the cost of the new ones is daft
Only because I am retired and relatively skint in terms of income these days. For someone else would might normally be driving a high-end German ICE saloon and has an income sufficient to sustain the PCP payments then they make a great deal more sense.
My budget for cars for the foreseeable future is about £25k, less if I can manage. I freely admit that I am an out-of-step weirdo but I really cannot stomach the idea of renting a car rather than buying it outright, and I see no reason to get rid of them just because they are getting a bit old. Our Defender is 18 years old, the Morgan is 34, and the Fiat is a 2015 model. When I get a BEV it's going to have to last a good 10 years if not more.
I don’t disagree re the “disposable” aspect of car ownership in so far as just because it’s old doesn’t mean it’s not worth keeping. After all what is more environmentally friendly than a car that has been build once and used for 20 -30 years? It helps make the Defender one of the more environmentally friendly vehicles simply due to their longevity.
But just to say re the £25k budget, the best cash price we got for our order was from Weybridge Renault who would do the car for £25,418 on the road. So I would reckon by taking a mid range spec version you could get £23 to £24 k.
Re the long life requirement, the car as has a 5 year/100,000 mile warranty other than for the traction batteries. These get an 8 year /100,000 mile warranty so much of the 10 years would be covered by warranty which should give some peace of mind.
Not trying to talk you into one, just thought it was useful info to make public
