Things have moved on during the last 20 years or so.
Hardly any cars rust.
Cars look the same even after about 15 years, EG Ford Fiesta. Unless you
know your cars, from the outside you will not be able to tell. The Mini is another, the BMW, it's grown in size but to me looks the same and the only way I can tell if one is 15 years old or a year old from a distance is via the reg plate.
Also, leasing or other schemes have come along which I hardly know anything about as we have never leased/HP a car always paid for with cash IE bought outright.
Owning a brand new car, especially one you have often thought about when you was younger is
something that a pre-reg/used car can never match IMO. Once you got that car/s, then you start thinking on the next step up.
We've wasted too much cash on cars and may consider the next car being one owner and privately owned not one owner and ran by a rental firm. Low miles sub 8k for 12 months old to about 10 for a 14-ish month old car.
ATM, the market on some cars is that you are paying more than the RRP on a one-year-old used car than a brand new one because of shortages. A good example is that one of my siblings sold a top of the range mini suv, Porsche Macan and actually got more for it than what they purchased it for about 30 months ago.
When markets settle, We may consider a one-year old S Class Coupe. However, undecided atm.
Cars last a lot longer than 20 or so years ago and as I said, I've not really seen rust on cars that are about 20 year old or newer unless they've had poor crash repairs.
My OH said the best time to buy a used car when it is about 24 months old and even a better time at three years old but that is too old for me as we intend to keep them for up to three years.
Btw, me, my OH, my ex, our children, parents, and siblings all have automatics as so much more relaxing and these days with EV's they are sort of automatic anyways I think but EV's are not for us ATM.
If we were to be used, it goes without saying that it has to be immaculate, from a main dealer, and 101% smells free.
Sincerely yours.
.
PS: My first brand new cars was a Ford Cortina/V6/Ghia/Auto (got a discount as an uncle worked i their research dept) as it was hard to get the colour black those days in good condition and everyone said it was an old mans car but I loved it kept her for 4 years and started buying used again but last 14/15 years brand new cars only, easy to step up than down I guess
Hardly any cars rust.
Cars look the same even after about 15 years, EG Ford Fiesta. Unless you
know your cars, from the outside you will not be able to tell. The Mini is another, the BMW, it's grown in size but to me looks the same and the only way I can tell if one is 15 years old or a year old from a distance is via the reg plate.
Also, leasing or other schemes have come along which I hardly know anything about as we have never leased/HP a car always paid for with cash IE bought outright.
Owning a brand new car, especially one you have often thought about when you was younger is
something that a pre-reg/used car can never match IMO. Once you got that car/s, then you start thinking on the next step up.
We've wasted too much cash on cars and may consider the next car being one owner and privately owned not one owner and ran by a rental firm. Low miles sub 8k for 12 months old to about 10 for a 14-ish month old car.
ATM, the market on some cars is that you are paying more than the RRP on a one-year-old used car than a brand new one because of shortages. A good example is that one of my siblings sold a top of the range mini suv, Porsche Macan and actually got more for it than what they purchased it for about 30 months ago.
When markets settle, We may consider a one-year old S Class Coupe. However, undecided atm.
Cars last a lot longer than 20 or so years ago and as I said, I've not really seen rust on cars that are about 20 year old or newer unless they've had poor crash repairs.
My OH said the best time to buy a used car when it is about 24 months old and even a better time at three years old but that is too old for me as we intend to keep them for up to three years.
Btw, me, my OH, my ex, our children, parents, and siblings all have automatics as so much more relaxing and these days with EV's they are sort of automatic anyways I think but EV's are not for us ATM.
If we were to be used, it goes without saying that it has to be immaculate, from a main dealer, and 101% smells free.
Sincerely yours.
.
PS: My first brand new cars was a Ford Cortina/V6/Ghia/Auto (got a discount as an uncle worked i their research dept) as it was hard to get the colour black those days in good condition and everyone said it was an old mans car but I loved it kept her for 4 years and started buying used again but last 14/15 years brand new cars only, easy to step up than down I guess
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