Peugeot "just add fuel" Good thing or not?

[Niall]

The mobility scheme is a completely different system Tom. You say new cars are cheaper, work depreciation into your calculations and you'll realise you're a bit out.

Any scheme like this is designed to make car companies more money, otherwise they wouldn't bother introducing it, and the extra money comes from the end user, ie you. That's not pessimism, it's just business. So if you can look after your own car mechanically, then the cheapest way to stay on the road will almost always be by maintaining an older car with decent credentials, eg a 306 diesel.

Tom i dont know why your under this impression that newer cars are more reliable. There not. The clutch went on my skoda at 9 months old. Nearly every single car i see on the hard shoulder of a motorway is less than 5 years old (and normally a Audi rather comically!)