Second hand car now or new year?

CuppaCocoa · 21-10-2008 9:17am #1

My partner wants a pink automatic Yaris

and will not be dissuaded!
Not too many of them and all seem to be Jap imports which is fine as they have better specs. Is there any reason to wait until the new year to buy one? Will it make any difference in terms of price? They seem to be around 6K for a 2000/01 model.

Another thing - some imports I've seen advertised as 'just off the boat' have NCTs on them. How can that be if they've just arrived into the country?

biko · 21-10-2008 10:12am

Girl car if I ever saw one

If you want a second hand car I see no reason to wait but there could be some technicality I'm not familiar with.

Can you link to one of those new NCTd cars?

bazz26 · 21-10-2008 10:21am

€6k is way too much to pay for a 7/8 year old small car whether it be now or January.

Stephen · 21-10-2008 10:23am

Imports are supposed to be NCT'd once they get the VRT paid. Usually they end up with a 1 year NCT. I guess whichever place is advertising them with the NCT already done is just trying to make them more attractive to buyers.

bowsie casey · 21-10-2008 10:25am

bazz26 wrote: »

€6k is way too much to pay for a 7/8 year old small car whether it be now or January.

Agree - my Mrs paid €7k for a 2004 model recently.

CuppaCocoa · 21-10-2008 11:09am

biko wrote: »

Girl car if I ever saw one She is a girl!

She wants an automatic so that narrows down the field unfortunately. Only 6 pink ones on car zone! €6,950 for a 2000/2001. A bit pricey I think especially as there's no proper pics, just a generic one they use:

http://www.carzone.ie/used-cars/Toyota/Yaris/AUTOMATIC-with/1193796/

Would she be able to bargain do you think?

Second hand car now or new year?

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