hi all,
I know this may sound hyprocritical, but in recent threads I have written about the end of car lease i was facing a few months back, and how I was looking for certain types of car to commence a new lease with...
Well after a few months of deliberating and researching, I decided NOT to lease a new car and instead, buy a 2nd hand car with cash. So with a proposed budget of 15k, i went shopping.
Well last week, I found out that one of the local embassies has been offloading their diplomatic cars. So i test drove one of their Volvo S80s and i decided against that, but then i tested one of their BMW 528i's and was most impressed.
I did my research, got it checked out, found out that it had been religiously serviced every 6 months. The car was immaculate, the back seats had hardly been used - if ever, and everything was as new. Full documetnation and all receipts for everything - even for petrol expenses. They all came in a big folder with all documentation.
So today, i forked out 15.5k of my hard earned and got a 10 year old BMW 528i that is immaculate - and I mean immaculate. Full documetned service history, items replaced when needed and no expense spared in maintaining this vehicle. Service every 6 months and 11 months rego (it just came off Diplomatic registration).
This car drives very smoothly, no noises, very tight car and handles perfectly. Everythign works and full history of it.
So that is what i treated myself with...
One thing i am worried about - this car belonged to an embassy from a country in the midddle east that is in the news a lot. I just hope our good friends at A*S*I*O (and the spies from other embassies) know that this embassy has offloaded their cars. I'd hate to be followed by some spies or something like that and have my movements recorded.
G
I know this may sound hyprocritical, but in recent threads I have written about the end of car lease i was facing a few months back, and how I was looking for certain types of car to commence a new lease with...
Well after a few months of deliberating and researching, I decided NOT to lease a new car and instead, buy a 2nd hand car with cash. So with a proposed budget of 15k, i went shopping.
Well last week, I found out that one of the local embassies has been offloading their diplomatic cars. So i test drove one of their Volvo S80s and i decided against that, but then i tested one of their BMW 528i's and was most impressed.
I did my research, got it checked out, found out that it had been religiously serviced every 6 months. The car was immaculate, the back seats had hardly been used - if ever, and everything was as new. Full documetnation and all receipts for everything - even for petrol expenses. They all came in a big folder with all documentation.
So today, i forked out 15.5k of my hard earned and got a 10 year old BMW 528i that is immaculate - and I mean immaculate. Full documetned service history, items replaced when needed and no expense spared in maintaining this vehicle. Service every 6 months and 11 months rego (it just came off Diplomatic registration).
This car drives very smoothly, no noises, very tight car and handles perfectly. Everythign works and full history of it.
So that is what i treated myself with...
One thing i am worried about - this car belonged to an embassy from a country in the midddle east that is in the news a lot. I just hope our good friends at A*S*I*O (and the spies from other embassies) know that this embassy has offloaded their cars. I'd hate to be followed by some spies or something like that and have my movements recorded.
G