Average cost of two year upgrade

largepants

Hpping some expert might help here.

Looking to trade in a 2008 up two years. Originally a 30k car. With average mileage on both what should it cost me to change?

MuppetCheck

No one could possibly say without more details.

Atlantic Dawn

Anything from about €3k to €300k depending on the model you have/want.

largepants

Sorry was in a hurry posting. Grand Picasso is the car. Average mileage on both. Both reasonably clean.

Bpmull

largepants wrote: »

Sorry was in a hurry posting. Grand Picasso is the car. Average mileage on both. Both reasonably clean.

So your looking to trade up to the same model car. Are they both same spec and both the same fuel type.

djimi

Find a car the same as yours on Carzone from a dealer and knock about 25% off the asking price. That will give you a conservative estimate of what you will get for youre.

Find the car you are looking at on Carzone, again from a dealer, and work out how much you reckon it would cost to change up. Its not an exact science, but itll give you a ballpark figure.

Atlantic Dawn

Seems to be the very same car from 2006 to 2013, unless you are going for a different engine I don't really know why you would change to what is essentially the same car?

Mycroft H

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Seems to be the very same car from 2006 to 2013, unless you are going for a different engine I don't really know why you would change to what is essentially the same car?

There is too ways to do this; constantly upgrade and minimise the loss on depreciation or drive it for years!

largepants

Bpmull wrote: »

So your looking to trade up to the same model car. Are they both same spec and both the same fuel type.

Exact same car. Two years younger.

Atlantic Dawn

largepants wrote: »

Exact same car. Two years younger.

Any reason why? There's a new model out for 2013, would it not be better to hold what you have for another year or 2 and then by a 2 year old one of those?

Casati

largepants wrote: »

Exact same car. Two years younger.

8000 for two years is my guess

MuppetCheck

Mycroft H wrote: »

There is too ways to do this; constantly upgrade and minimise the loss on depreciation or drive it for years!

Paying for the new car means more than the depreciation loss though. But when the going good with the old one it can sometimes not hurt as much.

bazz26

I'd say it is going to cost a minimum of €7k to trade up two years.

mickdw

Casati wrote: »

8000 for two years is my guess

Looking at the prices of those cars, if the OP were to buy and sell privately, I think it could be done for small enough money. Trading in, not so great.

drunkmonkey

largepants wrote: »

Exact same car. Two years younger.

The devil you know is better than the devil you don't.

djimi

largepants wrote: »

Exact same car. Two years younger.

Youre basically just thowing money away. Is it really worth paying thousands just to have a slightly fancier reg plate?

Mycroft H

MuppetCheck wrote: »

Paying for the new car means more than the depreciation loss though. But when the going good with the old one it can sometimes not hurt as much.

With the new your getting, well a new car and the ability to trade it in at a competative price. Less wear and tear and avoidance of issues of timing belts etc and more costly servicing as it gets older. And a warranty from the manufacturer too.



I still am a fan of bangernomics though....

djimi

Mycroft H wrote: »

With the new your getting, well a new car and the ability to trade it in at a competative price. Less wear and tear and avoidance of issues of timing belts etc and more costly servicing as it gets older. And a warranty from the manufacturer too.



I still am a fan of bangernomics though....

Its not a new car though; they are going from a 08 to a 10. Might have a bit of warranty left granted, but is that really worth the extra money?

Atlantic Dawn

Mycroft H wrote: »

With the new your getting, well a new car and the ability to trade it in at a competative price. Less wear and tear and avoidance of issues of timing belts etc and more costly servicing as it gets older. And a warranty from the manufacturer too.


I still am a fan of bangernomics though....

And lets not forget something that will be worth about 50% of its purchase price in 3 years.

largepants

Yea I'm caught in two minds. I'm beginning to do big mileage with kids playing sports so wanna keep one family car decent enough. Prob be doing at least 18k p.a. Other one is a banger ok. Wife will drive the decent one.

Figure I was quoted was 7k so figures seem about right. I did want to know the figure with average mileage because the one Im looking at has very little mileage so I can compare.

Cheers for the replies. Lot of knowledge on boards so thats why I asked here.