Buying small van with trade in or cash?

hawkelady · 11-02-2018 10:45PM #1

Hi , I'm in the market for a small van atm and I'm wondering will I trade in my 98 corolla as part of the deal and get scrappage off a 181 or am I better to sell the corolla privately and get a 161 or newer ? I have 15500 in cash .
I'm looking at the ford transit connect as it has the 3 seats . any advice is welcome..

bazz26 · 11-02-2018 11:02PM

Will depend on the manufacture and what deals they are doing around scrappage. Weigh it up against being a cash customer and what straight deal discount they offer. A 98 Corolla is probably worth less than 1k privately so it might work could better to sell it privately and buy the van straight over availing a scrappage deal.

homik · 12-02-2018 12:56AM

hawkelady wrote: »

Hi , I'm in the market for a small van atm and I'm wondering will I trade in my 98 corolla as part of the deal and get scrappage off a 181 or am I better to sell the corolla privately and get a 161 or newer ? I have 15500 in cash .
I'm looking at the ford transit connect as it has the 3 seats . any advice is welcome..

Citroen Berlingo and Peugeot Partner are 3 seaters too and they tend to do scrappage

FUBO · 12-02-2018 05:47PM

As above BUT very small 3 seaters more like 2 and a bit

hawkelady · 12-02-2018 06:13PM

Cheers. Just testing the waters. I rang a few insurance companies today. Cheapest quote is €960 on a 1.5 ltr diesel ..
no penalty points or claims !!
Back to the drawing board

FUBO · 12-02-2018 11:05PM

try INSURE MY VAN .IE I pay 420 fully comp on a 2014 Peugeot Expert 2.O HDI

Buying small van with trade in or cash?

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