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Post by clarki on Nov 10, 2021 12:53:29 GMT
Another £100 on the price of my little Yaris today!! This is a car I bought 2 years ago for £2,400 now valued at £5,710 - that's just mental, it wasn't even 10 grand new  Problem is the (used) cars i'd maybe change it for have had similar increases, grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!! I mean it's fine, just fancied a change, but probably not for now :no: |
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Post by firemac on Nov 10, 2021 13:02:49 GMT
Another £100 on the price of my little Yaris today!! This is a car I bought 2 years ago for £2,400 now valued at £5,710 - that's just mental, it wasn't even 10 grand new Problem is the (used) cars i'd maybe change it for have had similar increases, grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!! I mean it's fine, just fancied a change, but probably not for now :no: You could always flog it now and buy whatever you fancy later when prices normalize (if they ever do!)😕 |
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Post by clarki on Nov 10, 2021 13:13:05 GMT
You could always flog it now and buy whatever you fancy later when prices normalize (if they ever do!)😕 Funnily enough mrs clarki suggested the same but with winter fast approaching think i'll just hang fire (don't fancy daily driving the mazda through the winters we get up here). But if things are still the same come the spring then I think you could both be onto something :yes: |
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Post by davidwilson on Nov 11, 2021 16:59:53 GMT
We do not like busy places. We tend to use the CAMC small CL's which are usually quite empty, with a max of 5 units. Agree not everyone likes them and there are some which I would not go back to. As for hotels, my wife has just done a rough calculation, and with all our expenses on the caravan (buying the caravan, insurance and storage etc.) We need to sell the caravan for a very low amount (~£1k) to break even with taking holidays without it. I think the caravan worth way more than that. But for us it is more a lifestyle choice then price. It’s not so much busy camp sites as the busy places we like to visit. We tried to get into Loe in Cornwall 3 times last September but couldn’t get parked anywhere within walking distance, So we parked further out and got a taxi in…. It’s not easy when someone is struggling to walk. When the taxi picked us up he told us we had only 40 minutes where we had parked. So it was a taxi ride in ten minutes for coffees and a taxi ride out…… Same at Fowey…. Every sector of the car park had cars waiting to park. Usually in September there are loads of spaces. Twice we tried to get parked but never did… My daughter has a house in a gated community right at the end of the seafront at Weston Super Mare. It’s been a war zone across the whole area with folk just dumping their cars and paying the fines. We are kinda limited for obvious reasons but it’s not worth the effort so we will leave well alone. 👍👍 I know Looe quite well and have family living there but it isn't very accessible a lot of the year and the present situation will have made things worse. I would park in the large car park by the river or up at Hannafore but in season (including September) they can get very busy, and neither place is great for your wife I would imagine. |
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Post by charliefarlie on Nov 11, 2021 17:22:06 GMT
It’s not so much busy camp sites as the busy places we like to visit. We tried to get into Loe in Cornwall 3 times last September but couldn’t get parked anywhere within walking distance, So we parked further out and got a taxi in…. It’s not easy when someone is struggling to walk. When the taxi picked us up he told us we had only 40 minutes where we had parked. So it was a taxi ride in ten minutes for coffees and a taxi ride out…… Same at Fowey…. Every sector of the car park had cars waiting to park. Usually in September there are loads of spaces. Twice we tried to get parked but never did… My daughter has a house in a gated community right at the end of the seafront at Weston Super Mare. It’s been a war zone across the whole area with folk just dumping their cars and paying the fines. We are kinda limited for obvious reasons but it’s not worth the effort so we will leave well alone. 👍👍 I know Looe quite well and have family living there but it isn't very accessible a lot of the year and the present situation will have made things worse. I would park in the large car park by the river or up at Hannafore but in season (including September) they can get very busy, and neither place is great for your wife I would imagine. We found it difficult David…. So difficult we’re sadly drawn the conclusion it’s no longer viable to us until things change if of course they ever do… It wasn’t just Looe though Fowey and Mevagissey were the same. It’s just the way things are 👍👍 |
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Post by clarki on Dec 22, 2021 10:10:53 GMT
Got an email from WBAC yesterday babbling on about increased valuations, etc, etc So updated the Yaris mileage, etc and £5,270!! Might book an apointment over xmas/new year and see what the real price is. Got my eye on another Yaris atm, so going to do some man-maths and see if I can get it past mrs clarki  |
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Post by firemac on Dec 22, 2021 10:59:52 GMT
Got an email from WBAC yesterday babbling on about increased valuations, etc, etc So updated the Yaris mileage, etc and £5,270!! Might book an apointment over xmas/new year and see what the real price is. Got my eye on another Yaris atm, so going to do some man-maths and see if I can get it past mrs clarki Saw a new GR Yaris in white parked in the retail park in Crewe yesterday. Hell, it’s a nice looking thing. Bit pricey but according to all the road tests I’ve read, the best hot hatch you can buy nowadays. You should get a test drive, Clarki…..🙂 |
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Post by unclebob on Dec 22, 2021 11:30:45 GMT
Just out of curiosity I typed in my daughters Aygo sport details into WBAC and it came back at 3k, paid 4.6k for it in 2009 👍🏻
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Post by charliefarlie on Dec 22, 2021 11:54:08 GMT
I thought prices would have peaked by now but no they are still rising. Prices were mad a few months back but are getting madder by the week….. It has to end sometime !!
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