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What, you pay £270 per month for a brand new £45,000 Range Rover, having put down a 5% deposit? Wow! The baloon payment must be enormous!
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Gizz wrote: What, you pay £270 per month for a brand new £45,000 Range Rover
Well, there is your mistake. 
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"It is the celestial scrotum of good luck!" - Nagy Vilmos (2011)
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Slacker007 wrote: Funny, I pay less then half of that...
Not an entirely fair comparison since you are only paying depreciation and interest on the car rather than on the entire cost of the vehicle.
Slacker007 wrote: I'm not saying that leasing is the right move for everyone.
Agreed.
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DavidCrow wrote: Not an entirely fair comparison
I pay less a month leasing, then if I would buying (talking about a new car).
That was my point. I believe if you look at the OP his car was far more expensive then mine. That is why their is no comparison IMHO.
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"the meat from that butcher is just the dogs danglies, absolutely amazing cuts of beef." - DaveAuld (2011)
"No, that is just the earthly manifestation of the Great God Retardon." - Nagy Vilmos (2011)
"It is the celestial scrotum of good luck!" - Nagy Vilmos (2011)
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My last car I bought for 600 quid, sold it a year later for 200. It needed two tires and a brake hose, about 130 quid for the lot.
My current car I bought for 950 quid. I might keep it for two years as I spent a bit more on it. It has had to have a new clutch and a couple of new tires, just over 300 quid for the lot I think. I'll have had it for a year in April, and if I do want rid I'll probably get 600 for it.
No need to do any routine maintenance.
Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
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"No need to do any routine maintenance."
SPLENDID! A man after my own heart!
(My old mate Sean who lives in a shed in a field, turned up in a Mondeo recently. An *old* Mondeo. "Look!" he said "It starts 'on the button'!". Where the ignition switch was, only a jumble of wires. Gaffer taped to the steering column, a button.)
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Gizz wrote: (My old mate Sean who lives in a shed in a field, turned up in a Mondeo recently. An *old* Mondeo. "Look!" he said "It starts 'on the button'!". Where the ignition switch was, only a jumble of wires. Gaffer taped to the steering column, a button.)
Excellent.
Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
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I never do any maintenance, and I never buy a car.
I have 8 cars parked within walking distance of home that I can use at a moment's notice.
Worth looking into if you don't drive a lot and you live in a city (in the UK, although I'm sure there are other places that do similar things): http://www.commonwheels.org.uk[^]
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I have heard of similar things, shared car ownership / use schemes too.
No use for me though as I live in a village, my daughter goes to school in a very small city nearby and I work in another town a few miles away. Our car spends very little time at home during the day.
I am very much all in favour of any ideas to make life cheaper for people though.
Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
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ChrisElston wrote: No need to do any routine maintenance.
Your car doesn't use oil, brake fluid, transmission fluid, etc...
Boy, I need to buy the car you have...right now.
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"the meat from that butcher is just the dogs danglies, absolutely amazing cuts of beef." - DaveAuld (2011)
"No, that is just the earthly manifestation of the Great God Retardon." - Nagy Vilmos (2011)
"It is the celestial scrotum of good luck!" - Nagy Vilmos (2011)
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Slacker007 wrote:
Your car doesn't use oil, brake fluid, transmission fluid, etc...
It uses them, in that it has them in a sealed system and they go round and round and do stuff.
I don't have to top them up each week like I do with the petrol.
I think your shiny new lease car may have a leak or three.
Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
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ChrisElston wrote: I think your shiny new lease car may have a leak or three.
ah, yes but I don't pay for them to get fixed.
I used to own used cars and trucks, my last one being a Jeep Grand Cherokee. I never owned/leased new vehicles. I've seen both sides of the coin and choose the lease side for financial gains that I am already realizing.
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"the meat from that butcher is just the dogs danglies, absolutely amazing cuts of beef." - DaveAuld (2011)
"No, that is just the earthly manifestation of the Great God Retardon." - Nagy Vilmos (2011)
"It is the celestial scrotum of good luck!" - Nagy Vilmos (2011)
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A car at 4 to 8 years old with between 60000 and 140000 miles on it is going to be a reliable car, at least in Europe, so isnt going to need any upkeep.
Mileage and servciing is the same as for a new car, in fact I do it myself, since with an old car I am not interested in keeping up a dealer service record.
When I have finished with it, say when it is heading towards 200000 miles or some maor service/repair I sell it for whatever I can get.
For example I bought a Mondeo for £3000 about 6 years ago. It was 3 years old. It had 80 k miles on it, I added another 70k and sold it for £200 (after my wife had dented it a few times.  )
I changed a lower wishbone and the air con heat exchanger and that was it apart form normal servicing. So call it £500 worth of repairs and servicing and I had 70k miles over 6 years for £3200 which is £44 a month.
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Nothing to say.
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Erudite_Eric wrote: A car at 4 to 8 years old with between 60000 and 140000 miles on it is going to be a reliable car, at least in Europe,
If what you say is the hard truth, then you are golden.
Because you will be hard pressed to find a reliable car here in the State meeting your statement above.
good for you. However, I don't live in Europe. 
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"the meat from that butcher is just the dogs danglies, absolutely amazing cuts of beef." - DaveAuld (2011)
"No, that is just the earthly manifestation of the Great God Retardon." - Nagy Vilmos (2011)
"It is the celestial scrotum of good luck!" - Nagy Vilmos (2011)
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Slacker007 wrote: I only lease now.
Closed-end or open-end?
"One man's wage rise is another man's price increase." - Harold Wilson
"Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons
"Show me a community that obeys the Ten Commandments and I'll show you a less crowded prison system." - Anonymous
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closed. why?
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"the meat from that butcher is just the dogs danglies, absolutely amazing cuts of beef." - DaveAuld (2011)
"No, that is just the earthly manifestation of the Great God Retardon." - Nagy Vilmos (2011)
"It is the celestial scrotum of good luck!" - Nagy Vilmos (2011)
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Our ten man lottery syndicate at work won £97.90 over the course of 2011.
Living the dream.
Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
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Don't let it change your life!
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Mff years ago we had a syndicate at work. I think I had to pay into it about £20 in 5 years as it kept winning enough £10 to cover the costs. On the few occasions we turned up four balls, it was worth naff all and so no winnings were ever divied up.
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.
Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H
OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre
I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer
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In a pervious life we used to do a similar thing..... although 4 balls doesn't yield much the few we had in a row did go someway to a nice curry night...
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Don't rush out and spend spend spend.
I suggest you seek out a good reputable Financial Adviser.
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I am available and cheap!
I would advise for £100.
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I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
CCC Link[ ^]
Trolls[ ^]
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I said good.........not drunken 
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How do y'all plan to spend all the winnings?
You may not be able to live the dream but you have enough
perhaps to buy enough clown paint for the smile.
Maybe this year will be the year?
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The first time were going to use Scrum development and I am assigned to present the development process to the product owners.  What am I going to do.. 
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