Going by the latest figures, I will be one of those forced to leave as the advance payments are more than I would be paying for a car outright and completely unaffordable, I quite literally haven’t got the money to do it.
Intentions
Price of car – As cheap as I can, sub 1k.
Type of car – As close to suitable as possible.
Adaptations – The minimum I can get away from, Ebay/Amazon could possibly help here, probably around £20
Insurance – Around £400 a year
Breakdown – Included in Insurance
Servicing – parts as and when needed and done by a friend of youngest’s
The rest will be cross fingers and hope, just as it used to be but I am left with no choice as there are no cars that are even partly suitable with an affordable advance payment, let alone completely suitable and one that meets my needs.
I’m no stranger to cheap cars and bar one, all were reliable and didn’t cost me a fortune to keep going. The good thing now is that cars that were more suitable but were still expensive second hand when I first went on the scheme, are now coming into the area of where I can afford them.