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Originally Posted by Owenski
Many reasons for going for a new car are mainly due to experience, 2nd hand cars have only ever cost me money above what I budgeted. For example I've had a 3 series before that I took a loan out for. The loan repayments were about my budget the remainder of which I put to one side each month. Then general issues began causing bigger and bigger bills before I had little choice than to sell the car pay off the loan and buy a cheap run around... then another... then another etc you get the picture. However my wife shortly before I bought the 3 series bought a brand new golf, she made her payments and ran the car. Only this year has that golf been sold and outside of MOT and consumables the only expense we have ever had is for a rear brake calliper that died.
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I understand where you're coming from with regards to maintainence but you'd have to take be very unlucky to spend more in maintainence on a 5ish year old car then you would lose in depriciation on a new one.
I've been trying to convince myself for the past year a brand new car will work out cheaper but the sums just don't add up.