| T.R | Title | User | Personal
Name | Date | Lines |
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| 2390.1 | | BLKPUD::WILLIAMSH | Flat tank Sunbeam rider | Wed Mar 22 1995 17:37 | 0 |
| 2390.2 | | VANGA::KERRELL | DECUS - Coventry May 15-18 1995 | Thu Mar 23 1995 08:27 | 6 |
| re.0:
A wall of silence? Perhaps no one wants to be the one to say, welcome to 1.7TD
club!
Dave :-(
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| 2390.3 | | QUICHE::PITT | "Ours not to reason. Why?" | Thu Mar 23 1995 10:38 | 9 |
| Re .-1: It is not at all clear to me that the TD is the way to go. On cost
alone, it is the one that is nearest to my current cost. However, there is a
very big difference in performance (based on the book figures, not a test drive,
yet) between the TD and my Renault 21.
I suspect that I shall actually get a 2.0i GLS, and take the hit on cost, but I
haven't finally decided yet.
T
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| 2390.4 | | BAHTAT::HILTON | Beer...now there's a temporary solution | Thu Mar 23 1995 10:49 | 1 |
| What about a Corsa diesel ;^)
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| 2390.5 | Lease costs - rule of thumb ... | QUICHE::PITT | "Where there are no people, the vision perishes..." | Mon Apr 03 1995 12:53 | 19 |
| Whilst there is clearly no alternative to getting a firm quote from car fleet
for a car you are ordering, I have discovered that you can make a reasonably
inspired guess at the lease costs at present, without getting a quote.
I should indicate, that the figures that I'm going to quote appear to work for
the size car that I'm looking at - they might vary for others. It's also likely
that if you go off the mainstream manufacturers, they could easily vary greatly.
If you look at the lease costs for Cavaliers, they are all around 23% of the
list price - the ones I considered vary between 21% and 24%. Looking at other
alternatives, from Rover, Renault and VW, the lease costs are around 30% of the
list price - they varied between 29% and 32%.
I would therefore suggest that (at least in that price/size bracket) you can
"guestimate" a lease cost by taking 30% of the list price.
Anyone want to check these figures out on other sizes of car?
T
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| 2390.6 | | RIOT01::KING | Mad mushrooms | Mon Apr 03 1995 13:00 | 8 |
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Check out 2290.12 - the cars are smaller, but probably cost more due
to higher insurance ratings.
Presumably a Clio Williams is about group 14/15?
Chris.
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| 2390.7 | Higher, higher! | UNTADI::SAXBY | Rover Diablo Owner | Mon Apr 03 1995 13:16 | 12 |
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Re Clio Williams.
I don't know if the Williams 2 gets a lower insurance rating, but I was
getting quotes in the range of 850 quid for an original Clio Williams!
For comparison, my Rover 220 GSi was under �450 in the UK.
So, at a guess I'd reckon the Williams is HIGHER than 15 (my Calibra
was 15, I think and last cost me �620).
Mark
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| 2390.8 | Group 17? | NEWOA::BARRON_D | | Mon Apr 03 1995 15:04 | 4 |
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I'm sure that the Clio Williams is quoted as group 17 in What Car.
Dave
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| 2390.9 | | RIOT01::KING | Mad mushrooms | Mon Apr 03 1995 15:23 | 10 |
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re:.7
>>So, at a guess I'd reckon the Williams is HIGHER than 15 (my Calibra
>>was 15, I think and last cost me �620).
Then again a Clio Williams is probably more fun to drive than any
Calibra.
C.
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| 2390.10 | | UNTADI::SAXBY | Rover Diablo Owner | Mon Apr 03 1995 15:28 | 4 |
|
Quite probably.
Mark
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| 2390.11 | mx5/rav4 | UBOHUB::STEWARDSON_C | | Tue May 16 1995 11:54 | 3 |
| MX5 approx $4000
RAV4 approx $3900
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