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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: STEMO on 08 June 2017, 19:25:17
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Just seen the ad for the new insignia, top of the range grand elite nav or something. 30 grand. Seems a lot to pay for a mid range saloon.
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My CC was I think 25k new...
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My Elite estate was over £30k when I got it new in 1996 ::)
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My Elite estate was over £30k when I got it new in 1996 ::)
I know. But prices were a lot different back then, and the omega was a very classy executive car in it's day. I dare say the insignia is a very nice car, but I'd still baulk £30K.
Mind you, give it a few months of slow sales and you'll probably get a big discount for buying it privately. Fleet managers probably won't touch them at that price either.
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Its competition is the Mundano, and I suspect the Titanium X is similar money...
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Its competition is the Mundano, and I suspect the Titanium X is similar money...
You could be right. I suppose I might be getting out of touch with prices, but it's still a lot of cash for a Vauxhall......or a Ford.
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Also, I think with these type/size of car, there's significant discount to be had. So probably looking more like £25-27k on the road I would guess.
Still more than I would pay for that type of car.
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Its competition is the Mundano, and I suspect the Titanium X is similar money...
You could be right. I suppose I might be getting out of touch with prices, but it's still a lot of cash for a Vauxhall......or a Ford.
A Focus/Astra is virtually £20k start, rising to £25k+ for posher ones. Fifi/Corsa is £12k+ start...
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Also, I think with these type/size of car, there's significant discount to be had. So probably looking more like £25-27k on the road I would guess.
Still more than I would pay for that type of car.
As we go into recession, I think there really will be deals to be had, as the dealers have to pre-reg more and more.
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Also, I think with these type/size of car, there's significant discount to be had. So probably looking more like £25-27k on the road I would guess.
Still more than I would pay for that type of car.
As we go into recession, I think there really will be deals to be had, as the dealers have to pre-reg more and more.
I know what people on here think of Renault, but we got the wife's captur for £12500 with 7 miles on it as a pre reg. List price is £17500, so that's a cracking deal for a new car.
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It's fair to say that when it comes to French cars, I hold "views" but running them new, under warranty and then giving them back before the warranty runs out is a sound choice imho
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My pre registered Altea XL was similar, £16,500 new list, bought for £12,300 with ten miles on it...
It's an effective way to buy a new car for a reasonable price :y
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Yes. As long as you build in the assumption that you finance it in another way. Iirc, a lot of cars mpanies screw you on the interest rate on pre-reg cars.
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Yes. As long as you build in the assumption that you finance it in another way. Iirc, a lot of cars mpanies screw you on the interest rate on pre-reg cars.
You can screw them back... Make sure the finance term is no more than twice the factory warranty, put 65,000 or so miles on it each year, then hand it back once you have made the 50% payment... Job jobbed... My Altea was valued at £2,500 when it went back at 2 years old :D
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Interesting! I had no idea you could do this. Is this on HPI? And is it built on to all agreements?
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HPI only, not PCP/leasing/credit card/personal loan... But yes, written into every HPI agreement, including second hand.
Incidentally, you don't even have to have made the 50% payment to return the car, but you will be held accountable for the outstanding balance of your 50%... This is the position I am in with my E Class... Not such a great deal from this perspective, but if you do alot of miles it is a cracking way to get a new car every two years with no penalties. ;)
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TBH had I know about this (or more accurately had I paid more attention last time you mentioned it as I seem to remember talking about it before at some time), it might have influenced my car choice this time around (40-50k/yr would make it worthwhile I think), that said, I am seriously thinking of trying for 500k in the s80, it feels like it could do it.
I suspect the car may outlive the uk diesel supply.
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It was mooted as an option, albeit not a great one, for disposal of the BM before you rejected it ;)
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Ahh! That was it.
On that note, I gotb2 months insurance, tax and gap insurance back on that too. So it did genuinely just cost me fuel (and 2 near death experiences) in the 6 months I had it.
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Not a bad result in the end then, near death notwithstanding :y
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Yes. On balance I've decided to squirrel away the £500pcm or so and buy an Aston Martin V8 vantage/DB9 in a few years.
By my reckoning, they are about the most modern super(ish)cars which can be reasonably DIY'd. Also IMHO two of the top 5 most beautiful cars ever made (others being 250 GTO, mk 1/2 e-type and mk 1 mini - in case you were wondering).
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Yes. As long as you build in the assumption that you finance it in another way. Iirc, a lot of cars mpanies screw you on the interest rate on pre-reg cars.
We got £3500 for her megane coupe and got a bank loan at 3% for the remainder. No gap insurance, no supagard, nothing. Salesman was crying his kids might starve to death. C'est la vie. ;D
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Given the list price of new cars the £30K for a top of the range Insignia is not "out of the way".Would I pay it?Absolutely not,but then if I had anything £10K upwards to throw at a car it would without a doubt have a Spirit of Ecstasy up front.
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Yes. As long as you build in the assumption that you finance it in another way. Iirc, a lot of cars mpanies screw you on the interest rate on pre-reg cars.
We got £3500 for her megane coupe and got a bank loan at 3% for the remainder. No gap insurance, no supagard, nothing. Salesman was crying his kids might starve to death. C'est la vie. ;D
I'll probably go this route for the 3.2's replacement, wack a load of cash down and then Tesco loan or similar for the rest over a short 2 or 3 year term.
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Its competition is the Mundano, and I suspect the Titanium X is similar money...
No try the vignale
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Its competition is the Mundano, and I suspect the Titanium X is similar money...
No try the vignale
My Uncle has one of these, a 2.2 petrol and is very impressed. :y
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Its competition is the Mundano, and I suspect the Titanium X is similar money...
No try the vignale
I was behind one this morning ...... never knew there was such an animal ???
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A bit of an oxymoron, me thinks :D
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question is who is going to pay £30,000 + for a ford Mondeo
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question is who is going to pay £30,000 + for a ford Mondeo
A few years back in the local Vauxhall dealer there was a go faster Astra at near £30 000
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Given the list price of new cars the £30K for a top of the range Insignia is not "out of the way".Would I pay it?Absolutely not,but then if I had anything £10K upwards to throw at a car it would without a doubt 55have a Spirit of Ecstasy up front.
Isn't a top of the range Insignia more like £50k?
According to the invoice, my Omega Elite estate was over £30k, 17years ago.
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No.....more like £30K.
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£30,000 opens the door to a Pandora's box of expensive to maintain but desirable used motors.
Being irresponsible this is the route I have / would still take. :y
A £30,000 Insignia will be worth about half that within 18 months.
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Just seen one at my local dealership looks remarkably like a Peugeot, don't like it one bit. Stick with my old Merc & keep my cash with Ernie.