Dilemma

[Snatiramas]

Now in life there are certain things that one knows about and certain things that one doesn't. I know a little about management, sales even a small amount about poker but I know nothing about cars. a change in my circumstances means I need a car. I am sorely tempted to go on Autotrader or some such like and buy an old banger sub £1000 and just run it until it gives up. The problem with this is that I would have no idea how I could tell that it was likely to last me 6 to 12 months.

An alternative would be to get a new 1100/1200cc car on a finance deal over 4yrs and then Snatty jr can have it as his first car.........

Just don't know what to do

[kinboshi]

If you're going for a car for £1,000 you can get one that'll run and run (with a bit of luck).  I'd go for Japanese, and ideally something with a decent service history, etc.

I wouldn't get a brand new car on PCP or a finance deal from the dealer - they will generally cost you more than if you got a personal loan independently and then bought the car with the cash from that.  There are lots of good offers on at the moment.  Have you had a look at nearly new cars?  Pre-registered, demo cars, etc.  If you're flexible on what you want, these can often be your best bet.

You could also lease a car for two or three years - for a small car this can be as low as £120 a month, and at the end of the contract you just hand the car back.  It means you never own the car, but you don't have to fork out the cost of buying it or go through the hassle of selling it for far less when you want rid.

[TheChipPrince]

If your thinking about leasing, I love this website  -  http://www.lingscars.com/

[cdw1111]

If your thinking about leasing, I love this website  -  http://www.lingscars.com/

What a strange website,i can't decide if it's brilliant or if it makes me feel a little queasy.I remember her from Dragons den,looks like it's going well,fair play.

[rex008]

Website - so bad it's brilliant. Breaks absolutely all the rules of presentation, and yet works. Superb. And now I've got spots in front of my eyes .

[byronkincaid]

I was looking for an old banger recently after some muppet wrote my car off, everything was horrible tbh, spent hours on autotrader, idiot traders blatantly lie to you on the phone, took 2 weeks to find something half decent. pretty much everything I looked at had been misrepresented to some extent in the ad. I blame boldie.

[TheChipPrince]

She's very successful by all accounts, I think a lot of ppl smile at at the website, its so much better than some of these bland flash based websites...

[thetank]

I love the Big Mac index.

For those unable to fathom what £158/month means in real terms, it's equivalent to just 2.3 Big Macs a day.

tyvm Ling

[outragous76]

I know this sounds crazy - but if you are thinking small car - buying new is not a bad shout ATM

Buy a sh1t tip for 100 quid - get £2k scrap value against a new car- - 7k car for 5 k - you get 3 years warranty trrouble free mototring and could finance it yourself for about £125/month over 4 years

EG. New car 7k

Get 2k off for scrap - therefore pay 5k.

Finance over 4 years = pay 6k total

6,000 / 48 months  = 125

Great time to get a new car and you have hassle free motoring for several years and can then give it your your young un!

GLGLGLGGLLGl

[Graham C]

Don't you have to own an old car for a year before you are entitled to the £2k?

[Dewi_cool]

you have to own the car for 12 months before you get the £2k scrappage though

snap

[TheChipPrince]

This is awesome off Lings site, nearly up to the big mac index...

Note: Other "professional" car sites (in suits) will treat you very politely, but they think you are a twat.

On the other hand, I treat you like grown adult but really, I love you to bits.

As long as you have at least some intelligence and humour - Ling

[TheChipPrince]

lol, newest member!

[rex008]

LOL.

Hey, LINGsCARS, my wife wants a smallish car, but with 7 seats, preferably a convertible, with a high driving position. Must be available in an automatic, and economical to run. What do you recommend?

[G1BTW]

Very low mpg, very good plice

http://www.lingscars.com/Sinclair/C5/3362-0.1_(1bhp)_2-pedal_1-seat__roofless_100Ah_Convertible_2dr.html