blebo
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Had a 24hr test drive yesterday, returned it this afternoon.
Very impressed with the car, just a little bit noisey in 2nd gear due to it being a diesel.
Heres the deal I have been offered
Settlement for Old Car Finance £8000 (1.4 Active Sport - 4months old)
Trade in value of old Car £7000
List price of New Car £12225
Discount of List price £1251
Total amount to change £11999
With a good bank loan works out at £230 per month
What do you think I cant make up my mind.
Is this okay for a 130bhp turbo diesel
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Ojc
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£230 quid a month for a Punto? Are you nuts?
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SXi_Tim
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Registered: 11th Mar 03
Location: South Yorkshire Drives: RS3, LET B
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For 12k i'd be looking further than a punto
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mwg
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How long is that over? And £230 is to buy the car outright with no baloon payment at the end?
Did it go well?
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blebo
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5 years.
No Ballon Payment
No Deposit
Unlimited miles
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mwg
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Doesn't sound too bad I suppose. 5 years is a long time to be paying for a car though.
If you like it then go for it.
What did you think of it performance wise?
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blebo
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Very good pulled in all gears.
Was doing 115mph in fith and still had sixth gear to go.
Over takes anything doing 60mph in third gear like it is standing still
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blebo
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Handling was v.good also
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mwg
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quote:
Originally posted by blebo
Over takes anything doing 60mph in third gear like it is standing still
Torque 
man I wish my car had some torque 
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SXi_Tim
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quote:
Originally posted by blebo
Very good pulled in all gears.
Was doing 115mph in fith and still had sixth gear to go.
Over takes anything doing 60mph in third gear like it is standing still
115mph on a private road of course? Are you a police officer 
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topshot_2k
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its a punto 
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blebo
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quote:
Originally posted by SXi_Tim
quote:
Originally posted by blebo
Very good pulled in all gears.
Was doing 115mph in fith and still had sixth gear to go.
Over takes anything doing 60mph in third gear like it is standing still
115mph on a private road of course? Are you a police officer
Yes and Yes
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blebo
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quote:
Originally posted by topshot_2k
its a punto
Best Design Car of the year.
5 Star Euro Ncap Saftey
Same Platform as Corsa D
Shares same 1.4 Engine as Corsa D
Your point is.......
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blebo
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Corsa SXi a/c 1.7CDTi 16v (125PS)
• 17-inch alloy wheels (steel spare) with 215/45 R 17 ultra-low profile tyres
£250.00
• Electronic Stability Programme-plus (ESP-plus) with traction control
£250.00
• Mobile phone system with Bluetooth (does not include phone or phone cradle) and graphic display
£300.00
Similar Corsa would cost £13745
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Colin
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Whats the interiors like?? Does it have leather??
I hated my sisters old punto......only had 21k miles on it but seemed very badly put together & lots of wee niggly faults!!
Does it have to be brand new, what about a VAG 1.9 TDi???
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John
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Is this 12k book?
Do people still pay book for cars like these?
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Colin
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You could get a Sept 05 VW Golf GT TDi for £12k, thats what id be looking at getting!!
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blebo
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Review:
http://uk.cars.yahoo.com/car-reviews/car-and-driving/fiat-grande-punto-1.9-multijet-130-sporting-1005083.html
No leather seats, but to be honest I dont like leather as after a few years it streatches and looks nasty.
Had the active sport for 4 months now and i have had a few problems with the brakes being noisy, but this was put down to teething troubles on a new model and has hopefully been sorted.
Lost of gadgets on the new punto though has USB port for Mp3, Handfree bluetooth voiceactivated phone, traction control, hill holder etc...
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mwg
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Registered: 19th Feb 04
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You can get them cheaper than that
Punto Price List
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blebo
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quote:
Originally posted by Matty G
You can get them cheaper than that
Punto Price List
Still have £1000 negative equity from previous car to add.
Arnold Clark price is only £10999 for the car
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John
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You could get a fabia vrs for not much over that brand new.
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blebo
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quote:
Originally posted by John
You could get a fabia vrs for not much over that brand new.
Ugliest car on the planet
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John
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Fair enough
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Colin
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quote:
Originally posted by blebo
quote:
Originally posted by John
You could get a fabia vrs for not much over that brand new.
Ugliest car on the planet
Im not a huge fan but I think its better looking than a Punto 
Actually theres one round the corner from me in silver (VRS) & it looks better than any pic's ive seen
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Colin
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tbf there both kinda ugly
But if I had to live with one id take the VRS
[Edited on 18-12-2006 by Colin]
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