One Year Anniversary

Number Six · Post by **Number Six** » Mon Aug 20, 2018 9:21 pm

Hi all,

Car has just sailed through its first MOT under my ownership and it is approaching the end of its warranty; now I'm debating what to do next.

First off, I've had nothing but a good time and bad mpg with it as expected - driven all over Europe, most recently Monaco and it has not missed a beat in the nearly 15000 miles I've whacked on it. It is currently between 56000-57000 miles and I'm wondering whether to keep it and extend the AUC warranty for 400 pounds or chop it in for a newer one with lower miles. It's a 2009 35i in black, I've been offered 10,900 pounds for it by a local dealer (trade-in) and found a 2015 example with 12000 miles on it for around 25k.

So my questions are:

- Do I stick with what I have and know or try the sparkly newer version

and

- What sort of price could I expect privately, maybe 1-2k more?

Smartbear · Post by **Smartbear** » Mon Aug 20, 2018 9:31 pm

Hi, fifteen grand will buy you an awful lot of repairs.
You’re using man maths, keep what you’ve got

Rob

buzyg · Post by **buzyg** » Mon Aug 20, 2018 11:22 pm

Keep.

Hunter · Post by **Hunter** » Tue Aug 21, 2018 5:58 am

clarker63 · Post by **clarker63** » Tue Aug 21, 2018 6:37 am

Smartbear wrote: ↑Mon Aug 20, 2018 9:31 pm Hi, fifteen grand will buy you an awful lot of repairs.
You’re using man maths, keep what you’ve got
Rob

+1

Buy something else to have fun with!

Busterboo · Post by **Busterboo** » Tue Aug 21, 2018 8:18 am

Go for silver mirror-backs.

RustyZ4 · Post by **RustyZ4** » Tue Aug 21, 2018 8:39 am

Keep

Chris1712 · Post by **Chris1712** » Tue Aug 21, 2018 10:39 am

Keep it! 57k is nothing. Pro-tip, the warranty will go up once you tick over 60k - so buy the monthly instead of annual and it will stay in the <60k bracket because they never re-evaluate!

ronk · Post by **ronk** » Tue Aug 21, 2018 11:07 am

If you fancy a new toy - go and buy it (if you can sensibly afford it)

Spending £1k is only a couple of weeks in a care home!

Mr Tidy · Post by **Mr Tidy** » Tue Aug 21, 2018 8:49 pm

clarker63 wrote: ↑Tue Aug 21, 2018 6:37 am Smartbear wrote: ↑Mon Aug 20, 2018 9:31 pm
Hi, fifteen grand will buy you an awful lot of repairs.
You’re using man maths, keep what you’ve got
Rob

+1

Buy something else to have fun with!

Or buy something else for when you won't be having fun anyway.

Number Six · Post by **Number Six** » Fri Aug 31, 2018 2:33 pm

Thanks for all the replies guys, I've decided to extend the warranty and hang on to it for another year. She's a lovely old thing and hasn't let me down yet!

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