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Hi, we're considering joining you all on this journey and buying a Beach! We have 2 kids (5 and 3) and we want something we can use as a day van, for drive/camp holidays, and also as a daily driver to commute if necessary. My work is flexible so one quarter I could be working from home, the next I could be staying away and doing a 200 to 300 mile journey each week. We currently have 2 small cheapish cars for the school run and for my work travel. I would need to change my small car for a bigger one if I start doing longer journeys. This would probably be something like a nearly new Skoda Superb at £25k which would cost me £3k or more per year in depreciation. I would want lots of toys on it - eg. Adaptive cruise, DSG, upgraded lights, etc. While it ticks the commute box, it doesn't really solve the day trip, holidays, fun requirements, and would just sit on the drive depreciating if I am not commuting.
Instead, we thought we could get a Beach, on the basis that the cost per mile including depreciation would hopefully not be that much higher than the £25k car. Less if we are not using it for commuting. I suspect I am deluding myself, but by how much?!
We're hiring one next month to confirm it is right for us.
Right now the dealer is offering VW incentives of 0% finance, and I think a £1200 contribution towards the options. We don't need the finance, but it might help get a better deal.
I have the following questions running through my mind
Cheers.
Instead, we thought we could get a Beach, on the basis that the cost per mile including depreciation would hopefully not be that much higher than the £25k car. Less if we are not using it for commuting. I suspect I am deluding myself, but by how much?!
We're hiring one next month to confirm it is right for us.
Right now the dealer is offering VW incentives of 0% finance, and I think a £1200 contribution towards the options. We don't need the finance, but it might help get a better deal.
I have the following questions running through my mind
- How often do the incentives from the dealer change? Would I be likely to get a better deal from the dealer towards the end of the year? Have there been better incentives recently?
- A new one comes out at £60k list with all the options. Any view on what I could expect to sell it for privately or trade in in either 5 years or 10 years with 10k miles per year?
- The 6.1 is due soon, so I assume that will hit the residuals. So we could look for a 2nd hand Beach instead and trade it in in a few years for a 6.1 once all the problems have been ironed out. The problem is that it needs to be newer than 2015 to get Adaptive Cruise. Very much a 1st world problem granted!
- Diesel - I worry that diesel will become more and more unpopular and expensive, and hit the residuals.
- I guess there would be more choice in used Beaches at the end of the year.
Cheers.
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