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I have been driving for 26 years and five months ago I bought the lupo my seventh car fourteen years old with 79k.it works out the average age and mileage when I buy a car is about seven years old with 45k with the most I ever paid 5k, my average miles at 7k a year (now 2.5).The only parts ever needed are altinater for mk1 fiesta £10 scrap yard fitted myself,cellanoyd for heater mk5 fiesta.two exhausts,two springs on suspension,one set of break disks and three sets of break pads,three battery's iv lost count on tyres maybe twelve.

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Have you only posted this to make me cry?🤣 the maintenance on my 125cc Suzuki has cost me thousands, and that's a little motorbike! Not even getting into the car side of things, though I have always stuck to older and classics from autotrader, soon I'm getting a near new car for the first time from a car dealer friend. Will be my first near new, hoping to save myself all the maintenance and repair costs.

Torn between a clio and a c1, any pointers?

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About £50 a year maintenance parts costs on my SDIs... reliable, cheap to run, get you A to B cars, with no style or comfort whatsoever.

I like buying cars with descriptions like "there is a major problem with the engine, so buying as spares and repairs." Means it's just a wire that's fallen off. Done that a few times. Stuck EGR valves are a good fault too... oh and "check engine light is on" :)

 

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