A friend has a very tidy VW Touran - think its on a 54 or 55 plate. She has had it nearly 2 years, and previous owner was her step father - it was his company car.
The car is imaculate with full history, and has always been reliable, however, it now has 165K on it. Now in my mind this is not an issue and better the devil you know and all that.
Friend now wants to change it for another Touran on the basis that it might go wrong at any point due to the mileage, and today it still has some value, however it wont in the future.
My advice was to stick with it - it owes her nothing and would pass for a 50K car easily
She has been offered 3K PX for it against a 13K touran from a non VW dealer, and is keen (although cant afford it)
Which way would you go?
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and is keen (although cant afford it)
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There's the answer then, keep the present one and keep up the good maintenance which is obviously paying.
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>> My advice was to stick with it - it owes her nothing and would pass
>> for a 50K car easily
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>> She has been offered 3K PX for it against a 13K touran from a non
>> VW dealer, and is keen (although cant afford it)
In this case its very much a case of better the devil you know IMO. Can't see the point in spending £10k that she doesn't have for a newer/lower mileage version of the same thing.
A £13k Touran from a dealer is going to drop at least £3k in the next year surely, and the chances are the current one will carry on just fine...famous last words I know :-)
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Another vote for sticking with it. Ten thousand buys a hell of a lot of reparis.
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Another vote for keep it. £10k buys a new engine with plenty left over to take a limo everywhere while the engine is being sorted. By all means change if you want a change, but seems an expensive way to put yourself back in the same position.
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If she can't afford to change, doesn't the question answer itself? That's where I am now with my ageing Volvo in another year without a salary increase. I'd like to change it in the next year (before it's ten years old) and set us up for the next eight years of family transport but the money isn't there so the old car soldiers on.
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Yup, keep it. I know someone who sold a perfectly good and useful car they should have kept...
:-)
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Agree with all keep the car.
I've done that sold a excellent car Mitsubishi Space star in very good condition and also should have kept it.:(
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Looks like we all agree then - shame its already advertised for sale. If I was in need of a motor then I would have taken it off ger hands, but 11 months lease left on mine so to early for me.
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Volkswagen Touran MPV - Change or not ? - -
