29-12-2012, 01:41 PM
(29-12-2012, 12:26 PM)Ruan Wrote: Literally NONE of these deals are any good, the only good "deal" is to do it yourself sadly...
There are better deals than others, but sadly unless you literally go to the shops and back per week, they're pointless...
Unless you're disabled!! The mobility scheme is damn good. And they do replace anything for free as well, my Grandad had two cars on mobility (3 years at a time).
The thing with brand new cars though, is if you can afford to buy one (or even with a loan or whatever) they are so cheap to run its ridiculous. Mums 12 plate swift for example, its the top spec one on the 1.2 (96bhp iirc) petrol with keyless entry/button start/window tints/16" alloys etc etc - she pays less than £200 a year insurance, £30 a year to tax (with the first year free) and she averages over 55mpg on petrol - so its quicker than the HDi...and cheaper on fuel! And I doubt anything will break on it for years either (unless she's unlucky enough to get a nail in a tyre lol
) and you get that feeling of solidarity and saftety that its not gonna fall apart which you just don't get with older cars, even the MK4s don't feel solid these days like a new car. But thats just my opinion anyway.