I've currently got an R26 meg which I've owned for just over a year and still love. I've always changed my cars fairly quickly, (every year or so) and have already started looking at what to get next as I've got the Renault bug. I'm thinking I could probably afford a 250 with a fairly decent spec and low miles. The only thing is I don't know what I'd get for my car should I sell it, and what a 250 or possibly a 265 would set me back a month. I normally borrow some and pay some up front. So I currently have about 3k to pay on my car, and reckon I could stretch to 13k for a new car, that is, if the insurance is about the same. My dilemma is, do I spend more money which I'll never get back on my r26 and do bits to it to make it faster and fully pay it off, or get a newer car that is easier to do things to but will take longer to pay off? Or option 3 is keep the R26 and save for a bike, which is also something I'd like but is highly impractical and rather costly to do at 22! Anyone here older and wiser than me fancy reading through my ramblings and offering some advice? Thanks!
I'm in the same boat. My question is, is a 250/265 worth at least 6k more than my dci (or a r26) for a car that's 2 years newer and most in the 10-12k price range have the same sort of miles that my car has done (50k + miles).
I've decided to keep my r26 for now , a 265 would have been 300 a month plus tyres and whatever. But my r26 is costing me just maintenance. Plus I find the r26 much more exciting. So much so I don't think I'd enjoy a motorbike any better
Yeah I like the idea of that, it's just the idea of owning a car where things are going to start failing etc. I'm prepared to keep doing the maintenance and my car is well looked after but I don't want a money pit. And the price of these cars seems to be creeping up! I do like the fact that you hardly see any about though! It's a strange like of mine owning limited edition cars! I'll probably wait a bit, pay this off and look for a ly 265!
I've all ways owned my cars , great feeling , the novelty must wear thin paying £300 odd quid every month for a car.
Keep it, pay it off and the money you would pay on the loan put into a savings account, then if anything does fall off or break you will have the money towards it, then if nothing goes wrong you will have a pot of money to play with.
