High mileage lovely spec..Am I mad?

jca

colm_mcm wrote: »

Goalposts moving again

I've given up, the fella who owned the ball has gone home! I have it booked in to be serviced on Monday. I washed it by hand and hoovered it out yesterday, gave the leather on the seats a clean up with my leather wipes. It looks like new, drives like a dream. Will drive away until something just grabs my attention. That S60 is a beauty in fairness. The 2012 passat tsi dsg I posted earlier would have me running but not for 23000 yoyo's.

MuppetCheck

Here's an idea...might not work for you but i see Skoda are doing 0% PCP deals. Obviously you'd be saving for a new car or something so with your budget its close-ish to new. Would a new one work? Any equity in your own plus your upgrade budget would pay for it for three years. Savings in the meantime should settle the rest. Then decide what to do.

jca

MuppetCheck wrote: »

Here's an idea...might not work for you but i see Skoda are doing 0% PCP deals. Obviously you'd be saving for a new car or something so with your budget its close-ish to new. Would a new one work? Any equity in your own plus your upgrade budget would pay for it for three years. Savings in the meantime should settle the rest. Then decide what to do.

I looked into the pcp with skoda which, in the final wash out is the only way I'm going to get the car I want. I think I'll build up my money a bit more and maybe go for a 162.

Donkeygonads

Car of the moment is the new Hyundai Tucson ... Hyundai are number 1 in Ireland for 2016 new car registrations so far ... VW are 5th , the emission scandal is starting to show !. Get a Tucson Comfort 1.6 petrol - 132hp, €26,745 ...on PCP ... Hot resale value as its a new model, 5 yr unlimited mileage warranty ...these crossovers have taken over from saloon cars as car of choice .... . Vw / Skoda ... Over rated, overpriced and dull.

jca

Donkeygonads wrote: »

Car of the moment is the new Hyundai Tucson ... Hyundai are number 1 in Ireland for 2016 new car registrations so far ... VW are 5th , the emission scandal is starting to show !. Get a Tucson Comfort 1.6 petrol - 132hp, €26,745 ...on PCP ... Hot resale value as its a new model, 5 yr unlimited mileage warranty ...these crossovers have taken over from saloon cars as car of choice .... . Vw / Skoda ... Over rated, overpriced and dull.

Irish toy jeep, no thanks. .. I don't vote Fine Gael. Hot resale value? On a Hyundai? Pull the other one.

Donkeygonads

If someone wanted a family car 10 years ago, they bought an Avensis, Mondeo, Passat etc ... Last year the Avensis was the 25th best selling car in Ireland :eek: Ten years ago it was in the top 3 !!! . Since the Nissan Qashqai came out in 2007, the 'Irish Toy Jeep' has become an overnight success , hyundai followed with the Ix35 , Kia with the Sportage ....resale values for 3-4 year old models of these cars is through the roof, as alot of Paddy joe's out there simply cant afford a brand new car but can afford a 3-4 year old. Sales of new saloon cars are falling faster than sales of Nokia's !!! Very few Skoda dealers would even :pretail a 3 yr old model with 100k miles .... Thats 160,000km ... And probably out of manufacturer's warranty, so it 's down to whatever warranty the seller will give you. €18,000 is far too high for that Skoda with little residual value in 3-4 years time . Think how you can put that hard earned money to better use ... You're doing small mileage and want some get up and go ...so, Petrol engine ...the new Tucson has had rave reviews, drives really well and in 3 years if you availed of a PCP plan, the resale value will be excellent ..... Otherwise, you'd be better off putting that 18k into a brown paper bag and setting fire to it, than buying that Starship Enterprise mileage Skoda !:P

superfish

You guys are seriously getting ripped off for cars over there I had forgotten how expensive Ireland is but that is a total piss take I would pay about 9 grand max for that, and the road tax ? You guys are seriously getting taken from behind on a grand scale.

bazz26

Yes the crossover segment has ate into large size family saloon sales but traditionally the Irish always liked their saloons especially Toyota ones. But one of the real reasons the Avensis has fallen from grace so much with Irish buyers is that the current car is on it's second facelift since the 3rd generation was launched back in 2009. Back in 2009 it wasn't a particularly great car to begin with, didn't do anything particularly bad but was never class leading either and felt cheaply build.

The latest facelift suggests that Toyota are ready to abandon this segment sooner rather than later - facelifting an aging design twice rather than developing a new model, replacing in-house diesel engines with engines supplied by another manufacturer that don't have the best track record rather than designing new ones, all the hallmarks of a unwillingness to invest the money required to really compete in the segment.

jca

Donkeygonads wrote: »

If someone wanted a family car 10 years ago, they bought an Avensis, Mondeo, Passat etc ... Last year the Avensis was the 25th best selling car in Ireland :eek: Ten years ago it was in the top 3 !!! . Since the Nissan Qashqai came out in 2007, the 'Irish Toy Jeep' has become an overnight success , hyundai followed with the Ix35 , Kia with the Sportage ....resale values for 3-4 year old models of these cars is through the roof, as alot of Paddy joe's out there simply cant afford a brand new car but can afford a 3-4 year old. Sales of new saloon cars are falling faster than sales of Nokia's !!! Very few Skoda dealers would even :pretail a 3 yr old model with 100k miles .... Thats 160,000km ... And probably out of manufacturer's warranty, so it 's down to whatever warranty the seller will give you. €18,000 is far too high for that Skoda with little residual value in 3-4 years time . Think how you can put that hard earned money to better use ... You're doing small mileage and want some get up and go ...so, Petrol engine ...the new Tucson has had rave reviews, drives really well and in 3 years if you availed of a PCP plan, the resale value will be excellent ..... Otherwise, you'd be better off putting that 18k into a brown paper bag and setting fire to it, than buying that Starship Enterprise mileage Skoda !:P

Have you read the thread at all? The original car I started with was a Passat not an Octavia. As it turns out one of the posters on this thread knows this cars history which is quite good but as I've also said because of my mileage I should stick with petrol. It's getting repetitive now but, I don't want a jumped up wanna be horsey set crossover plastic pretend jeep of any type, do you understand? If I want an all terrain vehicle I'll buy one built for the purpose, not a show off at the school gates, 2 wheel drive made of plastic piece of Korean rubbish.

jca

superfish wrote: »

You guys are seriously getting ripped off for cars over there I had forgotten how expensive Ireland is but that is a total piss take I would pay about 9 grand max for that, and the road tax ? You guys are seriously getting taken from behind on a grand scale.

Well I've lived "over here" as you put it, all my life. I've always bought my cars "over here" too. A bit of a pointless post tbh.