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The Lostprophet
Joined: Oct 10, 2004
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id be boring and pick a fiesta. good allround card. nice engine. not a bad spec and dnt look to bad.
if ur not to keen on 2nd hand car, have u looked into maybe a 6month old demo car from a main dealer, they will have been looked after (even in the 6months) sure if ur requirements are not to werid and unique im sure they will find u one.
just an idea 
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fatreg
Joined: Jul 26, 2003
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seems all my thinking was a waste, at the 11th hour my car has been fixed  (so they claim)
will be testing it thoroughly and if it's not fixed I will be on the about for a new one!
Oli.. VW Polo not beetle 
I like the Skoda Fabia but it's 5 door and I only want/need a 3 door
but all the above is off atm boohoo...
Still like the C2 BRX plate though
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arien617
Joined: Feb 01, 2006
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Reg..
if you buy the Fiat 500...
this is £440:
via RegTransfers
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fatreg
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I may just buy a BRX plate anyway.. I miss mine!
http://www.uknumberplates.org/ is the cheapest place I've found and they do a grid that is very easy to understand to display plates
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haynesycop
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I really want a car, need to get off my arse and sort something out, it would have to be on finance though, do you guys think good deals can be had at all this way, where you don't end up paying £10,000 plus for say a £7,000 car?
I'm after something brand new but only something small, like the following and something cheap to insure really, would never think of getting something second hand unless i could buy outright and that just isn't possible.
Fiat 500
Toyota Yaris
Renault Clio
Are some of the cars i've been thinking about, just wondered if something goes wrong with them which is the best to have for parts and labour etc etc, as you can see i'm abit clueless. Sorry to hijack your thread.
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fatreg
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totally lost what thread I'm in here....
oh! I remembered...
Unless you can get a 0% APR jobby wifey, I wouldn't do it through them.. the 0% APR jobbies also mean you need to pay a balloon payment at the end of like £3k or so...
you bestest bet, would be a loan from your current employer, the bank arm of your company do a good rate on something over £8k I think it is, then you can buy the car for "cash" from the dealer and you won't need to pay £3k at the end.. it'll be all yours..
although where would you park it? 
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haynesycop
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So i guess what your saying is to just get say a £10,000 loan from the bank and not touch a garage, i guess it all depends on the loan interest really. I'd park it where you parked yours, don't see why i shouldn't be able to have a car, me and mum will have to take it in turns as to who has it on the path.
I just hate the fact that people way younger than me have wheels and i haven't just because i don't have anywhere to park one, so i'm going to get something later this year, really really tempted by the Fiat 500 it is fit as. Thanks for the help on this.
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fatreg
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yeah the bank do a 7.3% rate...
although Barclaycard and Tesco do a 6.8% on loans over £4k..
So... borrowing £10,000 from your rival, will cost you £307.11 a month over 3 years and £11,056 in total...
the quicker you pay it back the least it's going to cost you...
trimming the 3 years down to 2.5 makes it £362.66 a month, therefore £10,880 in total....
What you really want is a Mum that works at Barclays bank and can get a loan for 5%...... hehehe
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haynesycop
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Hello Mummy Reginald!
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arien617
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I really don't know why i just read through fatreg's posts but thanks as it's completely thrown me off my maths. Corr this feels like school.
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haynesycop
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I'm going to take the plunge, once i've been to NYC in July i'll get onto the bank, can't wait to have my own wheels, then i can come and visit you in Dorset, providing i purchase a tomtom.
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arien617
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no tomtoms!
It may cost a fair bit more but a fitted Pioneer unit will look right nicer!
Oh and used Alfas are dirt cheap, and nice, thanks to poor residuals.
The Toyota Aygo is small and cheap.. and it's Toyota, so it won't break
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haynesycop
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I like the Aygo that was the other one i was thinking off, they played football with that on Top Gear right? I do love the Fiat 500 though so it'll probably that and like fatreg it has to brand new, no MOT to worry about then.
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arien617
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Yeah that is the one, they did it with the VW Fox as well.
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carkitter
Joined: Apr 29, 2005
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@haynesycop
Go for the Yaris or better still a Corolla - endlessly reliable and very well built. And don't forget the Sony MEX-BT2500 A2DP headunit of course! 
@fatreg
I know its moot now that your car is getting repared, but if you chose a Fiat, Citroen, VW, or Fiesta over an IS200 (even 2nd hand) you need your head read.
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Posted: 2008-04-09 19:48
