Rising petrol prices.

[madasafish]

£279 annual depreciation over 12 years.
So the car cost less than £4k?

[Westy36]

£279 annual depreciation over 12 years.
So the car cost less than £4k?

Yep, just a few quid under. When I bought our Octi, it was an ex charitly pool car and had not enjoyed the easiest of lives. 3 1/2yrs old with just over 30 on the clock but FSH. It was in unfashionable dark green metallic and had the 1.6 petrol engine. I took cash with me and haggled hard. I think the dealer was pleased to be shot when the whole world wanted silver TDi cars at the time.

Had the same car of had an Audi badge (the A3, Golf, Leon and Octi are the same car) it would have cost me at least double what I paid. More so, if it had been diesel back then. They were over £10k. In my experience, driving unfashionable cars is whole lot cheaper than being 'on trend'. 

[springswood]

Reminds me of when our kid always bought brown cars because they were cheaper.
Also the rust didn't show.

[JimSh]

Friend of mine bought a Skoda (Favorit or Rapide) many years ago (pre VAG), when they were even less fashionable, so that his, then teenage, daughters wouldn't borrow it.
He also found it a reasonable car to work on when other manufacturers were moving into ,then unreliable, electronics.

Must have been the Rapid (engine in the back, radiator at the front)

[nowster]

Reminds me of when our kid always bought brown cars because they were cheaper.
Also the rust didn't show.

Like a friend of the family who bought a Lada Riva in "burnt orange".

[Jocko]

Years ago I was considering buying a 2CV Charleston and my daughter said if I did she would never get in it. Should have bought it. It would have saved me getting called out at 2 am to pick up her and her drunken pals, from Jackie O's.
Or maybe it wouldn't!

[John Ratsey]

I passed on a Jazz to my daughter so that she would have a reliable set of wheels. However, she complained that having a car with a decent amount of space resulted in her having to provide transport for her friends so she traded the Jazz in for a Mini.

[peteo48]

I passed on a Jazz to my daughter so that she would have a reliable set of wheels. However, she complained that having a car with a decent amount of space resulted in her having to provide transport for her friends so she traded the Jazz in for a Mini.

 

[culzean]

I passed on a Jazz to my daughter so that she would have a reliable set of wheels. However, she complained that having a car with a decent amount of space resulted in her having to provide transport for her friends so she traded the Jazz in for a Mini.

 

My niece did the same, traded in a 4/5 seater for a 2 seater as she did not drink much and always got the job of ferrying mates around....

[150234]

eg Oxygen sensor £280 each for a Jazz

This is true, which I why I havent bothered repairing mine and have just left the warning light on for 13 months.

[E27006]

eg Oxygen sensor £280 each for a Jazz

This is true, which I why I havent bothered repairing mine and have just left the warning light on for 13 months.

Not a good idea to drive for extended periods with the warning light on, I believe you may damage or poison the Catalytic convertor,  your mpg will also suffer, you will be caught at the MoT test, such a warning light isn't it an automatic MoT fail?
No need to pay Honda prices of £280 each,  Lucas parts LEB455 or LEB456  are replacements formost Jazz Dsi cars and cost about £35 each on Ebay, possibly less if bought as a set of two

[150234]

eg Oxygen sensor £280 each for a Jazz

This is true, which I why I havent bothered repairing mine and have just left the warning light on for 13 months.

Not a good idea to drive for extended periods with the warning light on, I believe you may damage or poison the Catalytic convertor,  your mpg will also suffer, you will be caught at the MoT test, such a warning light isn't it an automatic MoT fail?
No need to pay Honda prices of £280 each,  Lucas parts LEB455 or LEB456  are replacements formost Jazz Dsi cars and cost about £35 each on Ebay, possibly less if bought as a set of two

While I appreciate your concern, I think that the O2 sensor is the least of my problem with that car.

As for the MOT, that would require it to make it to febuary which judging by yesterdays performance isn't looking likely.

[WelshBeauty]

If you are buying and older car and want reliability get a Japanese one, Toyota or Honda are bulletproof and so that means no surprise bills...

Not Nissan?

[Kremmen]

My neighbour has a 68 plate Qashqai and it's been at the dealers at least a dozen times with electric gremlins.

[culzean]

If you are buying and older car and want reliability get a Japanese one, Toyota or Honda are bulletproof and so that means no surprise bills...

Not Nissan?

The early Datsun cars were models of Austin ( A40 etc. ) made in conjunction with BMC ( I worked with people who had spent time in Japan installing equipment to make the cars ).  Datsun ( later Nissan ) normally had decent engines but not sure about rest of car...