Prices of Modern Cars

[jacko-lah]

http://www.parkers.co.uk/cars/used-pric ... 00&years=3



http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/ ... ?logcode=p


So I AM keeping the Cavalier, it's just that I figured that it'll last longer if I don't do 18K miles a year in it and I can save £1500 a year on fuel, plus the wife's Mx5 can go back in the garage and only come out on sunny days.

My basic requirements are, a car with some credibility with a budget of £5K. (3 year payback I figure ?) Must have 5 prooper seat belts and a big boot, and I've given up looking at alfa's because I actually would like everything to work (ie I was the reliability of the cavalier)

Anyway, I was flicking through autotrader and found this 54 reg zafira tdi sri. look at the pictures. the screen price says £6999. The autotrader says £5990 and parkers says £4300.

Explain if it's even worth looking at ! Is the dealer optimistic ?

I'm off to look at an Audi A4 tomorrow.

[Cavalier342]

I've given up looking at alfa's because I actually would like everything to work (ie I was the reliability of the cavalier)

Good choice. Or should I say smart choice.

[jacko-lah]

I've given up looking at alfa's because I actually would like everything to work (ie I was the reliability of the cavalier)

Good choice. Or should I say smart choice.

Smart would get 90 mpg I'm told.

I'm looking at a Honda accord estate 2.2 CDTi Tomorrow.

A4 was too er 'gansta', and they wouldn't move 50p on the zafira (which was nice but out of my price range-and shouldn't have been)

[Squig]

get a diesel cav or mk3 astra and run it on chip fat & diesel... sorted


sorry didn't read the post properly... but I'd still do that.

[iangsi]

[/quote]I'm looking at a Honda accord estate 2.2 CDTi Tomorrow. [/quote]

Good reliable cars & look good too !

[TurboSteven77]

tbh i would get zafira cdti sri 150 cumfy to drive and as long as aloternator done they good cars and loads of room in back

we got out 07 plate for just over 7g

[planetc]

A lot of people knock the zafira, but it is a great car, very flexible. I have a 51 plate diesel, unfortunately the timing pump has gone west on mine which is a weakness on early ones. Alternator on the later ones as has been said is the thing to walk.

[jacko-lah]

I'm in procrastination mode.

Too many 'nice' cars in my price range.

[vauxtillidie]

find another zafira in your price range?

[jacko-lah]

find another zafira in your price range?

Might go for a honda accord

[branny361]

I toying wiyh the idea of one of those "ugly" cars .. what are the called? oh! a saab , big car ,big power, big boot small price , plus under all the aircraft engineering its a cav so its fixable

[jacko-lah]

I toying wiyh the idea of one of those "ugly" cars .. what are the called? oh! a saab , big car ,big power, big boot small price , plus under all the aircraft engineering its a cav so its fixable

This was the decision I had to make.

Saab 1.9 Tid vs Accord 2.2 i CDTi

About £1000 difference in price, so effectively if I choose a Saab I could get a newer one, maybe 2 years newer.

Having been to see a couple of each, I decided the Honda was worth going for, so i've put a deposit on a black Exectutive (leather, cruise, etc) .

Please note that I'm still as tight as I've always been. But not as tight as Great aunty Joy. I'm spending a 1/100th share of my Late Great Aunts inheritance, a woman we all thought was so poor that she couldn't afford to get a plumber in to fix the toilet cysten, so she would carry a bucket of water up stairs to use to flush the loo.

She'd be proud of me ! think about the saving on FUEL !!!