2007 Focus Mk2 - A Very Boring Banger

[Hooli]

£545pcm isn't expensive? that's more than my mortgage! admittedly I paid about the same for my house as fools pay for those cars.

One could argue though that those fools get an infinitely better view out the window.

Less room to sleep though & their investment loses money.

[DodgeRover]

A typical day rate for many contracting. Those commuting into London possibly a fair bit more than that.

This is clearly where I went wrong with my life - do they need any carpenters or applied chemists?

[Drum]

£545pcm on lease
https://www.marshall.co.uk/volvo/new-ca ... /new-xc60/

Not that expensive really, especially for a main car.

I don't think many people have company cars nowadays. BIK is far too high unless full electric car and doesn't make sense compared to taking a car allowance - basically extra pay.

True, and for those who change their car every three years it makes sense to just PCP the depreciation and keep the £40k balance (or whatever it's then worth) in your account.

[SiC]

545 over 36 months plus deposit is just over £20k. Then insurance and tax on top of that.

Scarily I think I have probably spent at least that or more in 3yrs on cars. I might be doing cars a bit too wrongly.

[mercrocker]

You still have several of them, though, instead of a big space in the station car park after 3 years....

[DodgeRover]

People will never look back and say remember that Volvo you had on PCP.
They will all remember the Porsche and MGB though, and you still own them rather than the finance company.

[SiC]

Each to their own, I'm sure they're happy with their Volvo.

I'd be getting something like a brand new Cayman or Alpine A110 on lease if it was me. But admittedly more expensive than the Volvo.

[DodgeRover]

Stuff that, think bigger and betterer - can you get a dual wheel ram pickup in one of those spaces, full sized F250? You could rent the rear of it for smart car parking.
Even better park for free by PCPing one of those electric SUVs and leaving it connected to a charging point all day.

[paulplom]

£545pcm on lease
https://www.marshall.co.uk/volvo/new-ca ... /new-xc60/
Not that expensive really, especially for a main car.

5000 miles per year

[Hooli]

It'd be cheaper to take taxis everywhere!