PCP, HP or owning your car outright

[A.J.]

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I've only had a dozen or so

I've had well over a hundred I should think. As a company car driver I used to cover 50,000 miles a year with both Ford Motor Company and Hartwell Motor Contracts. Neither company liked to be selling cars with over 25,000 under a year old, hence a car change every six months for many years.

 

[EmilysDad]

... I used to cover 50,000 miles a year with ...

Emily's Mum's Citroen is a 60 plate and still only has about 35k on the clock

 

[rorywquin]

I've had well over a hundred I should think. As a company car driver I used to cover 50,000 miles a year with both Ford Motor Company and Hartwell Motor Contracts. Neither company liked to be selling cars with over 25,000 under a year old, hence a car change every six months for many years.

Extrapolating the info provided, you've been driving for about 50 years and had two cars every year.......wow.

 

[A.J.]

Extrapolating the info provided, you've been driving for about 50 years and had two cars every year.......wow.

One of my very early jobs was as a Car Salesman in a Ford Stealership. Part of our brief was to sell our allocated Demonstrator. So because we often didn't like the car that was allocated to us that was to us our priority was to sell it as fast as we could. So in that situation we probably 3,4 or maybe more per year. I remember selling Ford Classics in the 60's for under £1000 And yes I have been driving for over 50 years

 

[flowrider]

Emily's Mum's Citroen is a 60 plate and still only has about 35k on the clock

My wife's 09 Corsa has just 35k miles on it as well. In the last 7 years the car has only done 8k miles.

 

[EmilysDad]

.... I remember selling Ford Classics in the 60's ....

... before they rusted away

Always liked the Classic (Capri)

 

[A.J.]

... before they rusted away

Always liked the Classic (Capri)

The Classic Capri is a car I would like to own to-day.

 

[rorywquin]

The Classic Capri is a car I would like to own to-day.

The V6....me too if it was a good one.

In SA we had Basil Green Motors (A big Ford dealer) he fitted the Capris with the (current ) Mustang V8 (Windsor??) engine. Was know as a Capri Perana. His showroom was about 5 blocks from where I lived and was a daily drool for me......

 

[A.J.]

The V6....me too if it was a good one.

In SA we had Basil Green Motors (A big Ford dealer) he fitted the Capris with the (current ) Mustang V8 (Windsor??) engine. Was know as a Capri Perana. His showroom was about 5 blocks from where I lived and was a daily drool for me......

We were talking the 1960's Classic Capri Rory. But yes a nice Capri Brooklands would appear on my wish list indeed

 

[EmilysDad]

The V6....me too if it was a good one.

In SA we had Basil Green Motors (A big Ford dealer) he fitted the Capris with the (current ) Mustang V8 (Windsor??) engine. Was know as a Capri Perana. His showroom was about 5 blocks from where I lived and was a daily drool for me......

This one Roy

 

[rorywquin]

We were talking the 1960's Classic Capri Rory. But yes a nice Capri Brooklands would appear on my wish list indeed

True.....I was thinking late 60s / Early 70s

 

[rorywquin]

This one Roy

Lovely motor.....

 

[MalcQV]

I've had well over a hundred I should think. As a company car driver I used to cover 50,000 miles a year with both Ford Motor Company and Hartwell Motor Contracts. Neither company liked to be selling cars with over 25,000 under a year old, hence a car change every six months for many years.

5 of my 27 were Rover cars. I worked in the CAD/CAM dept at Warwick University it was part of Warwick Manufacturing Group and private entity set up by the university from what I recall. Anyway we were on the 'Rover Scheme' and like you I did at least 50k/year for the 2½ years and as they weren't happy with high mileage cars to re-sell I had them for approx 6 months at a time.

 

[Jimbo1959]

I've always bought low milage, three year old cars due to the initial depreciation hit being taken by the first owner.

I've always looked after them to make sure that I had something at my back if things went west, so to speak.

I always made sure that Swmbo has had the absolute best, safest car we could afford, particularly when the children were young, so that all she had to worry about was making sure she put some petrol/diesel in it as and when required.
I never wanted to get 'that' phone call, the one I've seen other guys get, once or twice, over the years, which emotionally crippled them.

I get bored with cars too quickly to spend more than 8K on them, and largely don't care about any loss when I get the itch to move on, I just want the next toy. As long as it doesn't deprive my family of anything important.

My Merc has been the one and only exception, I now know I paid too much for it, however, it was very low milage and in pristeen condition when I bought it and, I wanted it.
I think the fact that, I don't drink, smoke or, run around and, my only hobbies outside of my family, has been cars (and motorbikes before my last one nearly killed me), were the clinching factors in Swmbo not getting p1ssed with me when I broached the subject of buying it.

I will most likely keep it until it dies (or I do), as there is nothing else out there that I could afford to replace it with, or, which ticks all the same boxes. The fact that I can get so many upgrades to maintain my interest, helps too.

PCP and, never actually owning the car, no... just No...... NOooo!!!

 

[Jimbo1959]

This one Roy

Ooo... God, I love this. It's absolutely gorgeous.

 

[EmilysDad]

Ooo... God, I love this. It's absolutely gorgeous.

only trouble with them is that they were water soluble ...

 

[Jimbo1959]

only trouble with them is that they were water soluble ...

That may be true Andy but, I remember back in the sixties when my Dad was racing Stock Cars, the circles he moved in (pun unintended), there were a couple of guys had some tastefully modified models of these, and even at six years old I was besotted.

 

[A.J.]

That may be true Andy but, I remember back in the sixties when my Dad was racing Stock Cars, the circles he moved in (pun unintended), there were a couple of guys had some tastefully modified models of these, and even at six years old I was besotted.

I can remember selling those Jim when I first started out in the Motor industry at as a young, new and shiny Car Salesman New and shiny Car Salesman meaning me not the cars

 

[DSK]

For me, doing 1,000 miles a week, snow or shine, I've bought old decent performance cars and then tried a 2013 Astra GTC diesel and a Merc E350 on lease. Went back to old performance cars. I use a 2000 Volvo T5 to do these miles and they do track days etc through the year. Outside a radiator at 150,000 miles they have not put a foot wrong, not even needing a top up of fluid between services... can't beat that for a £1500 outlay and its more luxurious than most new stuff and my CLS.

I only ever had one job where they gave me a fuel card and I bought a BMW M5 with my own money.

Personally from experience, its simple for me, buy something decent, outright, look after it and it should look after you.

New car deals and schemes are just gimmicks if you unwrap the detail and many people say its easier for them to pay monthly for stuff they othewise cannot afford. I mean people buy TV's, Sofas, Phones etc on finance...seriously WTF!

 

[LostKiwi]

I use a 2000 Volvo T5 to do these miles and they do track days etc through the year. Outside a radiator at 150,000 miles they have not put a foot wrong, not even needing a top up of fluid between services... can't beat that for a £1500 outlay and its more luxurious than most new stuff and my CLS.

My old T5 was the same. Sold it at 221k miles and was still going strong on original clutch, gearbox, radiator, exhaust etc... Only things outside service items I recall changing were engine torque bar bushes, MAF and electronic throttle body.
That was over 120k miles.
Awesome cars.