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3 grand on a diesel what will I get?
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Is the road duty going to go through the roof
...Alan can I still get a decent astray diesel for around 30 quid a year?
Please tell me the pros and cons  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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£3k on a diesel will get you a decent BMW, anything up to a 330D
Or if you want a 320 they’re even cheaper, almost every other car on the road is a BMW, so their resale value is rock bottom. |
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"£3k on a diesel will get you a decent BMW, anything up to a 330D
Or if you want a 320 they’re even cheaper, almost every other car on the road is a BMW, so their resale value is rock bottom."
they got a lot electrical problems. Flashers not working.  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Get a Dacia more for your money. Duster is a good car
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More for your money?
Dacia is cheap for a reason, they’re some of the worst speced cars out there. That’s why they’re cheap, even when new. |
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I have had a punto since new, its now got almost 200,000 on the clock and is still going strong.
30 quid a year road tax and I get around 60mpg out of it.
In the time I have had it, I have had to get the clutch replaced once and a new battery (No doubt the fucker will die tomorrow!)
Probably not the most comfortable car in the world and it doesn't stand out in a crowd but its been pretty damned reliable and the aircon cools the car in a matter of minutes.
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By *rFunBoyMan
over a year ago
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"You can get a decent Mondeo for less than 3k
Watch out for the DPF problems though "
Or even a mk3 Mondeo on a 57 with no DPF. Plenty still around and you'll save yourself nearly £2k.
I've had 3 in my time.. one petrol and two heavies and all did well. Bought for £1.8k to £3k and ran two into the ground after over 80k miles.
Look for a Ghia or Titanium as little in the price but heated and cooled leathee seats are wonderful.
The last got rear ended twice in 5 days in the snow which the 2nd at 50mph into me killed it. |
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"Is the road duty going to go through the roof
...Alan can I still get a decent astray diesel for around 30 quid a year?
Please tell me the pros and cons "
Have a look at leasing, if you do under 10k miles per year there’s some great deals available. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Is the road duty going to go through the roof
...Alan can I still get a decent astray diesel for around 30 quid a year?
Please tell me the pros and cons
Have a look at leasing, if you do under 10k miles per year there’s some great deals available. "
Don’t |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"You can get a decent Mondeo for less than 3k
Watch out for the DPF problems though
Or even a mk3 Mondeo on a 57 with no DPF. Plenty still around and you'll save yourself nearly £2k.
I've had 3 in my time.. one petrol and two heavies and all did well. Bought for £1.8k to £3k and ran two into the ground after over 80k miles.
Look for a Ghia or Titanium as little in the price but heated and cooled leathee seats are wonderful.
The last got rear ended twice in 5 days in the snow which the 2nd at 50mph into me killed it."
Stay away from Ford |
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"Is the road duty going to go through the roof
...Alan can I still get a decent astray diesel for around 30 quid a year?
Please tell me the pros and cons
Have a look at leasing, if you do under 10k miles per year there’s some great deals available.
Don’t "
Why ? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Is the road duty going to go through the roof
...Alan can I still get a decent astray diesel for around 30 quid a year?
Please tell me the pros and cons
Have a look at leasing, if you do under 10k miles per year there’s some great deals available.
Don’t
Why ? "
You get locked in a deal and then the depreciation.. bite my hand |
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"Is the road duty going to go through the roof
...Alan can I still get a decent astray diesel for around 30 quid a year?
Please tell me the pros and cons
Have a look at leasing, if you do under 10k miles per year there’s some great deals available.
Don’t
Why ?
You get locked in a deal and then the depreciation.. bite my hand "
Depends what deal you go for, If you go for a PCH the depreciation doesn’t matter. I’ve just got a Jag XF on a 36m contract for £325p/m. In 2017 over 70% of all new cars in the UK were leased. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Is the road duty going to go through the roof
...Alan can I still get a decent astray diesel for around 30 quid a year?
Please tell me the pros and cons
Have a look at leasing, if you do under 10k miles per year there’s some great deals available.
Don’t
Why ?
You get locked in a deal and then the depreciation.. bite my hand
Depends what deal you go for, If you go for a PCH the depreciation doesn’t matter. I’ve just got a Jag XF on a 36m contract for £325p/m. In 2017 over 70% of all new cars in the UK were leased. "
Errmmm you counter-played your own argument  |
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"Is the road duty going to go through the roof
...Alan can I still get a decent astray diesel for around 30 quid a year?
Please tell me the pros and cons
Have a look at leasing, if you do under 10k miles per year there’s some great deals available.
Don’t
Why ?
You get locked in a deal and then the depreciation.. bite my hand
Depends what deal you go for, If you go for a PCH the depreciation doesn’t matter. I’ve just got a Jag XF on a 36m contract for £325p/m. In 2017 over 70% of all new cars in the UK were leased. "
So over the course of the contract you've spent £12k with nothing to show for it? |
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"Get a Dacia more for your money. Duster is a good car
More for your money?
Dacia is cheap for a reason, they’re some of the worst speced cars out there. That’s why they’re cheap, even when new. "
True !!! |
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"Is the road duty going to go through the roof
...Alan can I still get a decent astray diesel for around 30 quid a year?
Please tell me the pros and cons
Have a look at leasing, if you do under 10k miles per year there’s some great deals available.
Don’t
Why ?
You get locked in a deal and then the depreciation.. bite my hand
Depends what deal you go for, If you go for a PCH the depreciation doesn’t matter. I’ve just got a Jag XF on a 36m contract for £325p/m. In 2017 over 70% of all new cars in the UK were leased.
Errmmm you counter-played your own argument "
Really explain, we Irish aren’t the brightest??. How much do you think a car depreciates when you drive it of the forecourt ? The fact you think depreciation matters in PCH leasing tells me you’re not aware of all the different options available. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Get a Dacia more for your money. Duster is a good car
More for your money?
Dacia is cheap for a reason, they’re some of the worst speced cars out there. That’s why they’re cheap, even when new.
True !!! "
Do not touch a Dacia, I repeat do not touch a Dacia
You will be better off with Skoda/Toyota/Honda/Mazda
Thank me later, oh no wait, I’ve changed my mind, you can thank me now  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Focus. End of thread. Just budget £500 in to the price to have the dpf and egr valve deleted and you'll not go wrong. And for those that mean about the dpf delete you can kiss my fat white arse "
Don’t delete the DPF what e er you do! Check out the new MOT rules, any smoke detected from a diesel which is supposed to have a dpf at mot time will fail.
Have a look at jaguar x type diesels.
Leasing can work out a lot every month if you have cash to buy there’s not much to pay every month.
Seal Ibiza/Leon 1.6 diesels are quite good too. |
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"Get a Dacia more for your money. Duster is a good car
More for your money?
Dacia is cheap for a reason, they’re some of the worst speced cars out there. That’s why they’re cheap, even when new.
True !!! "
I find the Duster a nice little car, it is only 4x2 but it suits my needs very very. The money j saved got me a nice little motorcycle. |
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"Get a Dacia more for your money. Duster is a good car
More for your money?
Dacia is cheap for a reason, they’re some of the worst speced cars out there. That’s why they’re cheap, even when new.
True !!!
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Suppose the other side of that is there's less to go wrong |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Get a Dacia more for your money. Duster is a good car
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To be honest I've had a little look at theses this morning and they don't look bad at all for the price....they have a Renault engine in them
....thinking of a test drive tomorrow |
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Dacias are old model Renaults built in Romania.
Renault Service them in the UK.
Most Manufacturers build in the former east European countries these days but the Dacias are cheap for a reason. That said it’s really down to your situation and budget. I’ve had fantastic Fords and awful Vauxhall’s , others have it the other way round.
It can be a lottery going to an auction and not for the non mechanical person but there are bargains. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Dacias are old model Renaults built in Romania.
Renault Service them in the UK.
Most Manufacturers build in the former east European countries these days but the Dacias are cheap for a reason. That said it’s really down to your situation and budget. I’ve had fantastic Fords and awful Vauxhall’s , others have it the other way round.
It can be a lottery going to an auction and not for the non mechanical person but there are bargains. "
I won’t take a Ford if somebody gave me for free said my friend’s grand dad |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Get a Dacia more for your money. Duster is a good car
To be honest I've had a little look at theses this morning and they don't look bad at all for the price....they have a Renault engine in them
....thinking of a test drive tomorrow "
The Dacia’s ride is like going over a teenage’s face, don’t buy Dacia & thank me later, oh no wait, I’ve changed my mind, you can thank me now |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Dacias are old model Renaults built in Romania.
Renault Service them in the UK.
Most Manufacturers build in the former east European countries these days but the Dacias are cheap for a reason. That said it’s really down to your situation and budget. I’ve had fantastic Fords and awful Vauxhall’s , others have it the other way round.
It can be a lottery going to an auction and not for the non mechanical person but there are bargains. "
Feck off ....I've spent more time at traffic lights then you've had behind the wheel  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Is the road duty going to go through the roof
...Alan can I still get a decent astray diesel for around 30 quid a year?
Please tell me the pros and cons
Have a look at leasing, if you do under 10k miles per year there’s some great deals available.
Don’t
Why ?
You get locked in a deal and then the depreciation.. bite my hand "
I'd agree a couple of years back you could get some great deals on leasing....I'd sooner buy one now then pay the inflated leasing costs.. |
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"Dacias are old model Renaults built in Romania.
Renault Service them in the UK.
Most Manufacturers build in the former east European countries these days but the Dacias are cheap for a reason. That said it’s really down to your situation and budget. I’ve had fantastic Fords and awful Vauxhall’s , others have it the other way round.
It can be a lottery going to an auction and not for the non mechanical person but there are bargains.
Feck off ....I've spent more time at traffic lights then you've had behind the wheel "
Doubtful! 35k per year for last 30 + years unfortunately. Slightly less now but lots of time in airports! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Get a Dacia more for your money. Duster is a good car
To be honest I've had a little look at theses this morning and they don't look bad at all for the price....they have a Renault engine in them
....thinking of a test drive tomorrow
The Dacia’s ride is like going over a teenage’s face, don’t buy Dacia & thank me later, oh no wait, I’ve changed my mind, you can thank me now "
Iv had loads of cars in 35 years of driving and the dacia duster is probably the best out the lot,iv had fords,renaults,Peugeots,Vauxhalls blah blah |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Get a Dacia more for your money. Duster is a good car
Great car I fuckin love them,so easy to drive
How the feck did I miss you  "
What you blabbin about now? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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are the government not slowly but surely kind of banning diesels
11 quid to enter london on top of the congestion charge
to be honest with a small engined car and your not doing many miles just get a petrol , the difference isnt huge .
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By (user no longer on site)
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"What are they like on economics?
Get a Toyota Aygo
3 grand....ave a word "
You can get one for 3 grand or a 64 plate with 8000 miles for 4200-4500
No road tax
60+ mpg
Little fun to drive with Bluetooth and cruise control with a touch 7” display
And most importantly no issues
Cheap parts
Cheap tyres
Cheap service
Insurance group 2-4
Comfortable ride
Pure joy
Thank me later, oh no wait, I’ve changed my mind you can tank me now |
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"Focus. End of thread. Just budget £500 in to the price to have the dpf and egr valve deleted and you'll not go wrong. And for those that mean about the dpf delete you can kiss my fat white arse
Don’t delete the DPF what e er you do! Check out the new MOT rules, any smoke detected from a diesel which is supposed to have a dpf at mot time will fail.
Have a look at jaguar x type diesels.
Leasing can work out a lot every month if you have cash to buy there’s not much to pay every month.
Seal Ibiza/Leon 1.6 diesels are quite good too."
I really can't be arsed explaining how wrong you are |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I'd go audi a4. Go for the 1.9 pd lump over the 2.0"
I'd agree,I've recently bought a VW Bora 1.9 TDi pd. Sixty mpg, pulls like a train & payed less than 2K. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"I'd go audi a4. Go for the 1.9 pd lump over the 2.0
I'd agree,I've recently bought a VW Bora 1.9 TDi pd. Sixty mpg, pulls like a train & payed less than 2K. "
How old was it when you bought it though? |
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"Is the road duty going to go through the roof
...Alan can I still get a decent astray diesel for around 30 quid a year?
Please tell me the pros and cons
Have a look at leasing, if you do under 10k miles per year there’s some great deals available.
Don’t
Why ?
You get locked in a deal and then the depreciation.. bite my hand
Depends what deal you go for, If you go for a PCH the depreciation doesn’t matter. I’ve just got a Jag XF on a 36m contract for £325p/m. In 2017 over 70% of all new cars in the UK were leased.
So over the course of the contract you've spent £12k with nothing to show for it?"
That's the issue with PCH and a lot of them ask for sizeable upfront rentals as well |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Is the road duty going to go through the roof
...Alan can I still get a decent astray diesel for around 30 quid a year?
Please tell me the pros and cons
Have a look at leasing, if you do under 10k miles per year there’s some great deals available.
Don’t
Why ?
You get locked in a deal and then the depreciation.. bite my hand
Depends what deal you go for, If you go for a PCH the depreciation doesn’t matter. I’ve just got a Jag XF on a 36m contract for £325p/m. In 2017 over 70% of all new cars in the UK were leased.
So over the course of the contract you've spent £12k with nothing to show for it?
That's the issue with PCH and a lot of them ask for sizeable upfront rentals as well"
Going back just 2 years back I could have got a Citroen C1 for 65 quid a month over a 12 month lease...only 200 upfront too....it would cast at least double now...there's yoke to do it and tested not to..now is the not to. |
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"Is the road duty going to go through the roof
...Alan can I still get a decent astray diesel for around 30 quid a year?
Please tell me the pros and cons
Have a look at leasing, if you do under 10k miles per year there’s some great deals available.
Don’t
Why ?
You get locked in a deal and then the depreciation.. bite my hand
Depends what deal you go for, If you go for a PCH the depreciation doesn’t matter. I’ve just got a Jag XF on a 36m contract for £325p/m. In 2017 over 70% of all new cars in the UK were leased.
So over the course of the contract you've spent £12k with nothing to show for it?
And if I’d bought it outright would it not depreciate in value ? The reason I lease is I like to change my cars every couple of years, I do under 10k miles per year so leasing is a good for me. On average a new car will lose 40% if it’s value over 3yrs. If I bought the basic xf model I’d pay over 33k, 40% of that over 3yrs is over 13k. If you shop around there’s some good deals.
That's the issue with PCH and a lot of them ask for sizeable upfront rentals as well"
It depends, there’s 100
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By (user no longer on site)
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I picked up a 2013 Smart fortwo cdi last year for £3k.
The lowest diesel emissioned production car produced. Zero road tax and returns a healthy 62-70mpg.
Cheap to insure too.
What's not to love about it? |
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"I'd go audi a4. Go for the 1.9 pd lump over the 2.0
I'd agree,I've recently bought a VW Bora 1.9 TDi pd. Sixty mpg, pulls like a train & payed less than 2K.
How old was it when you bought it though?"
Its on a 04 plate. |
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