Author Topic: Buying car number 2 (Read 1640 times)

Cerveza mas fina · « **on:** June 27, 2018, 06:04:29 AM »

So Ill be buying car number 2 this week but cant decide what to pick, down to 2 options.

Ill be using the car to get around town and a few hours (6) a week for work. And pick up daughter.

Option 1: 1 year old with 7000km only, boring, ugly, can tow my trailer so I can use it to drive some garbage away every other week

Option 2: brand new, looks cool, nicer to drive, smaller boot and cant tow, also costs 4000 usd more, more luxurious

I think ill be driving maybe 5000km a year

Im pretty sure option 1 makes way more sense, then again, drive something you dont like when spending 15k...

team filler · « **Reply #1 on:** June 27, 2018, 06:18:07 AM »

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #2 on:** June 27, 2018, 07:30:07 AM »

Ive seen that vid actually

Maiden Voyage · « **Reply #3 on:** June 27, 2018, 07:30:34 AM »

The camper van above looks awesome if I lived that lifestyle and wasn't in the US.

That said, I'd go w/ option 2 myself, but I don't know your financials and the need to tow.

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #4 on:** June 27, 2018, 07:36:20 AM »

The monthly payments will be the same, but option nr 1 over 5 years and 2 over 8

Towing would be nice as there is a lot of shit from thw garden that needs to be taken away between april/may-november. Grass, leaves. If I can do it before work that would mean more family time on the weekends

benjipwns · « **Reply #5 on:** June 27, 2018, 07:50:37 AM »

i'm going to choose to imagine this as My Summer Car larping

so the first thing you're going to need is a lot of beer and a creepy van

Huff · « **Reply #6 on:** June 27, 2018, 08:20:20 AM »

why not something in-between

but buying a brand new car is usually a terrible idea

bork · « **Reply #7 on:** June 27, 2018, 08:38:06 AM »

Buy a little Smart car, Fiat, or Toyota IQ.

I have the latter and love it for zipping around town and going to/from work. We have a bigger car when needed but I almost never use it.

Cryo · « **Reply #8 on:** June 27, 2018, 10:05:59 AM »

tesla model 3

Maiden Voyage · « **Reply #9 on:** June 27, 2018, 11:11:37 AM »

An 8 year auto loan is a deal breaker for me. Either shop around over a longer period of time, if you can, or go with 1.

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #10 on:** June 27, 2018, 12:10:05 PM »

Quote from: bork on June 27, 2018, 08:38:06 AM

Buy a little Smart car, Fiat, or Toyota IQ. I have the latter and love it for zipping around town and going to/from work. We have a bigger car when needed but I almost never use it.

Plz understand this country is the size of a city and the car market is crap.Toyota IQ is too small if we will have kid number 2 and id be dropping them off

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #11 on:** June 27, 2018, 12:13:21 PM »

Quote from: Huff on June 27, 2018, 08:20:20 AM

why not something in-between

but buying a brand new car is usually a terrible idea

There really is nothing

brawndolicious · « **Reply #12 on:** June 27, 2018, 12:49:17 PM »

How hard is it to go to a neighboring country for a weekend to buy and drive back another car? Assuming of course you don't have some crazy import taxes.

If I had to decide between those two, I'd probably go with option 1 for fiscal responsibility and then give the wife the car you have right now. I'm going to guess option 1 looks like a Fiat qubo based on how you describe it.

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #13 on:** June 27, 2018, 01:36:57 PM »

Registration tax is 105% for cars under 13k usd

180% for cars over 13k usd

:'( price of socialism

Option 1 is a Suzuki Celerio (15.5k usd )
Option 2 is A Toyota Aygo (18.8k usd)

We already have a Toyota Auris Hybrid (45.5k usd) which the wife uses for her 100km a day commute and is the main car also for holidays etc

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #14 on:** June 27, 2018, 01:39:17 PM »

Yes plz tell me in your country I could get an SUV for 15-20k

Brehvolution · « **Reply #15 on:** June 27, 2018, 01:39:49 PM »

If you bought a car for $10K you would have to pay $10K+ to register it?

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #16 on:** June 27, 2018, 01:41:07 PM »

Yes, well it works out to a bit less in reality so like 5k registration on a 10k car.

Guess thats why healthcare, schools, university etc are free here and daycare is subsidized.

Everything has its price

Brehvolution · « **Reply #17 on:** June 27, 2018, 01:52:09 PM »

Considering people here pay over $5K in health care premiums per year, 4 years of college can be $100K+, day care for 1 child is $500+ a month that doesn't sound bad at all.

brawndolicious · « **Reply #18 on:** June 27, 2018, 02:36:38 PM »

Honestly, the Aygo looks worse imo.

It's nice to have one car in the household that you don't care too much about.

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #19 on:** June 27, 2018, 04:38:40 PM »

Wuut I love the aygo man.

Plus ill get the premium version with emergency braking, leather seats, nice rims

How can one not love the Aygo

naff · « **Reply #20 on:** June 27, 2018, 05:07:14 PM »

Volvo XC70. Solid family shed.

Maiden Voyage · « **Reply #21 on:** June 27, 2018, 08:22:07 PM »

Quote from: Premium Lager on June 27, 2018, 01:41:07 PM

Yes, well it works out to a bit less in reality so like 5k registration on a 10k car.

Guess thats why healthcare, schools, university etc are free here and daycare is subsidized.

Everything has its price

BlueTsunami · « **Reply #22 on:** June 28, 2018, 06:14:45 PM »

Lotus Esprit

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #23 on:** June 29, 2018, 12:51:26 AM »

It's going to be the Aygo

Still nervous about splashing the cash, but I guess one can always sell it later on.

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