Bought a car
Mar. 6th, 2010 04:54 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
same_differenceJust finished the process of buying a new car. I am technically (and will be at some point in the near future actually) the owner of a new Citroen C3. I test drove the 1.4 VT petrol, 1.4 VT Exec petrol (basically 95Bhp compared to 70Bhp), and the 1.4VT+ diesel. I settled in the end on the 1.4 vti petrol as it was overall a better engine, and I wouldn't make enough use of it to make paying more for diesel worth while. Model wise I've gone for the top end 1.4 model as the extra features were worth the cost. Colour wise went for Black.
All the haggling was done by my Dad and we managed to get £460 off the total price which considering there's not much margin on small cars was good going. The whole process took about 2.75 hours and was more than a little stressful at times. I get a certain sick feeling when it comes to having to make large purchases, but thankfully it is affordable, it just means I now have yet more borrowing. It would be nice to stop accruing debt, no matter how manageable, at some point.
Just have to wait to hear on Monday how long it will be. Thankfully they've also offered to throw in a hire car for at least a period of time before my new one is delivered.
All the haggling was done by my Dad and we managed to get £460 off the total price which considering there's not much margin on small cars was good going. The whole process took about 2.75 hours and was more than a little stressful at times. I get a certain sick feeling when it comes to having to make large purchases, but thankfully it is affordable, it just means I now have yet more borrowing. It would be nice to stop accruing debt, no matter how manageable, at some point.
Just have to wait to hear on Monday how long it will be. Thankfully they've also offered to throw in a hire car for at least a period of time before my new one is delivered.
