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Sep. 25th, 2006 04:12 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kingandyMy car is in need of substantial repairs before I MOT it, and it needs MOTing by the end of the month so that I can buy road tax. Friendly Local Garage Man estimated there was somewhere around £400 of work (though he can't personally get it done by the end of the week, he's very busy). So, either I have to find some place that can do the repairs by Friday or get hold of a new car.
I seem to recall a few people on the flist mentioning spare cars but I strongly suspect they'd be out of my price range ... I'm currently toying with the idea of leasing, because it's like paying off a loan but better because the leasing company take care of all the repairs and servicing, and you get a new car, and stuff like that. The other options are combing Auto Trader (which can be enormously fast), or walking into somewhere like Carcraft and seeing if there's something I can drive off the lot (for a minimal part-exchange on the old Honda). I'd probably have to let them finance me, though, as I don't really have the time to chase around banks and loan agencies to get the best deal. Anyway, I probably wouldn't know the best deal if it slapped me in the face shouting "I'M THE BEST DEAL".
... Sorry for the stream-of-consciousness ending, I'm in a bit of a rush.
I seem to recall a few people on the flist mentioning spare cars but I strongly suspect they'd be out of my price range ... I'm currently toying with the idea of leasing, because it's like paying off a loan but better because the leasing company take care of all the repairs and servicing, and you get a new car, and stuff like that. The other options are combing Auto Trader (which can be enormously fast), or walking into somewhere like Carcraft and seeing if there's something I can drive off the lot (for a minimal part-exchange on the old Honda). I'd probably have to let them finance me, though, as I don't really have the time to chase around banks and loan agencies to get the best deal. Anyway, I probably wouldn't know the best deal if it slapped me in the face shouting "I'M THE BEST DEAL".
... Sorry for the stream-of-consciousness ending, I'm in a bit of a rush.
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Date: 2006-09-25 07:29 pm (UTC)And are you aware of Autotrader's online prescence?
It's really very good.
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Date: 2006-09-26 01:48 am (UTC)I'm also on the car trail, but won't know until the first weekend in October what I've got to play with.
However Arnold Clark had a couple of good cars in, and are probably easy for you to get to, they also do a special deal on insurance which may work out cheaper than your premium (or not) and had a reasonable selection. When you are going shopping, let me know and I'll happily tag along!