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Why are so many people buying new cars??

kluivert · 2006-01-23 15:16:50

Its not the end of the month yet and i dont recall seeing so many new cars on the road (06) so early on in the year. Have people got more money now or willing to take out a loan for a new car. This country has gone car mad. Its alot of money to be spending, so why or whats the motivation behind buying new and is it…

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#62 30-01-2006 2:14pm
japanpaul

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bazz26 wrote:

I agree, especially the way the Irish in general treat their cars and the amount of rubish that is sitting on many forecourts. It is difficult to find a nice used car these days that hasn't taken some sort of abuse or not properly maintained.

But in saying that changing to a new car every year does seem like a waste of money. Ah sure everyone to their own I guess.

I was going to reply to this here but since it's a little off topic I created a new thread here:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2054882407

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#63 30-01-2006 2:59pm
ambro25

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I have a '98 mx-5 and a '97 impreza.
Both bought second-hand cash (mx-5 £12k 5 years ago, scoob £3k mid-'04), both imported in Ireland since. Both are being maintained yearly (scoob 2x year, mazda 1x year) back in the UK.

I'd like to think I'll still be driving around the mx-5 in 10 years' time: at 8 years old and 45 kmiles on the clock today, it still turns more heads in Dublin centre than a €50k+ new car. If I stay in Ireland, at the going rate, I'll be putting just under 1kmile a year on it.

And I'd like to think the Impreza' still good for at least 50kmiles + (currently 72kmiles), at which time I'll probably change it for another Impreza for under £5k, and good for 50 to 70kmiles at least. That one's getting about 10kmiles a year on.

As posted in-thread earlier, though a committed petrol-head, I have much better uses for multiple €000s than sponsoring GVT misuse of motoring revenue and outrightly-thieving dealers.

Moreover, considering Irish drivers (yeah, generalising, I know, I know... ), Irish roads, Dublin traffic and car parks, worsening road manners (noticeably so, within a year from landing here :eek: ), etc, etc. I wouldn't want to own a new car around these parts - thinking of the added stress, here!

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