Trade in or keep car?

raxy

Looking for opinions on what to do here.
My wife wants to learn to drive but only in an automatic.
I have a 152 seat Leon diesel which hasn't given me any trouble, 110k km on the clock. It's manual though so she doesn't want to learn in it.
I was thinking of trading mine in for an automatic so she can learn in it & when she passed her test buy another car for me.
Thinking of spending ~15k & getting an auris hybrid or something similar.
Couple of problems. My commute is 60km on motorway. Seen some mixed opinions on hybrids on the motorway. Since I'll be using it daily I'm not sure if o should look at a diesel. She works locally so when she passed her test a hybrid would be a good option.
Other issue is trade in on my car. I'm only being offered ~6-6500. Hardly seems worth trading in for that only to replace it in a year or so.

Would you take the hit & trade it in or take it off the road for a year?
We don't want 2 cars for 1 to sit in the drive 99% of the time, plus the insurance for her on her own car would be too high (haven't got quotes yet so that's an assumption)

JCN12

Another option could be to wait, and get your wife to take lessons/ driving test in a school of motoring car, then invest in another car.

I think this would be the more common route.

Roger Mellie Man on the Telly

Trade it in (the wife).

raxy

Roger Mellie Man on the Telly wrote: »

Trade it in (the wife).

Now that's some solid advice! I wonder what I'd get for her?

Was offered 8k trade in today which I may go for. Waiting to hear back from a Toyota garage though. They've to the same year car but would probably cost about 3k more depending on what they offer for trade in. That car has 20k km less on the clock.

RoscommonTom

raxy wrote: »

Now that's some solid advice! I wonder what I'd get for her?

can I have a test drive of her,

raxy

RoscommonTom wrote: »

raxy wrote: »

Now that's some solid advice! I wonder what I'd get for her?

can I have a test drive of her,

Do you have anything to part exchange?

Belfast

Roger Mellie Man on the Telly wrote: »

Trade it in (the wife).

Make sure the new wife is will to drive a manual first.

dangers of trade ins.

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Belfast

On a more serious note what you need to know about the 4 different types of automatics gear boxes.

Belfast

I would taken the car off the road for 12 months.
Does your wife have cars in mid to learn to drive in? apart for having an automtic gear box?

Hybrid cars what they are good for and why they get bad economy on the motorway.

raxy

All she wants is an auto & smallish car. We've 2 kids on car seats so need it to be practical as well.
Going to take an auris for a test drive tomorrow to see what it's like. The car itself is nice so just want to try the hybrid engine a bit more to see.

con747

raxy wrote: »

Looking for opinions on what to do here.
My wife wants to learn to drive but only in an automatic.
I have a 152 seat Leon diesel which hasn't given me any trouble, 110k km on the clock. It's manual though so she doesn't want to learn in it.
I was thinking of trading mine in for an automatic so she can learn in it & when she passed her test buy another car for me.
Thinking of spending ~15k & getting an auris hybrid or something similar.
Couple of problems. My commute is 60km on motorway. Seen some mixed opinions on hybrids on the motorway. Since I'll be using it daily I'm not sure if o should look at a diesel. She works locally so when she passed her test a hybrid would be a good option.
Other issue is trade in on my car. I'm only being offered ~6-6500. Hardly seems worth trading in for that only to replace it in a year or so.

Would you take the hit & trade it in or take it off the road for a year?
We don't want 2 cars for 1 to sit in the drive 99% of the time, plus the insurance for her on her own car would be too high (haven't got quotes yet so that's an assumption)

Just remember if she does the test in an automatic that is all she will be allowed to drive in the future.

Belfast

con747 wrote: »

Just remember if she does the test in an automatic that is all she will be allowed to drive in the future.

so she will not be able to borrow your car with a manual gear box.That could be good or bad or maybe both as she way wabt youy to get and automitic for your self.

Shefwedfan

con747 wrote: »

Just remember if she does the test in an automatic that is all she will be allowed to drive in the future.

So manual is dying and will be dead soon

newuser99999

con747 wrote: »

Just remember if she does the test in an automatic that is all she will be allowed to drive in the future.

There’s nothing on the automatic drivers license that distinguishes it from a manual drivers license.

con747

newuser99999 wrote: »

There’s nothing on the automatic drivers license that distinguishes it from a manual drivers license.

If you pass your test in an automatic car, you are limited to driving vehicles in that category with automatic transmission. If you wish to drive a manual vehicle you will be required to sit and pass a further driving test to remove this restriction from your driving licence. https://www.rsa.ie/en/RSA/Learner-Drivers/The-Driving-Test/Your-Car/

Casati

If you let the Leon sit outside it will still drop another 1500/2000 and would still need to an NCT which will be a headache when the car isn’t taxed. You might have issues inc battery / brakes which could cost you more money. You might have small risk of it being stolen too.

If you are still doing the commute and like the diesel why not trade for a DSG Leon? If you trade to a Seat dealer you might get a better trade-in than a Toyota dealer would offer. It’s easy spend your money but you might find trading up a year or two won’t cost you much

punisher5112

newuser99999 wrote: »

There’s nothing on the automatic drivers license that distinguishes it from a manual drivers license.

Yes there is, there is a code beside it.

Why not buy a cheap Micra or Yaris or jazz and let her learn in that, she will destroy the Leon or something else.

newuser99999

punisher5112 wrote: »

Yes there is, there is a code beside it.

No there’s not.

punisher5112

newuser99999 wrote: »

No there’s not.

There is on the back, if this were the case then what would be the point learning gears.

Anyone that has only driven a auto can't drive a manual

newuser99999

punisher5112 wrote: »

There is on the back, if this were the case then what would be the point learning gears.

Anyone that has only driven a auto can't drive a manual

I have an automatic license and there’s nothing on it that’s different on my friend’s manual license.

punisher5112

newuser99999 wrote: »

I have an automatic license and there’s nothing on it that’s different on my friend’s manual license.

Check the back if it is the new one, there will be a code.