[K3vmcb]

Well gents I've had the f31 320d for a year now paid 20k and now it got a vauluation it's like 12k so I'm thinking about getting ready to shift the f31 either get a different car or go for a older e91 335d touring or a 330d ?

[Dr Forinor]

Why? Would do you not want to keep this one any longer?

[rosstin]

On that basis you can afford £1666 a month on your next motor..

An e90 is aiming a bit low

[K3vmcb]

Just thinking for money and how much I'm losing on this f31 a boy I know has just done the same he is losing heaps on his f31 so he punted it and went back to a e91 which he had before

[K3vmcb]

Originally Posted by rosstin

On that basis you can afford £1666 a month on your next motor..

An e90 is aiming a bit low

How would I need to pay that

[rosstin]

Ah. Get you. Punctuation. Never mind.

[K3vmcb]

Just don't know what to do I really like the f31 but I don't know if should go trade it into a garage against a e91 i seen a 335d bit more poke than the 320 but I really don't know don't know what to do

[Jeff123]

You have taken a hit on depreciation already, why line a dealers pocket with another £2-3k, just to trade down? I came from an E90; it was a good car, but things move on - don't go backwards.

Once the new 3 series is unveiled next year, the E90 will start to look even more dated.

If you need more power, get a tuning box or re-map. If it an auto, just stick it in MS. A 320d is fairly swift compared to most other cars on the road.

[K3vmcb]

Originally Posted by Jeff123

You have taken a hit on depreciation already, why line a dealers pocket with another £2-3k, just to trade down? I came from an E90; it was a good car, but things move on - don't go backwards.

Once the new 3 series is unveiled next year, the E90 will start to look even more dated.

If you need more power, get a tuning box or re-map. If it an auto, just stick it in MS. A 320d is fairly swift compared to most other cars on the road.

I've another 2 years so how much will I lose in 2 years this is my thing

[Jeff123]

Originally Posted by K3vmcb

I've another 2 years so how much will I lose in 2 years this is my thing

Another £4k approx - but you would lose something whatever car you have.

[Goneinsixtyseconds]

Originally Posted by rosstin

On that basis you can afford £1666 a month on your next motor..

An e90 is aiming a bit low

Surely you mean £666?

[teaston]

Originally Posted by K3vmcb

Just thinking for money and how much I'm losing on this f31 a boy I know has just done the same he is losing heaps on his f31 so he punted it and went back to a e91 which he had before

Why does a boy have a car, surely he's too young to drive it?! :

[rosstin]

Originally Posted by Alex440

Surely you mean £666?

I thought from what the chap wrote he had lost £20k in year one on a new car, not £8k on a used.

[Goneinsixtyseconds]

This sounds like one that nobby needs to get in on and give you a swift talking to.

You haven't lost £8k at all. Not if you're comparing your purchase price to a trade in price now. The dealer will take £3k just for the trade in. In reality you might be £5k down in year one taking that out of the equation. The next two years will probably only see it drop by another £5k in total.

It sounds like madness to get rid of a car purely for the reason that it is a car that loses value quickly.....especially if you have already taken most of that hit. You can't get it back now by selling, so I don't understand your logic. It makes zero sense to take a hit on the trade in and another one by paying another margin again on the one you buy to replace.

Sounds like a quick way to lose several thousand pounds more to me.

[Jeff123]

Originally Posted by Alex440

This sounds like one that Nobby needs to get in on and give you a swift talking to.

You haven't lost £8k at all. Not if you're comparing your purchase price to a trade in price now. The dealer will take £3k just for the trade in. In reality you might be £5k down in year one taking that out of the equation. The next two years will probably only see it drop by another £5k in total.

It sounds like madness to get rid of a car purely for the reason that it is a car that loses value quickly.....especially if you have already taken most of that hit. You can't get it back now by selling, so I don't understand your logic. It makes zero sense to take a hit on the trade in and another one by paying another margin again on the one you buy to replace.

Sounds like a quick way to lose several thousand pounds more to me.

Couldn't have put it better.

[JustChris]

Blimey £8k on a £20k car is ... a lot! in a year I'd think? Maybe £8k on a new £40k car maybe..but as its an F31 @ £20k I assume its used of course, seems like a low valuation

[Goneinsixtyseconds]

Originally Posted by JustChris

Blimey £8k on a £20k car is ... a lot! in a year I'd think? Maybe £8k on a new £40k car maybe..but as its an F31 @ £20k I assume its used of course, seems like a low valuation

It's got be trade in valuation now against dealer price at purchase surely? That's several thousand difference even with no depreciation.

[kzg1969]

never go back. never.

end.

[Nobby Clark]

Originally Posted by Alex440

This sounds like one that nobby needs to get in on and give you a swift talking to.

You haven't lost £8k at all. Not if you're comparing your purchase price to a trade in price now. The dealer will take £3k just for the trade in. In reality you might be £5k down in year one taking that out of the equation. The next two years will probably only see it drop by another £5k in total.

It sounds like madness to get rid of a car purely for the reason that it is a car that loses value quickly.....especially if you have already taken most of that hit. You can't get it back now by selling, so I don't understand your logic. It makes zero sense to take a hit on the trade in and another one by paying another margin again on the one you buy to replace.

Sounds like a quick way to lose several thousand pounds more to me.

How are we so far apart on a very similar topic but in complete agreement here.

[K3vmcb]

Originally Posted by teaston

Why does a boy have a car, surely he's too young to drive it?! :

Not too young to drive at all just thinking of the future job security etc and putting a deposit on a house

[teaston]

Originally Posted by K3vmcb

Not too young to drive at all just thinking of the future job security etc and putting a deposit on a house

You said a boy, which is a child, children can't drive!

[K3vmcb]

I don't know I'm just in a panic probably don't really want to get rid of it yea it's a used car which I bought for 20k but looked at trading it against a e91 on auto trader for £9000 and they were giving me just over £12000 for mine