tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556657999892839298.post7138158382504834525..comments2024-03-19T08:35:01.699+00:00Comments on Love my life: Shopping for a car, almost thereMeanqueenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02705837426373680532noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556657999892839298.post-66924859207674679722011-01-11T23:16:47.385+00:002011-01-11T23:16:47.385+00:00Some interesting comments here. Slice of life, tha...Some interesting comments here. Slice of life, that's a good choice of car. I have just found a 2007 Astra diesel, 1248cc, with 40,000 on the clock. Road tax is £90, addmitedly a small engine but very economical to run. Also a 2007 Astra 1364cc, petrol, 11,000 on the clock, road tax is £125, and very good running costs. I am leaning a bit more towards the Meriva, I had a look round one today.<br /><br />abc1 thank you for your comments. Yes it must seem odd that I am spending a large amount of money on a decent car. Half of it will have come from the insurance company, the cheque arrived today, and I have saved the up rest. I will address the issues you raised in a fresh post, as it's getting late now.Meanqueenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02705837426373680532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556657999892839298.post-20856094160198049072011-01-11T20:33:00.763+00:002011-01-11T20:33:00.763+00:00I don't understand why all your scrimping prin...I don't understand why all your scrimping principles go out the window when it comes to buying a car. <br /><br />Why buy a nearly new car and then take all the depreciation? Why buy from a dealer where you will have a hefty profit and all the showroom overheads factored into the sticker price?<br /><br />There are thousands of perfectly good 10 year old cars around that can be bought for a few hundred pounds and will give years more service.<br /><br />I've had my 15 year old car for 5 years and have had no bills other than routine servicing and wear and tear items.<br /><br />It renders all your other economies pointless if you blow thousands on a car just to watch it depreciate.abc1https://www.blogger.com/profile/08341945972577527325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556657999892839298.post-6779541599125289912011-01-11T20:24:19.185+00:002011-01-11T20:24:19.185+00:00Gosh, you have done your homework! Good luck with ...Gosh, you have done your homework! Good luck with finding the right one!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09114653674812242486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556657999892839298.post-29465621257466422102011-01-11T20:10:04.212+00:002011-01-11T20:10:04.212+00:00we have a 1.7 diesel astra 07 plate. its fantasti...we have a 1.7 diesel astra 07 plate. its fantastic on fuel, is cheap on insurance and tax. we have found theparts cheaper than other cars we have owned (namely wing mirrors). and the servicing is 20,000 miles or or once a year. As we do over 20000 a year comuting to work, this is more pallatable than a petrol and lower servicing miles.<br /><br />we have also found that our local vauxhall do a compatible service and we get the stamps from the garage for the book. <br /><br />we have been very pleased with it. we wont go back to a petrol now unless we do alot less mileage and then we will get a hybrid.<br /><br />48-50 mixed urban and motorway. we keep a log on it. The corsa seems a really good choice as well as there are some that apparently do 70 to the gallonSolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00809314184012834659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556657999892839298.post-14642023479473602382011-01-11T12:01:42.249+00:002011-01-11T12:01:42.249+00:00Well, if you can't get a good deal buying a ca...Well, if <i>you</i> can't get a good deal buying a car, I don't know who can ;)Cyberkimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02748977940410830049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556657999892839298.post-26880349203351495772011-01-11T08:04:21.173+00:002011-01-11T08:04:21.173+00:00I havent got a clue about cars, just as well hubbi...I havent got a clue about cars, just as well hubbie is into cars xRebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08683100048095202350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556657999892839298.post-26618053479407585362011-01-11T07:10:10.104+00:002011-01-11T07:10:10.104+00:00Good luck with your car quest. Do you have anyone ...Good luck with your car quest. Do you have anyone with technical/mechanical knowledge that can give you a second opinion or are you Ok with all that. I personally would not have a clue.<br />SueLiving the frugal life in Francehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15620598210939499286noreply@blogger.com