New C250 with extras or keep my existing car

[pfi]

Hi,

I currently have the 2013 C CLASS DIESEL SALOON C220 CDI BlueEFFICIENCY Executive SE 4dr my current car has 37.000 Miles.

This was part of a lease and the lease period is over on the 20th of December this year.

I have been give an offer of £11.500 if I wanted to buy my existing car (my car has new tyres and has been serviced recently).

I would be getting a car allowance of around £300 a month.

I was also looking at the new C250 2017 amg line premium plus + driving assistance pack + night mode (18' inch) + 360 camera,

The new C250 would come to approx to 48 months X £390 monthly with a down payment of £4000 and a ballon payment of £15000 .

I am also considering looking for a used C250 with very low mileage (approx £28000 ) but most of them dont offer any of the packages above apart from the premium package.

The idea of bUYING a new car would have been, buy to keep it for the years to come and build it exactly as I wanted.

What would you do and why ?

1)Keep existing car
2)Buy new
3)Buy used

Also from the pakcages above, in your opinion, which ones do you think are worth it and which ones are a waste of money and why?

There is a night package ( a bit more expensive) with 19' wheels so if anyone has any idea how that handles and if this is worth it please let me know.

Any help is appreciated .

Thanks

 

[Craiglxviii]

Hi,

I currently have the 2013 C CLASS DIESEL SALOON C220 CDI BlueEFFICIENCY Executive SE 4dr my current car has 37.000 Miles.

This was part of a lease and the lease period is over on the 20th of December this year.

I have been give an offer of £11.500 if I wanted to buy my existing car (my car has new tyres and has been serviced recently).

I would be getting a car allowance of around £300 a month.

OK so realistically whatever you do has to fit into this figure. Not insurmountable.

I was also looking at the new C250 2017 amg line premium plus + driving assistance pack + night mode (18' inch) + 360 camera,

VERY nice indeed. The 360 camera is a really neat feature.

The new C250 would come to approx to 48 months X £390 monthly with a down payment of £4000 and a ballon payment of £15000 .

I am also considering looking for a used C250 with very low mileage (approx £28000 ) but most of them dont offer any of the packages above apart from the premium package.

If you have a car allowance then why would you want to buy a car, why not go for the PCP/ lease route, just hand your new one back in at the end?

The idea of bUYING a new car would have been, buy to keep it for the years to come and build it exactly as I wanted.

What would you do and why ?

1)Keep existing car
2)Buy new
3)Buy used

Also from the pakcages above, in your opinion, which ones do you think are worth it and which ones are a waste of money and why?

There is a night package ( a bit more expensive) with 19' wheels so if anyone has any idea how that handles and if this is worth it please let me know.

Depends on what you use and where you go but 19" boots are usually a good deal more expensive than 18"; also 19" is a lot crashier over potholes than 18"

Any help is appreciated .

Thanks

Why restrict yourself to the C class, have you considered looking at the E at all?

 

[JBell]

I would be getting a car allowance of around £300 a month.

Gross or Net?

If net you will get £240 which would easily cover the cost of buying your current car

 

[pfi]

Gross or Net?

If net you will get £240 which would easily cover the cost of buying your current car

Hi, its £450 gross so I think around £280-300 net.

 

[JBell]

Hi, its £450 gross so I think around £280-300 net.

Take the % tax you pay off so either 20% or 40%

20% £390
40% £270