Cost of coming up a year?

phog

What is the average cost of coming up a year in similar type cars? I'm think of changing from 05 to around a 08 or 09 and would like to know if there's an averaqe cost per year or soem trade type formula for calculatiing.

Also, what about changing from petrol to diesel? Say getting an 08 petrol or 08 diesel, what would be the difference in cost?

mickdw

Cant say without details of car type

Shane732

Totally depends on what you're looking at.

I spent €11k to go up a year but it could be less or more depending on the car your looking at.

phog

Well I'm driving an Opel Astra and looking at something like an Astra, Focus, Nissan Tida, Golf, etc.

stevenmu

It will vary depending on where the year is on the depreciation curve, so an average for a year is pretty meaningless.

For e.g. to go from an 05 to an 06 may be €1,000,
then to go 06 to 07 could be €2,000
then 07 to 08 could be €5,000 etc

And this will change for each car, and each engine/spec level.

homer90

phog wrote: »

Well I'm driving an Opel Astra and looking at something like an Astra, Focus, Nissan Tida, Golf, etc.

:eek:

Seweryn

phog wrote: »

Well I'm driving an Opel Astra and looking at something like an Astra, Focus, Nissan Tida, Golf, etc.

So why you are looking for a change? It makes no economical sense, unless there is something you don't like in your current car (colour, interior, etc.), but then there is no need of "coming up a year"...

phog

Seweryn wrote: »

So why you are looking for a change? It makes no economical sense, unless there is something you don't like in your current car (colour, interior, etc.), but then there is no need of "coming up a year"...

I have 195,000km on the clock and think it's time tochange before it starts to cost me money.

_Kaiser_

phog wrote: »

I have 195,000km on the clock and think it's time tochange before it starts to cost me money.

True... there is a point where all those "little" problems (at 100-200 a pop to fix) start adding up to a serious outlay per year and it starts making more sense to pay for a younger car than pouring more money into your current one.

I'm at the point where I'm doing nearly 200 km a day and if I don't start thinking of a change soon the current car will be worthless (06 Passat - already 156k km on the clock and rapidly rising)

bazz26

The days for trading up a year or two for a couple of grand are well and truely gone. Especially these days when there is less demand for petrol cars and an undersupply of clean diesel cars on the new tax system.

You would probably get a better deal if buying a post 2007 petrol car which doesn't have low emmissions as demand for these cars has fallen through the floor. The sheep want diesel cars because they cost €104 to tax.

phog

bazz26 wrote: »

The days for trading up a year or two for a couple of grand are well and truely gone. Especially these days when there is less demand for petrol cars and an undersupply of clean diesel cars on the new tax system.

You would probably get a better deal if buying a post 2007 petrol car which doesn't have low emmissions as demand for these cars has fallen through the floor. The sheep want diesel cars because they cost €104 to tax.

I want to come up at least to a 2008, with the mileage I've put up on my own car the diesel would seem to be the way to go, if I can afford to make the initial step. TBH, it has very little to do with car tax more to do with running costs.

bazz26

phog wrote: »

I want to come up at least to a 2008, with the mileage I've put up on my own car the diesel would seem to be the way to go, if I can afford to make the initial step. TBH, it has very little to do with car tax more to do with running costs.

That maybe the case with yourself but average Joe Public only sees motor tax as the main ingredient of car ownership and will quite happily pay thousands to trade up to a car to save €300 a year in motor tax. This increases demand for 08 or newer low emmission diesel cars than there are in supply meaning that these cars command high selling prices.

My point really is that jumping from a petrol car on the old cc based tax system to a diesel car on the new lower emmissions system will be not be cheap.

_Kaiser_

Well for myself (as with the OP) the "cheap tax" thing - while nice if I could get it but probably wouldn't due to my requirements of it being a diesel AND automatic - is a secondary issue. Personally I think it highly unfair that my 06 2L Passat costs me over €600 a year in tax, whereas a friend's 09 520D is in and around the €150 mark, but howandever...

With the mileage I do though I'm going to need a change soon - just wish I had the money now

phog

............so back on topic

Trading an 05 petrol Astra 195K Kms on clock to an 08 similar type car in petrol or diesel, what should I expect to fork out?

Saw a diesel Astra 08 75K Kms on clock was asked for €9,000 with my own, what do people think?