Cash or VW Finance, What have You Poll?

[HA54SYM`]

As the price of the GTi has climbed so much since the mk5, what has everyone else stumped for.

Its, a lot of cash (at £30K +/-) tied up in a car.

Dave

[Jimble]

I finance mine but not the full amount, usually a bit less than half.

[master_hayabusa]

All cash for me I'm afraid

[Gung-Ho]

£12k financed with VW over 2 years @ 6.4% APR (HP)

[monkeyhanger]

£6K down, will probably overpay to my last monthly rate (£410 per month, Solutions only needs £247 per month) until I get my redundancy (Oct 2014 or June 2015 then pay the balance off in full with a bit of my lumper).

[Gryzor]

I finance mine but not the full amount, usually a bit less than half.

Same here, about half is financed.

[dubber36]

I'm not buying one because I can't afford one yet, but I think there's something not quite right about telling others how I would be paying for it.

Would people openly tell others how much they had left on their mortgage?

[OF1]

I've put a £6k deposit in and financed it on a PCP. After 3 years I'll be trading it in for a new car.

I can't afford to purchase it outright.

[Bill_the_Bear]

Would people openly tell others how much they had left on their mortgage?

On a mortgage forum they might?

If you want to disclose this to other people is there a problem?  If someone is offended to read it they can just skip the thread.  No one is bragging, cars all cost about the same anyway but its interesting to see how popular the different ways of affording them are.  We can learn and make better choices as customers.  I'm not sure I see the problem here... but perhaps I misunderstood your point.

[Gryzor]

I'm not buying one because I can't afford one yet, but I think there's something not quite right about telling others how I would be paying for it.

If money is a bit taboo for ya', why come on here and say you can't afford one?!  Not sure it matters how you pay for it, cash or finance - after discounts we're all paying £25k - 30k+ in the end so it's no secret!