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To me depreciation of cars is necessary evil if you want the car to be your complete choice as opposed to someone elses. My last car was out of warranty, nearly six years old. Yearly £125 Rd tax 52mpg, £250 insurance, £150 service, £40 MOT, £80 AA membership. You can add to that two new tyres, two new front brake pad and disc sets over the last two years. This is pretty normal costing I'm sure to most motorists who run cars of that certain age whose first flush of youth having past becomes a burden on its owner.
Compare that with my Captur, over the next three/four years. No road tax for my dci90, 62mpg, £185 insurance, no service cost, no mot (for three years any how) and free breakdown recovery.
All that means my outgoings over the next three/four years are greatly reduced because I chose to get myself a brand spanking new car completely of my own choice of colour, engine, trim, etc etc.
I'm not that nieve that I wouldnt be expecting not to pay out for some tyres or even some breakdown repair work over the next few years but the newness of the car must weigh in my favour.
For me a new car is usually a better bet than second hand, "ah but ours was only a year/two years old when we bought it" I hear people say. Great but some body has discarded your pride and joy for whatever reason, and also are you really getting exactly what you wanted in the first place or have you had to compromise?
No I'm glad I bought my new Captur.
Compare that with my Captur, over the next three/four years. No road tax for my dci90, 62mpg, £185 insurance, no service cost, no mot (for three years any how) and free breakdown recovery.
All that means my outgoings over the next three/four years are greatly reduced because I chose to get myself a brand spanking new car completely of my own choice of colour, engine, trim, etc etc.
I'm not that nieve that I wouldnt be expecting not to pay out for some tyres or even some breakdown repair work over the next few years but the newness of the car must weigh in my favour.
For me a new car is usually a better bet than second hand, "ah but ours was only a year/two years old when we bought it" I hear people say. Great but some body has discarded your pride and joy for whatever reason, and also are you really getting exactly what you wanted in the first place or have you had to compromise?
No I'm glad I bought my new Captur.