but u gotta remeber the free insurance saves u alot ov money aswell so ur not out ov pocket as bad as if u were paying ur own insurance! i got a new corsa at 17 with free insurance to me on a car like that at my age must have been worth £3000 easy as it was in my own name!

phil321 is right.

Depreciation is a bitch and you always get less in part ex. Sell the Clio privately and then get the Corsa.

yeah i work for vx so got my sxi for 7800 and in march it;ll be 10months old and im havin new one, mine only worth 6750 now. if i bought private woulda cost 9800 so woulda lost 3k in under a year

That sounds a tad bit low for a one yr old car, they do depriciate but not thay much, usuually about 2 grand after a yr depending on milaege condition.
Although garage well offer you less than its worth anyhow so be better off sellin privately

Right, bought my car for 9k in November brand new with one years free insurance, had a stupid idea of saving money.

Saw an advert offering Corsa's with one years free insurance for 19+ so thought i could do a part exchange with Vauxhall for my one year old Clio with under 10k on it. That way i would save around £1,500 on insurance and in 2 years time still have a one year old car. Hope that makes sense, but i've been told that even though it will only be a year old and with low mileage i'd be lucky to get £5,500 for it. That true??

Wouldnt sell it after a year cause i've done pass plus and fingers crosses should have a years ncb, just didnt realise depreciation was that steep. Cheers in advance
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