New car idea, should i do it?

Blackstar · 05-01-2007, 19:22

Right, well right now i have Mindy my 1.1 ford fiesta. She rocks my world and so does her insurance £475.20 for a year. (Taking into account that i've only had my licence for 5 months.) Mindy is lovely and in really good condition i bought her out of my own pocket and care for her the best i can with my car noobness.

Now here is the dilema, my mum and dad both have cars. Mum has a Honda CRV (which is a point and go car, wasn't too keen when i had a shot) and dad has a Volvo (pipe and slippers included). The Honda is a company car and will be going back soon, so parentals have started looking for yet another car to replace that.
Before they got the Honda mum drove a R-reg 1.8 16v Vauxhall Vectra arctic, which was pretty nice, i know not the best of cars but it did the job. SO that has been living in our garage for a while. (Still in working order though the battery is hooked up to a thing that keeps it working and it get a regular check over.)
My younger sister Lorna is 17 in April and wants to learn how to drive, so my parents have offered me this deal...
Give your little sister Mindy and we will sell you the Vectra (which is worth about £800-£900) for £500, which you can pay to us in installments over 3 months. We will MOT the car but you have to tax it. I'm allowed to take out the stereo that i (*cough* Martin) put into Mindy.
I've looked into insuring the Vectra and it is a lot cheaper than i thought it'd be £635.35 TPTF with my mum as a named driver.
My question is, do i do it? I'm very very tempted as it is a much better car than the one i have now, much more reliable and able to handle long distances.

05-01-2007, 19:22	#1
Blackstar Ambassador of Awesome Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Edinburger Posts: 3,676	New car idea, should i do it? Right, well right now i have Mindy my 1.1 ford fiesta. She rocks my world and so does her insurance £475.20 for a year. (Taking into account that i've only had my licence for 5 months.) Mindy is lovely and in really good condition i bought her out of my own pocket and care for her the best i can with my car noobness. Now here is the dilema, my mum and dad both have cars. Mum has a Honda CRV (which is a point and go car, wasn't too keen when i had a shot) and dad has a Volvo (pipe and slippers included). The Honda is a company car and will be going back soon, so parentals have started looking for yet another car to replace that. Before they got the Honda mum drove a R-reg 1.8 16v Vauxhall Vectra arctic, which was pretty nice, i know not the best of cars but it did the job. SO that has been living in our garage for a while. (Still in working order though the battery is hooked up to a thing that keeps it working and it get a regular check over.) My younger sister Lorna is 17 in April and wants to learn how to drive, so my parents have offered me this deal... Give your little sister Mindy and we will sell you the Vectra (which is worth about £800-£900) for £500, which you can pay to us in installments over 3 months. We will MOT the car but you have to tax it. I'm allowed to take out the stereo that i (cough Martin) put into Mindy. I've looked into insuring the Vectra and it is a lot cheaper than i thought it'd be £635.35 TPTF with my mum as a named driver. My question is, do i do it? I'm very very tempted as it is a much better car than the one i have now, much more reliable and able to handle long distances. __________________ Jim Garrahy's Fudge Kitchen Last edited by Blackstar; 05-01-2007 at 20:39.