| Title: | Cars in the UK |
| Notice: | Please read new conference charter 1.70 |
| Moderator: | COMICS::SHELLEY ELD |
| Created: | Sun Mar 06 1994 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
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I will need to select/order a replacement company car in the next
six months or so and need advice please. Knowing very little about
motors I've no idea what car to even think about, I can name some
names like Ford and Renault but I'm not sure of the whole market.
What I'm looking for is advice on a book or magazine that might
help me find my options/decide. Even direct suggestions would be
welcome.
As an historical record my previous company cars have been:
Avenger 1.6 - Avenger 1.6 - Cortina 1.6 - Cortina 1.6 Est - Astra
1.3 Est (four years) - Cavalier 1.6 Est - Renault 21 Est.
My 'musts' are: Estate less than 2.0 litre with power steering
petrol engined.
Nice to have: Good performance, relatively cheap on the scheme,
electric gadgets.
Don't cares: Leaded/unleaded, quality of local service, split
seats, ABS, country of origin, fancy radio street cred.
My current car costs me �957 on the scheme and I don't want to go
much over this figure, if at all.
What do the panel say?
Bucko...
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| 1031.1 | Starter for 10... | UKCSSE::RDAVIES | Live long and prosper | Wed Apr 18 1990 17:53 | 10 |
Citroen BX 16TGD/19TZS estate
Peugot 405 16/19 GL/GR estate
Ford Sierra 1.8/2.0(1998cc?) LX/GL estate (power steering may be an
extra)
No Cavalier currently,
Montego 1.6/2.0 S/(?) estate
Aw heck, why not just look through fleet on VTX?. select price range
and browse.
Richard
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| 1031.2 | SHAPES::ALFORDJ | Ice a speciality | Thu Apr 19 1990 10:17 | 10 | |
I take it that you are either a qualified user or get the Market
Supplement ?
If not, there is no such thing as a "cheap" car on the lease scheme !
Re: .-1
A diesel Cavalier is aparently due out in about 6 months, so could be a
possibility.
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| 1031.3 | Wot I dun | NEARLY::GOODENOUGH | Thu Apr 19 1990 16:39 | 23 | |
Richard,
I've just ordered a Renault 21 GTX Auto Hatch at �936. This was after
a quote of �2061 for the TXE Auto - next up in the range, and not much
more for a hell of a lot more money!! The Savanna (estate version)
will cost you in the range �837 - �1951, according to model/extras.
As .1 says the best thing you can do is browse VTX (select 7 for
Fleet). If you want to look on price, select 3 from the Fleet menu,
then 4. Prices quoted in the latter menu are for non-supplement
holders, that's why they look high :-).
The magazine to get is What Car - I will toddle along with my copy in
a moment, since I've finished with it (half price since I know you :-))
After that, take a tour round your local garages and pick up all the
glossies ou can get your hands on.
Then start putting in pairs of quotes (never to soon to start) until
you hit on something both you and PHH agree is a reasonable price!!
Good hunting,
Jeff.
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| 1031.4 | Just a small digression | VANDAL::BARRON | Snoopy Vs Red_Barron | Fri Apr 20 1990 09:46 | 7 |
Re:.3 > Then start putting in pairs of quotes (never to soon to start) until > you hit on something both you and PHH agree is a reasonable price!! I thought there's a limit of two quotes per person. Everyone over the top costs you. Can anyone correct me here? Dave | |||||
| 1031.5 | CHEFS::CLEMENTSD | Public Sector and Telecomms | Fri Apr 20 1990 11:25 | 2 | |
Apparently you can have more than two quotes, what you can't have
is more than two quotes being processed at once......
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