Jamz72
Paid Member
Hi Guys,
My first post..
I'll try not to give my life's story here but basically I've been after a 200 for about 2 years now, I've been at Uni for 3 years, now coming to the end of a years professional placement, then back to Uni for a year, finally graduating Spring next year.. So I think I have been fairly sensible to resist buying one for this long as it would have either been sat at home doing nothing for months on end while I was at Uni or parked by the side of the road in Coventry and probably nicked!
The perfect time for me to buy would be Jan - April next year, right before I graduate and head back home to rural North Wales for a summer of (hopefully) frolicking down the country lanes in my Clio
I pretty much know exactly what I want (I've had 2 years to plan): FF Clio 200, Glacier White, Cup Chassis, Black Speedlines & Recaros. I think this comes to £20k on the road, maybe a bit under. But the depreciation.. is insane! I don't want my car to lose 40-50% of its value in a year or two
So I have two questions..
1) For those of you kind enough to reveal, how much discount did you get off your car when you bought it new? (rrp price and amount of discount would be useful). Would you recommend buying new over used?
2) If I were to buy a used 200, would this be a good idea? An obvious flaws with this plan? I would obviously try and buy from someone that's looked after it, but you can never really tell.
Cheers
James
My first post..
I'll try not to give my life's story here but basically I've been after a 200 for about 2 years now, I've been at Uni for 3 years, now coming to the end of a years professional placement, then back to Uni for a year, finally graduating Spring next year.. So I think I have been fairly sensible to resist buying one for this long as it would have either been sat at home doing nothing for months on end while I was at Uni or parked by the side of the road in Coventry and probably nicked!
The perfect time for me to buy would be Jan - April next year, right before I graduate and head back home to rural North Wales for a summer of (hopefully) frolicking down the country lanes in my Clio
I pretty much know exactly what I want (I've had 2 years to plan): FF Clio 200, Glacier White, Cup Chassis, Black Speedlines & Recaros. I think this comes to £20k on the road, maybe a bit under. But the depreciation.. is insane! I don't want my car to lose 40-50% of its value in a year or two
So I have two questions..
1) For those of you kind enough to reveal, how much discount did you get off your car when you bought it new? (rrp price and amount of discount would be useful). Would you recommend buying new over used?
2) If I were to buy a used 200, would this be a good idea? An obvious flaws with this plan? I would obviously try and buy from someone that's looked after it, but you can never really tell.
Cheers
James