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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2020 7:55:55 GMT
I beg your pardon but my first road trip in a reliable car was to Andalusia in my FIAT Regata in 1989.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2020 13:55:28 GMT
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Post by Avant on Aug 10, 2020 14:53:09 GMT
Could be a good buy - but how much more would you get for the Leaf over and above the balloon payment? If most of that profit goes on another car, which may or may not need repairs as time goes on, aren't you better off keeping the Leaf, which you know to be a good one, and getting Junior to learn on a manual driving school car?
Sorry - nothing to do with me, but that's just my thought.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2020 15:19:54 GMT
Yeah no problem, it's the right way to think about it. I have said before there's equity in the Leaf. Between 2.5-£4k, depending on how I dispose of it (e.g. webuyanycar/trade-in or private sale). I owe £4k balloon, it's worth about £8k as a private sale going on autotrader listings. WBAC offer is £6.5k currently.
Junior will learn in a driving school car, in the main. I would like to be able to top up with practice in our own car though.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2020 10:39:39 GMT
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Post by Humph on Aug 17, 2020 10:57:26 GMT
They’d all be fit for purpose. Tough to see why any of them would be wrong at the money.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2020 10:58:33 GMT
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Post by Humph on Aug 17, 2020 11:03:54 GMT
Well the beauty of that Clio is that you could potentially pass it on to your son as his first car if that suited your/his needs/agenda at the time.
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Post by Humph on Aug 17, 2020 11:17:17 GMT
...and, for what it's worth, a couple of years ago I had a business trip to Poland for a few days. The hire car I got was a Clio estate. Did hundreds of miles in it over about 4 days. Perfectly comfortable and pleasant car to tool about in.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2020 12:13:28 GMT
Aye. I can see the advantage of the Clio there.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2020 12:52:36 GMT
Chain cam too, the 1.2 TCe. It's growing on me.
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Post by Humph on Aug 17, 2020 12:58:05 GMT
Would tick a lot of boxes, from what you have previously said.
Quite sellable too, when the time comes.
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Post by EspadaIII on Aug 17, 2020 13:34:02 GMT
The Clio is a lovely car. But I am a sucker for heated front screens so although all the cars are good examples of what you are trying to acheive (and the Peugeot is a lovely colour) I would go Ford and Focus. Espadrille would kill me if I brought home a car with that 'quality' of wooden dashboard... so the Mondeo is out despite it being a very nice car to drive.
Also it is very big for a learner to drive.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2020 13:43:39 GMT
I like the idea of a big car for a learner. In at the deep end. And it's only for practice, after several professional lessons have been delivered. It wouldn't be the first car he drives.
There was a heated front screen in my Galaxy Ghia. Only half of it worked when I first had the car, it was replaced under warranty at great expense to someone. They do age and go wrong, so on a 14 year old Focus, I'd not be assuming it was any good still (if it even has one). Also I am a colossal pervert and actually park cars in my garage. So I'm not really bovvered about heated screens.
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Post by EspadaIII on Aug 17, 2020 14:13:49 GMT
Al....
The man who uses his garage TO PARK CARS!!
What manner of customer is allowed into this pub??
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