jas-tec
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http://dealer.peugeot.co.uk/perrys-aylesbury/new-vehicles/new-car-offers/peugeot-207/peugeot-207 is it worth doing can afford it is it a good deal
[Edited on 19-01-2012 by jas-tec]
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ed
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A friend of mine has just signed up for it. Seems like a good enough deal to me.
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Ben G
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if you have to ask, you can't afford it
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Brett
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Wow, that's decent.
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richc
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quote:
Originally posted by Ben G
if you have to ask, you can't afford it
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Ojc
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Very very good
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M2RTY
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quote:
Originally posted by richc
quote:
Originally posted by Ben G
if you have to ask, you can't afford it
why?
I can easily afford, say, a £500 tv
I see 4 TVs on offer, compare them all, by asking if each is worth it or not or if there is a better alternative
Theres a difference between value for money (i.e "the best deal") and being able to afford it
Just 'cos you can afford it does not mean its a good deal
[Edited on 19-01-2012 by M2RTY]
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Ben G
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caught a bigg'un
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M2RTY
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info...
Having just read through Peugoet's website, I'm slightly baffled at how they've managed to market such a wobbly deal quite honestly. If you opt for a modest base-spec 207, you pay an initial rental of just over £1500, then monthly rental of £179. At the end of the deal, you can hand it back - and presumably find out how picky your friendly local dealer is when it comes to the dreaded vehicle inspection and excess charges - or you opt to KEEP - but not OWN - the car. This entails paying what Peugeot consider the car to be worth - in this case around £4.5k - but not actually owning it, instead continuing to pay an annual fee equivalent to your previous monthly fee. Put simply, you pay what the car is worth as if buying it, but it still belongs to Peugeot! Brilliant! Why on earth don't they just let you have the thing, are they really that desperate for a couple of hundred quid a year?! What isn't detailed is how long this arrangement will last, so if you wanted to keep it for another then years would you continute to pay them all that time, or do they eventually take it off you and leave you with nothing?
As ever, the headline figures and prices are for the bottom deal, so the stated £179 per month for a 207 limits you to just 6500 miles per year or thereabouts, which isn't great considering the average mileage tends to be quoted as somewhere around the 10k mark. Also worth considering is that the 'free servicing' includes only the basic routine stuff - so when it comes to your tyres, brakes, clutch and fluids etc, you helpfully pay for Peugoet's car to be kept in tip-top condition so it's all spick and span when they eventually get it back! Remeber, it's never going to be yours regardless of how much you spend on it! Also bear in mind the insurance is not available to under-25s, or under-30s on some of the juicier models, with a minimum of 2 years NCB and certain other restriction. So work out how much you'd actually save as your premiums shouldn't be all that much on a basic car at that age.
Personally, I'd take my money down to the local used dealership and actually buy something!
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M2RTY
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quote:
Originally posted by Ben G
caught a bigg'un
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