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JohnDale
Joined: 19 Mar 2008
Posts: 790
Location: Kelvin Valley,Scotland
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 Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2017 3:28 pm Post subject: Where to buy a new car? |
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Surprisingly, despite being the area most people associate with higher expenses, London is not the worst place to buy a car. The living index uses a Volkswagen Golf 1.4 TSI 150 CV (or a car equivalent to this), finding the average price of a car, purchased new and with no optional extras, in 6 different cities:
Sheffield: £17,171
Manchester: £17,369
London: £18,663
Birmingham: £19,608
Cardiff: £20,708
Newcastle-Upon-Tyne: £21,254
If you compare the price of this vehicle in Sheffield and Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, you’re paying £4,083 more for the same vehicle. Given that it’s less than 3 hours, or around 130 miles, driving by road, many potential buyers might now be considering factoring in the cost of a commute into their car budget.
Don't think peppiB was looking for a new car anyway,cheers,JD.
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peppiB
Joined: 30 Jun 2008
Posts: 686
Location: Newcastle upon Tyne
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New cars are full of electronic wizzardry, all of which is subject to failure causing the car to revert to 'safe' mode, or complete failure
I will stick with my trusty classics, thank you  |
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Ashley
Joined: 02 Jan 2008
Posts: 1426
Location: Near Stroud, Glos
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| peppiB wrote: | New cars are full of electronic wizzardry, all of which is subject to failure causing the car to revert to 'safe' mode, or complete failure
I will stick with my trusty classics, thank you |
I think they went through a stage of having electronic issues nobody could fix in the late eighties and early nineties, but not now. Modern cars are unbelievably reliable and fantastic to drive. If they have a problem iit is owner neglect. As they age and their value falls, people are reluctant to repair or replace items until so much is wrong, they get scrapped. This is a Brit disease, Continentals make their cars last far longer. |
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bob2
Joined: 06 Dec 2007
Posts: 1728
Location: Malta
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Even 80s and 90s ones could be fixed!!
However modern cars have far too much of it and they can be repaired but at what expense?!
Normally the repair costs are astronomical. |
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