]

I put the Mondeo into WBAC a couple of days ago......  and drumroll........ £500! 

How do they know it's a heap of shite though?                                                                           

And they'd probably knock you down to £200 when you got there. Not kidding.

Fixed that for you Uncle STEMO! 

The bloody thermostat stuck open the other day on my way to look at a replacement.    

I'm sure that it has feelings, it rendered itself un-partXable and every time I seriously think about getting rid something goes wrong with it. 

It's the Devil's car! 

[STEMO]

I put the Mondeo into WBAC a couple of days ago......  and drumroll........ £500! 

How do they know it's a heap of shite though?                                                                           

And they'd probably knock you down to £200 when you got there. Not kidding.

Fixed that for you Uncle STEMO! 

The bloody thermostat stuck open the other day on my way to look at a replacement.    

I'm sure that it has feelings, it rendered itself un-partXable and every time I seriously think about getting rid something goes wrong with it. 

It's the Devil's car! 

For the amount of money we're talking about, just keep it running as best you can and hope you don't have to pay ten grand for something like a diesel astra when it breaks.