Fully specced Edition 30 '08' plate.

[No Golf Clubs at all]

Personally I would go for a 6 month lease at lingscars or somewhere similar, at least you know you will get rid of the car at the right time. I think you will find you get ripped off by the dealer (dont we all, ......the barstewards).  You could end up having to accept £15k or less for the 08 ed 30 from a dealer....nothing would surprise me more.

Though having browsed some lovely MK2s for £1500 would also suggest this is a real option, and you will be able to get ALL your money back at the end of the time (for the right car of course).

[noj66]

Cheers for the advice guys.I think an old Mk2,Corrado or E30 Beemer is the kind of thing i'm gonna look for.The Mk2 appeals because it was always a car i couldn't afford when they were newish,so i had a couple of 205GTIs instead at the time.It would be nice to finally scratch the itch to own one.

[RedRobin]

i wanna mint mk2 !!

....On my way to (near) Brighton for a Biali Motorsport meet lunch yesterday, I stopped for V-Power on the A31 and on the next pump was an immaculate silver Mk2 G-reg with a guy of about my age. Cloth interior and really was mint (and not for sale!!). I caught him up later around Chichester and followed - Nice exhaust note. Lots of thumbs-ups and I pressed on.

[RedRobin]

Cheers for the advice guys. I think an old Mk2, Corrado or E30 Beemer is the kind of thing i'm gonna look for. The Mk2 appeals because it was always a car i couldn't afford when they were newish,so i had a couple of 205GTIs instead at the time.It would be nice to finally scratch the itch to own one.

....Horney is exceptionally happy with the Corrado he's just bought. Thread elsewhere on this site.

[AlanD]

Im sorry but I fail to see the point in buying a 20k car for 1 month. Seriously, whats the point !!?

[RedRobin]

Im sorry but I fail to see the point in buying a 20k car for 1 month. Seriously, whats the point !!?

x2

[noj66]

Yeah i appreciate what your saying,but the car has been reduced from £23500.I had toyed with being able to move it on for the same money come the time(fanciful i know),thus adding another motor to my 'been there,done that' list and not being out of pocket.

[RedRobin]

Yeah i appreciate what your saying,but the car has been reduced from £23500.I had toyed with being able to move it on for the same money come the time(fanciful i know),thus adding another motor to my 'been there,done that' list and not being out of pocket.

....Risky business in this day and age! I don't think you can ever not be out of pocket with cars, but it's not the point of having them imo.

[Saint Steve]

Yeah i appreciate what your saying,but the car has been reduced from £23500.I had toyed with being able to move it on for the same money come the time(fanciful i know),thus adding another motor to my 'been there,done that' list and not being out of pocket.

....Risky business in this day and age! I don't think you can ever not be out of pocket with cars, but it's not the point of having them imo.

You have absolutly no chance of selling on an edition 30 with 2 keepers Noj!!, you will be lucky to get more then £20000. Get a cheap

runaround

[Hurdy]

Yeah i appreciate what your saying,but the car has been reduced from £23500.I had toyed with being able to move it on for the same money come the time(fanciful i know),thus adding another motor to my 'been there,done that' list and not being out of pocket.

I'm sorry Noj66, but I fail to see your logic here

If I said My car was reduced from £50k to £30k and it was something like a Renault Clio 1.2, would you still think it was a good deal because it had been reduced by £20K?

Just because a car is advertised as reduced, it doesn't mean it is worth even the reduced price. Something is only worth what someone is prepared to pay for it