Buying A New Car

Buying a new car should a pleasurable experience, but for many it can be stressful & intimidating. There is something special about owning a new car, choosing something that you have always wanted & getting that new car feeling, that new car smell (albeit the smell of plastic) & driving a car no one has driven before. That is except for the factory workers, test drivers, transporter drivers, garage mechanics & sometimes the handy man at the garage. ...
...can be an expensive mistake buying something on impulse that you later find out is totally unsuitable. First up is to decide what you want in terms of type of vehicle, you wouldn’t believe the amount of people who buy a car only to find it won’t accommodate the entire family or doesn’t fit in their garage. SIZE OF VEHICLE It’s no use buying a small four seater town car if you have four children, two dogs & a demanding mother in law to transport ...

ScottishWestie 12.03.2009 · Read full review
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...to give some advice on buying a brand new car. When you consider it is the highest capital outlay, except of course buying your own home, buying a car should not be entered into lightly. We all have our preconceptions about what make and model will do for us, be it social standing or just doing a job getting us from A to B. I think most people form an attachment to Brands as well; it can say something about you as a person, your wealth, your lifestyle, ...
...if you are thinking of buying from a car Broker/ Importer or direct from the manufacturer go into a dealer and "touch the car". Walk around, look at the car, speak to a salesperson and get a test drive. Try to visit on a week day; you'll be amazed by the dedication of the salesperson. If you go on a weekend that same salesperson, although interested will appraise is customers and spend time with the more likely sale, and leave the "still at the ...

getscenic 24.11.2006 · Read full review
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...If you are considering buying a new car in the near future, I have thought of some points to consider (all on my own!): Diesels are cheaper to run and (generally) more reliable, but if you have to run your car every x amount of miles that you do "regular, everyday driving" how much extra does this cost you in fuel per month? If you are going to have to replace a rather expensive, temperamental, and necessary piece of the car often, due to the filter ...
...a "more unreliable" petrol engine is the way forward. Hope this has helped, I was completely unaware of this new legislation and bit of car (unsurprisingly) but the AA were very surprised that either Snarf or I knew it existed and how to try and clear it - information is not widely available and it seems that even the dealership's are unaware of the ramifications of this part, due to the manufacturers not telling people the whole story. Webography: ...

tazzywazzy 13.11.2007 · Read full review
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...I will get to the buying a new car subject I promise........ How many of you are surprised that MG Rover actually limped along this far? Any of us who have visited Longbridge or even a local dealer saw the writing on the wall years ago. Rover has traded for years on its name, an image whipped up on a 1950's and 60's image of an England that never really existed, mainly consisting of ultra conservative types, bank managers and accountants. MG? ...
...with these ancient designs then buying a new 25 (MG ZR) or 45 (MG ZS) at a massive discount - for me to be tempted we would be looking at around half list price here - then go ahead bag a bargain. HOWEVER! Remember at all times that in a couple of years time the car will be worth nothing at all. How about taking a chance on a wonderful V8 75 (automatic) or the more exciting manual gearbox MG ZT? Forget it! Romantic notions of it being a collectors ...

RICHADA 09.04.2005 · Read full review
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...if I do not plan buying a new car, I visit a dealer regularly and at least get an insight to a new model or sniff that most wonderful fragrance in the world. This basically is why I have quite good experience on this subject. (Well I also bought a number of cars brand new too -12- since I do not ever buy second hand.) I would suggest that : * Do not listen to the grinning and chattering dude too much. Just tell him that you are going to browse ...
...5% off when I was buying my Hyundai H-1 Starex SVX. At the end of the day, do not just go for the looks, the wonderful smell, the ever happy feeling and opportunity to brag to your friends and neighbours by having a new car. Don' t get tempted. Don't forget this is your biggest investment after a house. Decide on a Renault Megane II RXT, even if you are dying for a Subaru Impreza GLX AWD if the Renault suits you better. You may be very very sorry ...

MuratM 15.04.2004 · Read full review
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As someone learning to drive (in fact taking my test next week!) I find that everything to do with driving has gone mental. Firstly there's the cost of driving - cars and fuel. Tony Blair says he can't take 2p of fuel prices, but then he dishes out £47m to the hopeless dome, and while I agree that something should be done to help the environment, fuel tax isn't working because people are still on the road. Further, with a crumbling health service ...
...for ambulances and other emergency vehicles. Secondly, examiners actually fail you for going too slow! There are all these adverts on the tv and radio about killing your speed, and then my friend gets failed for doing 55mph in a 60mph zone!! On top of this you also get failed for hesitating, however minor, so it seems to me that all the cautious safe drivers are failing, while the speed merchants are passing - and they wonder why there are so many ...

student 09.09.2000 · Read full review
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Buying a new car is clearly a big decision. You need to do a lot of detailed research comparing urban cycle mpg, depreciation costs and load carrying capacity across a wide range of cars. And then when you've finished all this research you get the car you fancied in the first place even if it has the mpg of an armoured personnel carrier and the depreciation of a dot.com share. It's always a good idea to test drive a new car. It's called a test drive, ...
...again. The ten minutes you have the car for will be the worst ten minutes of driving you've done since you were with your Dad in Sainsbury's car park. It doesn't help that the salesman will be pointing out the superb road holding as you accidentally mount a kerb, because you can't find the clutch. Its much better just to sit in the drivers seat in the showroom, hold the wheel tightly and make quiet "vrooming" noises. At some stage the salesman might ...

joeyhey2007 30.01.2009 · Read full review
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...sale. I ended up buying the car from Rochdale because the man there didn't treat me like a total airhead. It's about time these men were trained in how to treat potential female car buyers- we're probably 50% of drivers now, and don't ALL wait for our partner's permission to think!!! Get your brain into gear before speaking, you salesmen!! ...

suecowsill 03.02.2001 · Read full review
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