[Daveymaclad]

Originally Posted by missfire

That's debatable..

Well that's that decision made then! Fookinell! Sums are as follows.

Old 'cheap' motoring since first brat was born five years ago. (bearing in mind that I can't know that something is wrong with a car, and not fix it.)

Total spend on cars, parts and labour (time not working), fuel, insurance and tax. £28,000+

And now left with three cars, none of which are 100% and worth a total of £4k between them, if I'm lucky. Learnt loads about audis though!

Brand new Kia Carens, no fekin hassle, no bleeding hands, and at the end of this next five year period, all in, I'll be £3k better off and left with a car worth a damned sight more than £4k!

I'll keep the old 100t and make it immaculate, but in general, trying to run a family around in old cars is insane. Loads of folk 60+ years old have told me this, mainly every time they see me suck under a car in the rain pulling bits off, but I didn't believe them.

60+s, you have my respect.

You don't get old by being stupid.

Yowzers.

Across my 31 cars I'm £7k down on depreciation and probably no more than £10k down including repairs. All of the depreciation loss was on my one and only new car, but then I was getting £4k+ per year on mileage so it didn't really hurt that much. Last four cars I've actually sold for more than I paid for them which helps!

But as an accountant, a petrolhead and more than a little OCD when researching new cars for myself I would have been peaved if I wasn't able to eye the bargains!