I love the colour. Would it be rude to ask how much it cost?
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I love the colour. Would it be rude to ask how much it cost?
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£21k, two years old - but as with most two year old cars at the moment it has stupidly low milage as nobody has driven anywhere for some reason. Also I got a good price for my old one
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So long as it still makes you smileNice, but you have to wait a week to get it? BTW, mine is 15 years old.
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. I normally keep a car until it's 8-10 years old, so this may be the last petrol car I buy. If I can look after it I may choose to hold on to it as a toy in my retirement and buy a dull electric box for day to day stuff when the time comes.
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Waiting a week: either I get it tomorrow, or at the end of the next working week. A day on the weekend is a bit short to get it re-valeted and give it the health check they need to do before committing to the warranty. So my choice to leave it until the end of the week, anyway, it gives me plenty of time to empty my stuff, gather the paperwork on the old one, and set up the insurance.Nice, but you have to wait a week to get it? BTW, mine is 15 years old.
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Dealers here don't like to give people a chance to have buyer's remorse, and back out. They want you in the car, "burning gas" as they refer to it, as soon as possible. I sold Fords for a while just to try it out. Not my thing.
I'm actually getting ready to sell my MINI (I keep telling myself that so I don't change my mind). I just had a repair done that cost 25-percent of the car's value. Of course, it was a beautiful sunny day today, so I drove it, and I enjoyed it a bit too much.
Mi MINI is 15 years old, but only has 115,000 miles on it. That is less than 8,000 miles per year, which is WAY below average in the US, especially a large metropolitan area like Dallas.
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There are plenty of newer ones to buy, just saying
It's standard practice here to prepare a car before handing it over. There are a few car supermarkets popping up which let you take it the same day, but I think that is before you realise what a poor trade in they have given you on the old car.
My car is 14 years old and has just under 40,000 miles on the clock. I don't like my car very much at all. Its a boring Vauxhall Corsa - but as I hardly use it, it doesn't seem worth changing up.
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I have to get my State inspection done, and renew the registration on my Audi this month. The price of a State inspection is fixed by the State, so I'll go to the Audi dealer near me to get it done, and get a free hand wash and vacuum at the same time.
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I have to get my State inspection done, and renew the registration on my Audi this month. The price of a State inspection is fixed by the State, so I'll go to the Audi dealer near me to get it done, and get a free hand wash and vacuum at the same time.
CD
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Ours are annually with varying costs. My friend paid 80 dollars for his one but I got a new guy starting out. $42
Its about a 20 to 30 min inspection on a hoist etc.
I got coffee in waiting room while they did it. I have 28 days to sort it.
Hand brake has been adjusted and new tyre. Wiper blades also failed but I have new ones in my garage. Sorted.
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The price of a State inspection here is about 25 bucks. The inspection takes about 15 minutes, no lift/hoist. On newer cars, they connect the car's computer to a scanner via the ODB port to look for error codes. That tells them a lot about the car. Lights, tires and wipers are manually inspected.
The inspection "pass" is entered into a State computer database, so you just go to the tax office to renew your registration. That costs around 75 bucks for most cars.
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My car insurance is auto paid about $12 a month.
Russ
Pretty similar here. Rego is annual as well about a hundy.
My car insurance is auto paid about $12 a month.
Russ
Wow, that's cheap insurance. Is that for comprehensive coverage, or just liability? Insurance for my two cars is about $190 per month.
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That's full replacement. Excess is usually $500 if its your fault. When I had the mustang insurance was even cheaper as it was garaged and a classic. From memory it was like $250?
If you only want third party it's even cheaper, but not worth the risk imho.
Russ
I'm confused. Was your previous post $12 per month? How was the Mustang insurance cheaper?
CD