Should I upgrade my car?

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Should I upgrade my car?

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Another car thread!

I have a 2010 Hyundai i10 which I love. However it has nearly 60k miles on the clock now although there is nothing else wrong with it. I just took it in to repair its vandalised windscreen wiper :cry: and the garage man says they have a 2012 one coming in with 20k miles on the clock. It's £4,000 and they could give me about £2,000 for mine.

Do you think 60k miles is a good time to swap for a slightly newer model? I don't know very much about cars!
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Is it petrol or diesel? High mileage is less important in diesels, I bought mine when it had 50k miles and it’s still going strong on 85k. My brother said not to think about mileage until it’s over 100k and I basically believe anything he tells me [about cars, as it’s his job].
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I don't think 60k for an 8 year old car is that much really. Does it otherwise run ok or is it starting to have a string of issues?
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No issues at all! OK, that's good to know.

It's petrol, Squirrel (although you seem to have dropped off mid sentence!) :lol:
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Ah you have edited! Thanks. What does he say about petrol cars' mileage?
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Spending £2k to get something only two years newer doesn't seem like a great investment to me. Okay the mileage is low, but yours is also pretty low.

Disclaimer: I know nothing about cars.
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That sounds sensible.

I think I just got excited about having a car in a nice new colour :))
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I also know nothing about cars, but you know yours is in good condition/reliable, whereas the newer car will be an unknown quantity.
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Very wise! You have just saved me £2,000.
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nineseven wrote: Wed Oct 17, 2018 12:21 pm No issues at all! OK, that's good to know.

It's petrol, Squirrel (although you seem to have dropped off mid sentence!) :lol:

Sorry fat fingers posted before I finished typing.

Isn’t <10k Miles a year considered to be low mileage? So 10k would be average and yours is comfortably under. I have absolutely no idea where I got this figure from, mind you.
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He just wants to get £2k out of you! I wouldn't swap for that deal.
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Luna wrote: Wed Oct 17, 2018 12:47 pm He just wants to get £2k out of you! I wouldn't swap for that deal.
He doesn't, honestly. I was the one asking about if they had any newer ones in. He never brought it up.
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I wouldn’t just yet personally. Hyundais are very reliable and if you get it serviced then I think you’d usually have a warning before anything went wrong.
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mojojojo wrote: Wed Oct 17, 2018 12:33 pm I also know nothing about cars, but you know yours is in good condition/reliable, whereas the newer car will be an unknown quantity.
I agree with this. Better the devil you know. :kylie:
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In Baku they used to drive 100k plus so I never worry about mileage.

I don't think that car can be worth double of yours. Maybe 1200 but not 2k.
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