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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2024 10:58:12 GMT
Yes it's manual, I bought it specifically as a learner car. If daughter gets license she may well keep it, and it'll hopefully be *reasonable* to insure for her.
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Post by Humph on Feb 15, 2024 11:01:41 GMT
Well, it might be useful to have a couple of years free of car payments until everyone is through education. If you can make a Civic/Corolla combo work.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2024 11:41:39 GMT
Oh indeed, if you can help me answer the Mrs A question... then we're there...  |
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Post by Humph on Feb 15, 2024 11:44:13 GMT
Man or mouse?
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Post by EspadaIII on Feb 15, 2024 11:44:34 GMT
Knowing how much we enjoy driving the Punto, and knowing how easy a Corolla is to drive, I would be very tempted to despatch the Leaf and go Civic/Corolla. Saves you a lot of money at a time when life is very uncertain.
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Post by Humph on Feb 15, 2024 11:45:11 GMT
^ that!
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Post by WDB on Feb 15, 2024 12:02:34 GMT
In what other context would the remedy for uncertainty be a 20-year-old car — even if it is a Toyota?
I’d be looking for a way to keep the Leaf and the Honda. Our old (a mere 12 years at the time) Toyota became viable for the medium term when Boy1’s placement year gave him a use case (and an income) to justify it. Without that it would have gone by now; it certainly wouldn’t be sitting around waiting for occasional use in an imagined future, nor is it fit to take the place of the i3.
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Post by bpg on Feb 15, 2024 12:03:21 GMT
Or, put the fleet to work and get out for a few hours in the evening Ubering/pizza delivery/doing Sudoku in the local petrol station between serving customers.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2024 12:07:28 GMT
Knowing how much we enjoy driving the Punto, and knowing how easy a Corolla is to drive, I would be very tempted to despatch the Leaf and go Civic/Corolla. Saves you a lot of money at a time when life is very uncertain. Savings: £150 a month finance. £50 a month insurance. £25 a month electricity Costs: £150 a month petrol. £25 a month insurance. And let's say £50 a month aside for maintenance/repairs to a 24 year old car. It's not all that clear cut. And I'm back to running an old car with potential for reliability issues, which is the main reason I've been buying and running nearly new cars since the Merc debacle. Then, once daughter has the licence, she'll be going to school with it every day and sodding off with it evenings and weekends potentially, and the Mrs and I are down to car sharing. Not necessarily a problem, but could be potentially. Quite a bit to consider. |
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Post by Humph on Feb 15, 2024 12:09:58 GMT
Inertia then. It’s usually the right answer.
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Post by WDB on Feb 15, 2024 12:12:18 GMT
It [the Civic] is [capacious enough] with the one caveat of being on the small side when transporting the son on long distances. He has kind of outgrown it. Has he outgrown it since you wrote this a year ago? My son is 6'2" now, he's fine on long journeys in the back of our Civic… |
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Post by WDB on Feb 15, 2024 12:15:56 GMT
Savings: £150 a month finance. £50 a month insurance. £25 a month electricity Costs: £150 a month petrol. £25 a month insurance. And let's say £50 a month aside for maintenance/repairs to a 24 year old car. You do know those two sides add up to the same total, don’t you? 🤓 |
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Post by Humph on Feb 15, 2024 12:17:12 GMT
Our ideal combination would be a large estate car and a smaller but useful and fun to drive hatchback as backup.
Oh wait…
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2024 12:19:20 GMT
It [the Civic] is [capacious enough] with the one caveat of being on the small side when transporting the son on long distances. He has kind of outgrown it. Has he outgrown it since you wrote this a year ago? My son is 6'2" now, he's fine on long journeys in the back of our Civic… Yes he has a bit. He's a fair bit broader and is less comfortable than he was last summer. This has a knock on effect to others in the cabin, also considering the other person in the back seat is considerably larger than last year now also. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2024 12:20:52 GMT
Savings: £150 a month finance. £50 a month insurance. £25 a month electricity Costs: £150 a month petrol. £25 a month insurance. And let's say £50 a month aside for maintenance/repairs to a 24 year old car. You do know those two sides add up to the same total, don’t you? 🤓 Of course I do. That's why I posted it. To answer those who were saying ditching the Leaf would be a sure fire and significant money saver. You realised that, didn't you?  |
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