Peugeot "just add fuel" Good thing or not?

[Toms306]

How is £124 a month a good deal.

With that much money you could buy 3 cheap-o cars a year, run each one till it stops and then run the next one.

How is it not a good deal? I'll assume you're older than me then, seeing as I pay almost that in insurance and tax alone every month! . Plus the fact you get a new car rather than beaten up old shitter.

It's just a shame the milage is limited though.

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!)

Clutches don't just 'go' either it was faulty or you abused it, and either way it should still be under warranty so you/the company didn't have to pay for it!

However, with all the new (and nearly new) cars that I know of in family and neighbours etc, they never break! And it must be different by you, aol the broken down cars I see round here ate either older shitters that aren't looked after (usually full of dogs and children meaning the owners can't keep the car in good order) or high end cars like jags and I even saw an aston on a tow truck yesterday. Barely ever see 'mid range' cars from say 55 plate on broken down round here.