Don't forget the recession...
I know it's an easy cop out thing to mention, but I doubt as many people have been buying new cars as they were last year, or the year before.

Maybe the garage have turned to the way of thinking 'Selling a car cheap, is better than not selling it.' - They do have wages and stuff to pay remember.


If I can give some advice based on experience though;

A couple of years ago, I got a decent amount of compensation for a bad thing that happened to me and decided to put it towards a 'decent' car (i've always had bangers up to then). When I say decent, I mean relatively new, reliable, comfortable and fast. Just like I've always wanted.
After much deliberating, I found it was actually better value to buy a 'shit' car for a couple of hundred quid and run it 'til it died. Then buy another shit car, and do the same with that. A couple of them I've even sold for scrap, at a profit.

I still have half the money left, 2 years down the line.
(Colonel Santiago Introduced surprised kitty to the world., Mon 15 Feb 2010, 14:35, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

I drive a shit car at the moment.
I don't like it. It's uncomfortable and noisy and it's costing me more to insure than it's really worth. I think the "buy a shit car and run it until it dies" can work, but you need to know a bit about cars so that you don't drive it away and have the engine fall out. I know nothing about how cars really work so I have a couple of garages I trust and I want to buy off a dealership so that if something horrific goes wrong I've got someone with a reputation to lose if I kick up a big stink.

Edit - did the bad thing involve bumming? Were you an actor in Hollyoaks?
(Bazongaloid, Mon 15 Feb 2010, 14:40, Reply)

I don't have a fear of lynx cans,
if that's what you're insinuating...

EDIT: Also, you have a garage you can trust? I've been looking for one of those for years. Every time I find one, they're great for a year and then fucking shaft me over something shit.
(Colonel Santiago Introduced surprised kitty to the world., Mon 15 Feb 2010, 14:47, Reply)

I was just wondering if you were
this chap
(Bazongaloid, Mon 15 Feb 2010, 14:50, Reply)

I thought you might be.
No.

I can act.
(Colonel Santiago Introduced surprised kitty to the world., Mon 15 Feb 2010, 14:51, Reply)