Scrappage or swappage

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Fri 31 Dec 2010 12:13
Scrappage or swappage - crjos

Hi - I was wondering if anyone knows of dealers offering a scrappage or swappage scheme at the moment?

Thanks,

Charles

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Fri 31 Dec 2010 15:40
Scrappage or swappage - Dwight Van Driver

Check with a Nissan dealer to see if theirs is still operation.

Nissan Marshall of Cambridge beginning of Nov I got £2000 for a 19 yr old XR3i under this scheme on a 60 Micra.

Firm made is sooooooo easy. SHMBO delighted.

dvd

Edited by Dwight Van Driver on 31/12/2010 at 15:47

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Thu 6 Jan 2011 14:51
Scrappage or swappage - crjos

Seems to have finished, but thanks anyway.

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Thu 6 Jan 2011 19:01
Scrappage or swappage - Vauxpop

Vauxhall dealers near me do swappage - 0117 9770411

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Tue 1 Feb 2011 23:27
Scrappage or swappage - crjos
just spotted your reply - offer ended jan 31 according to the website

typical...

thanks anyway!
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Tue 1 Feb 2011 23:48
Scrappage or swappage - unthrottled
The scrappage was a bit of a con. The government coughed up £1,000. The dealer stumped up the other £1,000-inevitably this would be taken from a pre existing offer-which would no longer be valid.

So of the £1000 from the government, you must subtract the second hand value of your old car. Now any old banger with an MOT is worth almost £500, so at best you effectively got £500 from the chancellor.

The scheme appealed to the base instinct of greed. It removed thousands of perfectly servicable cars from circulation, and temporarily distorted the market.
The best deals are invariably made without trade ins. Save the dealer the hassle of chucking your jalopy in the auction and he'll be more willing to haggle.
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Wed 2 Feb 2011 00:18
Scrappage or swappage - Dutchie
The one positive thing I found about the scrappage scheme is that a lot of these old cars without airbags etc are of the road.Might save a few lives in the future.
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Wed 2 Feb 2011 00:39
Scrappage or swappage - crjos
Can't argue with any of your points - they are all logical - but I am left with the issue of what to do with my car.

It's an S reg Audi A3 - a fabulous car which I've loved owning for 5 years but now reaching the point where the bills are getting high relative to a value of about £1k (decent condition ones are at 1.5k but mine has a lot of dents).

I'd really like to swap it for something with low running costs and cheaper road tax, but for now the A3 is here to stay.
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Wed 2 Feb 2011 02:13
Scrappage or swappage - unthrottled
Very understandable. But work out the economics carefully. A new car will lose at least 50% of its market value in just 3 years-much of it in year 1. Of course if you keep the car for longer than that, the market value is irrelevant. But most people who pledge that they'll run their new car into the ground, get itchy feet after a couple of years.

Fuel economy is famously subjective-but as a rule, anything over 60 mpg in the real world is quite hard to achieve-and will require effort on part of the driver. Short commutes to work will yield significantly less. The measurement miles per gallon is deceptive. It exaggerates small changes in consumption, but disguises big changes in consumption. Heres an example:
Annual mileage 10,000 miles
Fuel cost £1.30/litre or £5.85/gallon (ouch!)

20mpg gas guzzler vs 25mpg improved gas guzzler (20% improvement)
annual fuel cost: £2925 £2340

Annual saving: £585

48 mpg bland car vs 60 mpg fuel miser (20% improvement)

annual fuel cost £1219 £975

Annual fuel saving £244

60mpg sounds a lot better than 'only' 48mpg but you only save £244 a year IF you manage to achieve 60mpg. Your mileage will vary.

A new car will require expensive servicing and possibly higher insurance premiums to reflect the higher market value. You'll need to drive a lot of miles and buy a lot of cheap tax disks to make the numbers favourable. The cheapest car is usually the one you've already got.
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Wed 2 Feb 2011 12:41
Scrappage or swappage - Dutchie
Depends what you buy for a new car daughter has a Fiat Panda new £5.500.Easy to service nice little run a bout not expensive to run.I believe the Kia sells cheap also.
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Wed 2 Feb 2011 12:49
Scrappage or swappage - unthrottled
What are the odds of someone switching from an Audi S3 to a Kia or a Panda? That's why I always try to compare like for like.
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Wed 2 Feb 2011 13:02
Scrappage or swappage - Dutchie
Why not ? depends what somebody can afford I can't look in the OP brain so can't you.
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Tue 8 Feb 2011 11:45
Scrappage or swappage - crjos

If only it was an S3!

It would be a wrench to move from the A3 to a "box" but this is now a second car as we had to get a bigger one when kids came on the scene, so head can rule heart a bit.

The expense of fuel isn't the biggest issue - it's more to do with running repairs as the car ages. Fixing the electric window motor is coming in at £150, and I've been quoted a similar amount to fix a lock which is no longer engaging properly. The sunroof motor went a while back, but I can leave that due to climate control!

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