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Offline Snooze

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Trade down?
« on: 15 August 2014, 19:02 »
So were in the process of purchasing our first house and I'm in a bit of a quandary as to whether to keep my Mk6 Gti (lease hire £275 a month), or get a £10k bank loan @ £225 a month and buy a Mk5 ED30. I think I prob know the answer, but be keen to hear ppl's opinions.
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Offline joe6

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Re: Trade down?
« Reply #1 on: 15 August 2014, 19:57 »
If you had the mk6 from new, you know the history and I would be inclined to keep it with the good spec you have.
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Offline Booth11

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Re: Trade down?
« Reply #2 on: 15 August 2014, 20:57 »
I'd keep the mk6, at least you know it's been looked after and serviced.  Though your monthly payment will be a bit lower on the mk5 there'll probably be increased maintenance costs to factor in on an older car. 

Didn't you start a similar thread on this recently?
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Offline golfhappy

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Re: Trade down?
« Reply #3 on: 15 August 2014, 21:45 »
He did, buy the ED30 in white :smiley:
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