I need some help.
Some of this may be due to newborn brain fog - ds is 7 weeks old and I'm sleep deprived.
We currently have a very old inbetweeners style fiat. I kid ye not. It has 3 doors, a teeny engine and it was born in 1999. I love my fiat, its served us very well even pottling along to london and back (260 mile trip) on the motoways.. And the insurance has been v low, esp as this is my first year of driving so I get my first no claims bonus in october.
However, we now have ds and a car seat and buggy to contend with. (As well as me dh and dd) and its just not happening.
So I am looking to buy a new car - all I have is about ÂŁ1500 to spend tops and my little car is worth about 300 part exchange (possibly more private). I just find myself getting in a pickle with it all.
Should I part exchange as its less hassle or sell privately? (But then I need a car to get to view other cars! - we are rural).
Should I wait till october till I get my no claims so insurance will be much less on a new car... But if I wait won't I be tied into another year with my current insurer which may not be the best deal?? If I buy a car now I could then renew the insurance with someone else in oct - but that's assuming (touch wood) I hang on to my no claims if I go for a "better" car... Otherwise it would be costly.
And .. I'm generally shit at knowing what's a "good car".
I mean - if it has mileage of 80k or more I'm assuming that's not good, but then a car which is younger but with a higher mileage is that better????
I've seen two real "possibles" ... A renault megane scenic 1.4 which has 77k and is 2002 and a skoda fabia 1.4 41k miles.. Any thoughts???
Sod it. I'm useless!
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To find buying a new used car a bloody nightmare!!!
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Wigglewoo · 01/08/2012 16:44
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