Only posting about it because of the price!

[dickygrace]

Couldn't believe it when I saw this yesterday, Porsche Boxster, few extras, bit of interest, £70k. There's a lot of folk out there with more money than sense.

 

[Felonious Crud]

Some interest rate, too... ouch!

 

[Parisien]

Yeah....great to see people getting shafted.....but DG, if you went in as a straight buyer, 10-15% off?


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[GransportFan1]

Where was that Dicky ? Porsche Chester had a new Cayman S in not long ago for 68k !!!!!!

 

[dickygrace]

It was Porsche Chester, if you were a straight cash buyer you'd get something off, but £70k for a Boxster, then it's worth £25k after 3 years.

 

[Grinzzz]

Prices for virtually all new cars are creeping up as the perceived recovery happens. I almost spluttered my coffee when I looked at the list prices on lotus.

 

[Parisien]

Wait til they are 3 years old with 20K on clock....no brainer



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[BennyD]

That's what I do Frank. I'm just waiting for the first ex-lease Ghibli diesels to get to 3 years old. Big savings to be had.

 

[Felonious Crud]

And yesterday it was repoted that new car sales in the UK are going up and up. Attractive finance packages (though apparently not from Porsche!) must be behind a lot of that and surely must be dampening prices of used (or nearly new) cars.

 

[Parisien]

Crazy........its hard to fathom...then again, people have held off changing a car for an extra year/2yrs maybe so pent up demand...plus fleet sales must make a big impact on overall numbers, due to cheap finance....esp from Porsche!!!!!!....


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[Felonious Crud]

Just looked on the Fiat website: Fiat 500 Pop 1.2. £1,250 deposit plus £129 per month for three years plus final balloon etc. Interest fixed at 3.37%. No wonder the new car business is booming!

 

[Parisien]

Lots of great deals out there......car ownership in many ways has not been cheaper....................................but high end stuff...............loosing 50K value over 3 yrs.....hard to justify sometimes, but fortunately for us, quite a few do!


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[Felonious Crud]

Happy to let someone else spec a car well and take the depreciation hit. So long as they look after it well for me in its first few years of life then I'm happy.

 

[conaero]

Just looked on the Fiat website: Fiat 500 Pop 1.2. £1,250 deposit plus £129 per month for three years plus final balloon etc. Interest fixed at 3.37%. No wonder the new car business is booming!

I bought Mrs Conaero one on the same deal nearly 3 years ago. About a grand down, £36x£129 then a balloon that end of just under £4K, same Fiat 500 1.2 Pop.

I did add some shiney bits to it (naturally) like chrome front and rear bumper inserts, key casing and chrome wing mirror covers for about another £100.

Its done about 15k miles in the 3 years, and has had a rear main oil seal (warranty) and a couple of breather pipes.

Not bad little car.

 

[CatmanV2]

Lots of great deals out there......car ownership in many ways has not been cheaper....................................but high end stuff...............loosing 50K value over 3 yrs.....hard to justify sometimes, but fortunately for us, quite a few do!


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But you're not losing £50k. You're paying £50k for the pleasure of ownership for 3 years

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[Parisien]

.....well in my case....£2.5K pa for the pleasure is plenty......


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[CatmanV2]

.....well in my case....£2.5K pa for the pleasure is plenty......


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No real argument from me Was mentally totting up what the last year of Maser ownership has cost me (sans fuel, tax and insurance)
Heater matrix: £600
Wiper assembly: £100
Discs and pads: £310
Rear tyres: £310
MOT: £60

£1470 I reckon.
Couple of k depreciation, I suppose. Ballpark £3.5k

Roughly £70 a week. £10 a day. BARGAIN

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[Chrisbassett]

BARGAIN[/SIZE]

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Hmmm...
Clutch; F1 pump; Manifold; Oil leaks; 6 Tyres (I think my geo has always been off, and driving like a loon doesn't help); Getting a decent audio system; Door locks; Wheel colour; Door mirror; Wind deflector (you really don't want to know how much that bit of plastic & gauze costs - it's eye watering); Full detailing

I think I'm a bit over £20 a day. Bargain!

Oh, depreciation...maybe I can write that off if the economy keeps improving?

 

[CatmanV2]

Oh, depreciation...maybe I can write that off if the economy keeps improving?

I won't tell if you won't

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[BennyD]

There's no putting a price on the enjoyment I get out of mine. Like most on here, I do it because I love doing it and long may it continue.