Small SUV

[PJ87]

Ahhh....maybe I should start a thread about the 5 most horrible car choices....and 5 best?

Not planning on going electric at this point. I really am pretty lazy with car buying. I am a good candidate for an electric though.....about 4000 miles a year, rarely further away from Harrogate than 15 miles. This car will be my last biggish car....still smaller than the Suzuki Vitara we got rid of last spring. At the point I get rid of this car....whether it's a lease or purchase....I'll be 70+ and will likely go back to something smaller. If they have the electric stuff improved by then I could see something like the new Inster. I don't know that many people, but I've still heard too many people have to wait quite a while to get their electric cars fixed.

If you can afford and can go electric I fully recommend it. My parents going to their first EV at the weekend, I'm full EV in both the cars at ours

The trade off for long repairs is that they have much less moving parts so less to go wrong. The repairs issue is being addressed anyways

My parents example they bought a 1 year old niro that comes with 7 year warranty (approved used gets 7 years from moment you drive off) it's top of range like mine so heated steering wheel, heated seats front and back. Ventilated seats front. Power tailgate . All things that will assist my mum now she's pushing 70. The car was 31k

Now I found them a cheaper one (25k 2 year old with 15k miles) but they wanted the almost brand new one (1k miles)

If you drive not far they just make driving so simple..plug in before bed wake up to full and repeat. Never go petrol station again

Also the servicing is cheaper and less frequent. Mine is every 20k miles or 2 years

 

[bobmac]

but I've still heard too many people have to wait quite a while to get their electric cars fixed.

My friend bought a new Vauxhall Moka petrol, it's been in the garage for 3 months with the engine stripped

 

[PJ87]

My friend bought a new Vauxhall Moka petrol, it's been in the garage for 3 months with the engine stripped

To be fair bob the longest my awful Corsa was in the garage was 3 months waiting for an abs wiring loom which was a non EV issue

The only EV issue it had yes the part took ages but it was drivable so I had it until the part arrived

 

[Oddsocks]

Got to be worth looking at a Dacia Duster, hasn't it?
Happened to be at a Dacia Renault dealer a couple of weeks ago and they had the brand new one in the car park - just delivered. Looked really nice. I'm very keen to have a test drive and I'm not even in the market for a new car right now.

My wife has just upgraded her series 1 kaptur to the newer series 2. The newer series 2 is a much better car with the s1 quirks addressed. Definitely worth a look and if you look hard enough then some new 24 stock kicking about around £20k as they’ve just launched the series 3.

The Renault dealer gave her a duster for a few days, it was the top spec model and was a dreadful car!

 

[spongebob59]

Ford Puma ?

https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/used-car-awards

 

[Oddsocks]

To be fair bob the longest my awful Corsa was in the garage was 3 months waiting for an abs wiring loom which was a non EV issue

The only EV issue it had yes the part took ages but it was drivable so I had it until the part arrived

He wants a supercharged 5L v12 oil burner….

 

[Mandofred]

Just decided to go ahead with the Toyota Yaris Cross....I could go test drive the Citroen c3, but I can't be bothered since I found something I'm happy with. Now....trying to talk myself into leasing for the first time. I like the idea of just getting a new car in 3 years and not having to worry about new tyres, or MOT's etc. Seems to be what most people are going to these days.

 

[Fade and Die]

Just decided to go ahead with the Toyota Yaris Cross....I could go test drive the Citroen c3, but I can't be bothered since I found something I'm happy with. Now....trying to talk myself into leasing for the first time. I like the idea of just getting a new car in 3 years and not having to worry about new tyres, or MOT's etc. Seems to be what most people are going to these days.

I like your style

 

[PJ87]

He wants a supercharged 5L v12 oil burner….

Oh I didn't realise he had a small penis

 

[Mandofred]

I like your style

I'm afraid I'm like Swingitlikehogan.....it's just a car. I want dependability and as long as it is half way decent looking.....good enough. With leasing I was leaning towards that more powerful version, but the colours were too annoying for both of us. Otherwords....not decent looking. I'm really tired of this two tone colour scheme they think everybody wants. Just give me one nice colour.

Now.....what are the opinions on leasing over just buying. Definitely need to go back and talk about the leasing options.....it just goes through one ear and out the other side when they start talking. If I'm only planning on keeping the car for a few years....leasing seems to make more sense. By then who knows....maybe electric.

 

[Oddsocks]

Oh I didn't realise he had a small penis

I didn’t say convertible.

 

[spongebob59]

I'm afraid I'm like Swingitlikehogan.....it's just a car. I want dependability and as long as it is half way decent looking.....good enough. With leasing I was leaning towards that more powerful version, but the colours were too annoying for both of us. Otherwords....not decent looking. I'm really tired of this two tone colour scheme they think everybody wants. Just give me one nice colour.

Now.....what are the opinions on leasing over just buying. Definitely need to go back and talk about the leasing options.....it just goes through one ear and out the other side when they start talking. If I'm only planning on keeping the car for a few years....leasing seems to make more sense. By then who knows....maybe electric.

 

[Bunkermagnet]

I didn’t say convertible.

Or driving an EV

 

[spongebob59]

 

[Mandofred]

I saw this one but hadn't looked at it. At least from the way she covers it I'd probably be better off just buying it outright.

 

[spongebob59]

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[Bunkermagnet]

I'm afraid I'm like Swingitlikehogan.....it's just a car. I want dependability and as long as it is half way decent looking.....good enough. With leasing I was leaning towards that more powerful version, but the colours were too annoying for both of us. Otherwords....not decent looking. I'm really tired of this two tone colour scheme they think everybody wants. Just give me one nice colour.

Now.....what are the opinions on leasing over just buying. Definitely need to go back and talk about the leasing options.....it just goes through one ear and out the other side when they start talking. If I'm only planning on keeping the car for a few years....leasing seems to make more sense. By then who knows....maybe electric.

I would buy. Leasing is ok if you want to keep paying for a car. Plus if you do so little miles, why give that benefit to someone else? Buy the car and as it will have so little miles on it (and probably a full service history) it will be worth a little more than others of the same.

 

[spongebob59]

I saw this one but hadn't looked at it. At least from the way she covers it I'd probably be better off just buying it outright.

Second one suggests buying a good 3yr+ car.
Especially with Toyota as if you have car serviced there you get a year's warranty and AS cover thrown in.

 

[Crazyface]

Looking for a new car.....recommendations? Compact/small suv style. Might go down tomorrow and look at the Citroen C3, which after some research seems to be a decent car. Probably should have kept our old Suzuki Vitara that we got rid of last Spring....but even that was slightly bigger than we wanted. Not expensive. Under £30k.

Splutter splutter....Under 30k!!!!! I'm looking at 8k and think that's a lot!

 

[jim8flog]

Just decided to go ahead with the Toyota Yaris Cross....I could go test drive the Citroen c3, but I can't be bothered since I found something I'm happy with. Now....trying to talk myself into leasing for the first time. I like the idea of just getting a new car in 3 years and not having to worry about new tyres, or MOT's etc. Seems to be what most people are going to these days.

If you drive more than 6k a year do not forget to factor in additional charges.