Andy wrote:
Jeez Dusty! Many cabs bought for less than £1,250? Do the peeps in your manor ever question what their operating costs are? It costs a fortune to keep old motors on the road when you are doing the kind of mileage each of us does in a year. Not to mention the downtime when they are in for repairs.
Well I'd like to see comparative costs Andy, no doubt your analysis is correct in some cases, but in general terms I would say that older cars are cheaper to run.
In my manor I would say that the old cars seem to give less bother than the newer ones, although I wouldn't like to generalise, but I know that some of the lads who've invested big money have had endless expense and problems.
On the other hand, some of the older ones seem to have gone two or three times round the clock and can generally be repaired quite cheaply.
Of course it depends on warranty and suchlike.
On a related point, does anyone have comparative figures for fully comp and TFO insurance on similar cars.
In other words, what would be the insurance saving on an old heap TPO as compared to a newer motor fully comp.
Dusty
my experience newer cars are cheaper to run and cheaper to insure as well, its a falicy that the value has any bearing to insurers,
they like to think you are less lightly to pile up your new merc that yer old datsun.
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