07-07-13, 02:59 PM
On the car front she is not bothered on style or age, you can get some expensive to run cars really cheap. I would be more than happy for her to have a bigger more solid car if we can get insurance.
I we are only spending a grand or so, I am happy to keep it safe to use until it fails the MOT or it becomes too expensive to repair, most new cars lose more than a grand in depreciation every year.
Was thinking of a new Ford as my dad used to work for them and can have 3 new cars a year on the discount scheme. Also you can get one on the option scheme, bung down a largish deposit, pay a few hundred quid a month and have a new car every year. The milage she would do would mean never having a service or buying tyres etc and the new car comes with a years tax.
I get back to the UK Tuesday, so I think I will trying going in person to a few brokers and see how that works.
One of the problems is we have a liverpool postcode, even though we live in Cheshire, I know from experience with bike insurance that it cost three times as much as my parents CM (rural Essex) postcode
Thanks for all the suggestions
Kev
I we are only spending a grand or so, I am happy to keep it safe to use until it fails the MOT or it becomes too expensive to repair, most new cars lose more than a grand in depreciation every year.
Was thinking of a new Ford as my dad used to work for them and can have 3 new cars a year on the discount scheme. Also you can get one on the option scheme, bung down a largish deposit, pay a few hundred quid a month and have a new car every year. The milage she would do would mean never having a service or buying tyres etc and the new car comes with a years tax.
I get back to the UK Tuesday, so I think I will trying going in person to a few brokers and see how that works.
One of the problems is we have a liverpool postcode, even though we live in Cheshire, I know from experience with bike insurance that it cost three times as much as my parents CM (rural Essex) postcode
Thanks for all the suggestions
Kev