I have a 5 yr old car, very low mileage and well looked after. I reckon I could get £3-4k for it (was £12k new).
I have worked out its costing me approx £120 per month (and thats an average month) in petrol, car ins and tax etc
I use it for the school run 3 x per week, popping to the shops and for going into the local town maybe twice per month.
I see the car as a luxury atm. The school is a fair distance, but other people walk further. It will also mean in Sept I will be going 3 times per day as ds2 will be at pre-school 5 x per week.
My dh's car is a company one that I can drive, so if I ever needed a car we could arrange it so I had his.
I think we could put some money into savings (we have none) pay off half of the cc bill and I would be over £100 per month better off.
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so...seriously considering getting rid of my car...wwyd?
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Badvoc · 28/05/2012 19:07
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