fish_man
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did that with a bike once, took old bike in for a service , went too collect it at 14:00, drove out with new bike at 17:00 ....so ja it can be done.....
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Buying a new car
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I think it all depends on how you are paying. Cash deals will be faster than financed deals, due to the loads of paper the bank required and the new laws. My hand felt numb after all the pages I had to sign...
patrick
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What!
spiderz
Honorary Master
Jip, was the exact model I was looking for at the right price, one owner.
Damm thing is now already classified as a Classical car according to my insurance ...
CeeBee
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Perhaps new car sales going up now, BECAUSE of bad economy?
I just got a brand new car too... not exactly planned... had 2006 Nissan Micra 1.5dCi... excellent power and fuel consumption, really great little car... but damn, the thing was starting to become really expensive in recent months.... expensive on services, every friggin time something else HAS to be replaced... this last service needed new shocks and wheel bearings (R9K)... alternator going bust (R13K)... all this on a car i still owe R45K on.... too much for me... and if i fix it, no gaurantee next week won't be something else, sucking my bank account dry.
So decided, hand in as trade in, and take brand new car.... of course made R197K new debt
, but at least don't have to sukkel with car trouble for next 5 years.And best of all, new car monthly payment is actually LOWER than old car (lower interest rate, lower insurance, won't need to make budget payments on credit card to pay for out of warranty repairs
)of course its a lower spec model (petrol
)... but right now, i just want a cheaper, reliable car.... so i guess many people going for new cars now for similar reasons....
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Perhaps new car sales going up now, BECAUSE of bad economy?
I just got a brand new car too... not exactly planned... had 2006 Nissan Micra 1.5dCi... excellent power and fuel consumption, really great little car... but damn, the thing was starting to become really expensive in recent months.... expensive on services, every friggin time something else HAS to be replaced... this last service needed new shocks and wheel bearings (R9K)... alternator going bust (R13K)... all this on a car i still owe R45K on.... too much for me... and if i fix it, no gaurantee next week won't be something else, sucking my bank account dry.
So decided, hand in as trade in, and take brand new car.... of course made R197K new debt
And best of all, new car monthly payment is actually LOWER than old car (lower interest rate, lower insurance, won't need to make budget payments on credit card to pay for out of warranty repairs
of course its a lower spec model (petrol
I think this is a big reason people by new cars, due to older cars costing them more money. I was in the same boat, had an old(er) car and things were breaking so it worked out cheaper buying a new car with warranty and service plan than having the old one fixed.
Also the new car was lighter on petrol (by about 6km/l). At one stage when the petrol was about R10/L, I would have paid the car off with the amount of money I saved on petrol when I have done about 80,000km in the car.
Rouxenator
Dank meme lord
It greatly depends on the condition of your older car. I know some forumites that have cars with mileage well beyond 200,000km and they are not paying an arm and a leg in maintenance and repairs. Personally I had to fork out R10k on a new head gasket for my 2001 Astra earlier this year but it included a major service and if I am honest it was still a cheaper option than to make new debt simply to get a new car.
It seems to make sense to people, but actually makes zero sense at all. What you going to be paying on a new car? R5k +-. Keep the car you have, if anything goes wrong, unless you are driving a Ferarri, 4 months repayments already gives you R20K +- to fix the car should it break. Just feels worse because you have to fork it out in one go.
SA has a really bad habit of dropping low mileage cars simply because they are out of plan.
CeeBee
Expert Member
my Micra was on 176 000 kms... so in about 4000 kms, the next service would come, with cambelt replacement, so another big bucks service ... if nothing else needed.
while new Micra doesn't get the nice 4.3L/100kms I used to get on the dCi, sofar I get about 5.2L out the new petrol model... but not the same performance
still, i had a VW Citi Golf with > 600 000kms on the clock, still going strong (mostly highway commute Pta<->Jhb), with no repayments per month, and very cheap maintenance..... till it 'dissapeared' on me (such low value so i just had 3rd party insurance)... thats when i got the dCi Micra... so it was huge increase in monthly cost, and all the recent repairs just too much for my lowly IT-guy salary... so new car with lower, fixed monthly cost, was only option.
another newish used car could've been cheaper to buy, but eish... just got a bit gatvol of car worries
while new Micra doesn't get the nice 4.3L/100kms I used to get on the dCi, sofar I get about 5.2L out the new petrol model... but not the same performance
still, i had a VW Citi Golf with > 600 000kms on the clock, still going strong (mostly highway commute Pta<->Jhb), with no repayments per month, and very cheap maintenance..... till it 'dissapeared' on me (such low value so i just had 3rd party insurance)... thats when i got the dCi Micra... so it was huge increase in monthly cost, and all the recent repairs just too much for my lowly IT-guy salary... so new car with lower, fixed monthly cost, was only option.
another newish used car could've been cheaper to buy, but eish... just got a bit gatvol of car worries
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my Micra was on 176 000 kms... so in about 4000 kms, the next service would come, with cambelt replacement, so another big bucks service ... if nothing else needed.
while new Micra doesn't get the nice 4.3L/100kms I used to get on the dCi, sofar I get about 5.2L out the new petrol model... but not the same performance
still, i had a VW Citi Golf with > 600 000kms on the clock, still going strong (mostly highway commute Pta<->Jhb), with no repayments per month, and very cheap maintenance..... till it 'dissapeared' on me (such low value so i just had 3rd party insurance)... thats when i got the dCi Micra... so it was huge increase in monthly cost, and all the recent repairs just too much for my lowly IT-guy salary... so new car with lower, fixed monthly cost, was only option.
another newish used car could've been cheaper to buy, but eish... just got a bit gatvol of car worries
600k? Wow nice!
Rouxenator
Dank meme lord
Not a given, but in general yes.
I have heard of lots of new cars that had all sort of gremlins and issues. Often with older cars you have a warning on what will go next as certain things gradually wear out.
spiderz
Honorary Master
I'll take a well serviced old car over a new car any day!
You never know what is gonna break on the new car.
The same can be said of a well serviced old car. I have seen cars that have been serviced regularly but abused in other ways, like driving in ditches. So the books look good, the upper part of the car is fine, but when you put the car on the lift the horror unfolds.
The thing about a new car that is still under guarantee the change that you are going to pay for what has to be fixed is relatively small. This still gives peace of mind to me.