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Originally Posted by pgarner  no id agree that newer drivers are buying a lot newer cars. i started out in an 8 year old car, then a 6 year old then 16 year old before buying the bora as a 4 year old.
i live in the street and the amount of young drivers, mainly girls, are buying brand new cars not long after they pass their test. i think it was more Citroen that started this with the cashback and free insurance deals on the saxo.
the problem with buying a new or nearly new car for a first one is the fact it does rarely have problems with them ( that arent covered by warranties) so you gain less experience doing thing on them.
with the fiesta ( first car ) i learnt how to change oil, air filter, sparks, leads, dizzy cap, rotor arm, and coil. learnt a large amount of electrical as so many things were needing wired back up due to corrosion |
That's a very good point
Granted my car was only 7 years old when I got it, but (perhaps due to my nature) I've been doing as much to it as I can. I've learnt to change the oil, filters, spark plugs, leads etc... I've fitted central locking (It seemed like a really big job at the time
), changed the break disks and pads, and a whole bunch of other things.
I bought my car for £2000 at 7 years old with 39k on the clock. I don't think I'm likely to ever buy a brand new car. You loose so much money on them. My father changes his car every three years or so. He's got an SLK 230 at the moment and has recently had a SAAB 93 Aero convertible, a Honda Ledgend (Suprisingly quick car. Scared the hell out of a few boy racers) and some other really nice cars. He's bought them all second hand and has never lost more than £1000 on them when he's sold them. If he'd bought them new he probably wouldn't even get half what he would have paid for them. Not to mention that he probably wouldn't be able to afford them in the first place.
The difference for him is that he could have got a brand new Polo for the price he paid for his SLK, and in three years time when he changes his car he wouldn't get enough for the Polo to buy anything other than a second hand Polo or equivilent.
It's all fine when you've got maximum no claims and pay £200 a year to insure an SLK like he does
