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Used car budget 8k

Newport81 · 2021-04-20 17:31:16

Am looking to buy a car that’s nit going to keep breaking down and costing me money every year in repairs annual mileage is about 5k looking for something with the cheaper car tax have been driving an a4 for the last ten years. Would an a3 be a good buy? Or can anyone reccomend anything that would be a good car for that…

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#52 11-06-2021 3:10pm

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brian_gall85 wrote: »

As opposed to Dublin reg cars who have had the crap ridden out of their gearbox and clutch.

It's complete crap nowadays and a sweeping generalisation that has no truth behind it when not looking at your typical "daysul" machine.

D if in Dublin tend to be in better shape then say something out on Sligo or wherever as roads are better in most cases....

DL tend to be mostly from across the border, bad roads etc......
Obviously not all stay there, cars move around, new owners etc....
Just a reg D or whatever doesn't tell the full story.

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#53 13-06-2021 4:29am

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It might be unfounded nonsense, but I personally wouldn't buy a DL reg car. I'm sure there are many others who think similar, so with that in mind I'd be buying it with the expectation of having a difficult time shifting it on, if it ever came time to sell.

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