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Old 06-17-2007, 04:28 PM   #10
limey
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland
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Originally Posted by HLJ View Post
limey -- I think you should get out a piece of paper and list all your costs for the two options. I think you'll see that replacing a car after only 3 or 4 years is not the most cost-effective option.

Bought for £5000 in 2004. Have paid out approx. £1300 in repairs costs since then. My local garage says it is worth "nothing" as a trade in. It is an automatic, I need a manual gears car, so I have to trade it in or sell it. You can see why I'm pissed off, no? (approx conversion to dollars, just double all the figures ).
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