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[Closed] Cars, boring, leasing help

garage-dweller · 2018-06-15T11:44:31Z

I am officially done with my second hand car. It is clearly a Friday afternoon / national drugs at work week special and despite being young (not yet 6 years old), well loved mechanically and low mileage (<80k) it has broken down twice in the last two months. I think it's time to try leasing or similar but I've only ever bought 3-6 year old cars, lavished them with care and kept them for donkeys years (and so far I have never had a car as pants as this one). I know the way leases work but what I don't know is WHERE to look for a good deal without spending weeks and weeks trawling the net or dealers and what cars might give me the best (cheapest) deal for 20k a year. Vehicle criteria if it helps... Mid to Large estate preferably with roof rails 150hp or more as it will have to tow and carry heavier / high windage roof loads on occasion. Manual and petrol for preference but doing 20k a year diesel is viable (just don't like it) I will want to put a towbar on so I'm guessing a 3-4 year deal would be preferable. I've reached a point in car ownership where I'll trade brand and desirability for pricing and practicality (because an E63AMG or similar is never going to be viable no matter how much I want one) particularly if I'm only borrowing it. I know of Lings due to the infamous thread on here and drivethedeal.com where else that is reputable/big enough to be safe dealing with have people had good experiences with?

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bellerophon2

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Another vote for Lings. I found the communications faultless when choosing which car\lease to go for, got quotes up to 20k/year and were competitively priced, what I liked most was that excess mileage was charged at 2.7p/mile rather than the 8-9p/mile I saw elsewhere.

Posted : 19/06/2018 1:51 pm

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