Vehicle finance recommendations

[swinny]

Love the contrast on these threads....

 

Some are scared to death about brake downs and run new and finance...

 

Some are handy with spanners and happy to run older.

 

Both new and old can brake down. 

 

From my own experiences I would not buy new again. Service and warranty shocking. It seems like once firms have your money it doesn't matter. 

 

All I say is buy the best you can afford within reason. And horses for courses

[Dbikeguy]

Had new cars and then a T6 van in my old job, company car tax when employed is a killer! Had issues with all of them,
Skoda octavia VRS - new gearbox at under 20k, in a tiny loan car for a month
T6 blew boost and exhaust pipes for fun. under warranty but hassle.
mates 4x4 T6 with most options is worth less than half the original price at 2yrs old with 100k on it and the warranty is gone now. But he still needs to use the main stealers to keep the finance package happy

Mk6 Hilux i’m in now, needed nothing in the 8k i’ve owned it, (126k on the dial) it’s off-roaded, waded in floods etc and with a stereo upgrade i can voice texts, call, sat nav and reversing camera (£400 package) easily fitted in an hour or so.

Old every time for me. just look it over well before buying

[LeeGray]

20 hours ago, Rough Hewn said:

I'm open to most ideas,
Had a v8 petrol disco, burnt the clutch out in 3 months. £200-250 a week in petrol.
Ideally a diesel for towing, but also taking crew and kit off road.
My only concern with mercs is the cost of repairs.

If your doing 600-700 miles a week towing and off road I’d definitely be looking at buying new and not leasing or the payment at the end will be massive due to mileage and wear.

[Big J]

28 minutes ago, LeeGray said:

If your doing 600-700 miles a week towing and off road I’d definitely be looking at buying new and not leasing or the payment at the end will be massive due to mileage and wear.

To add to that, if doing that kind of mileage, definitely go new but also go for a vehicle with the longest and most comprehensive warranty. I think Ssangyong with the Musso takes that accolade with 7 years and 150k.

[donnk]

16 hours ago, Big J said:

Too much risk with forestry vehicles. Can't risk handing a vehicle with cosmetic damage back at the end of the term and being penalised accordingly 

berlingo a forestry vehicle ?

[donnk]

2 hours ago, LeeGray said:

If your doing 600-700 miles a week towing and off road I’d definitely be looking at buying new and not leasing or the payment at the end will be massive due to mileage and wear.

you spec the mileage at start so no payment at end.

[LeeGray]

7 minutes ago, donnk said:

you spec the mileage at start so no payment at end.

Try specing 30,000 miles a year for four years and the payments will be more than the cost of straight vehicle purchase.

[Big J]

29 minutes ago, donnk said:

berlingo a forestry vehicle ?

You'd be surprised. I reckon there are more forestry contractors running small vans than pickups.

[GA Groundcare]

13 minutes ago, Big J said:

You'd be surprised. I reckon there are more forestry contractors running small vans than pickups.

We know quite a few larger scale contractors with little run around "quote" vans. 

 

The only brand new vehicle I had was working for my previous employer (the previous GreenMech dealer) and It was a Isuzu D-Max. Did 100k in 2.5 years and not one single issue.

Now its my business we buy nearly new. For example our Transit Custom was 6 months old with 10k from a contract hire company my parts guy has known for donkeys years in Bristol. Still had 2.5 years manufactures warranty and to be honest it looked brand new still yet saved us a few grand. Apart from the drivers window packing up its been spot on. Now has 55k on or something.

Previously had a 2015 Vauxhall Vivaro, we had many issues with that under the 4 year warranty, the Vauxhall van dealership we were dealing with were assholes. Would never buy a Vauxhall Van again based on the local dealerships service.  

 

[Matthew Storrs]

30 minutes ago, Big J said:

You'd be surprised. I reckon there are more forestry contractors running small vans than pickups.

Exactly, how many forestry pickups are actually used in the woods for commercial forestry work- none I’d have thought. You just need something economical to get you and tools to track side- the machines do the rest.