Still! I’ll just stick to sticks.
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DAFs could do the same speed forward and reverse. Reverse races were quite popular in Holland in the eighties.
Good old times.
Absolutely dreadful nevertheless.
Didn't the Dutch DAF brand use CVT's about 30 years ago.
I think Volvo bought them out in early 1990's and discontinued the CVT transmissions.
(my brain may be failing a little)
Much much older - they’re even older than me (just). Introduced in 1958.
Its even worse - it does cover often engine itself. You may think that ie engine coolant leak is still under "engine" category and thus warranted... well it isn't. Learned this hard way last week. I mean if you save 5k and buy a used car for 6k for example, compared to 11k for same car but much less driven (and probably better equipped), you may not be saving all those 5k at the end. Its rather unlikely you will shell out all those saved 5k though, you must really end up with soon-to-break-down one.
Its a bit of mind game - you buy cheap then expect some extra costs. You can buy very good cars for relative peanuts (bought bmw 3 series e46 for 25% of the price of new, it lasted 11 years and additional 150k km with minimal repairs, bought bmw 5 series afterwards for 20% of the new, so far OK and car is properly amazing, but will have to change aircon unit which is still peanuts in overall cost savings and I service car back home whenever possible, the guy with his skills runs circles around normal swiss car technicians at the speed of light and actually fixes things instead of block replacements, for fraction of costs on both work and parts).
High quality expensive cars like this lose a lot of value in first 5-7 years. Cheap stuff much less so at one point its worth shelling out a bit extra for new ie Dacia.
Why has no one suggested checking the oil? Does nobody do that anymore?
One more thing! What ever you buy make sure it has a DAB radio. FM is history.
Streaming, Spotify my man, get with the times please!!!
Oh yes! Never ever buy a connected car. It will turn on you when your not looking!
Several of the vehicles I'm looking at appear to be designated as commercial vehicles. .Is it okay for me to own a commercial vehicle if I'm not using it for commercial purposes?
Sure
Do you mean a van? But not a passenger van? What makes it commercial?
I would look at something with low CO2 emissions. The road tax in this canton uses this, along with other factors ( i.e. hybrid) to determine how much you pay.
Yes, a van - I'm still looking at the Citroen Berlingo, i.e. a van without seats in the rear.
I'm actually not sure what the basis for the commercial designation is here. In the UK, there is some sort of strange rule about commercial vans not being allowed to have windows (in addition to other conditions of course), and there are tax implications if they're used for personal reasons.
You can drive such a vehicle and each occupant needs a seat with a seat belt, so in your case you could have yourself and a passenger in the car.
The lack of windows in the UK is purely a tax thing, a commercial van can certainly have windows in the back in the UK but it will be taxed at a different (higher) rate than a vehicle with no windows at the back.
ANYBODY CAN PURCHASE, OWN & DRIVE A VAN.
Normally this has to do with whether VAT has been paid on the car or not. If the owner is commercial, normally the VAT has not been paid.
The issue we found with the good second hand market was the options. Options that the garage will want to charge you for, but you don't need. Most high end second hand cars BMW, Mercedes, Audi come with a dozen or so options.
In our case it was cheaper to get a new car with just a few safety options. I paid 20K down and just 256CHF a month for 4 years, with a residual value of 10K.
With just 60K on the clock [Covid19 cut our travel dramatically] it was a good buy at that point.
Just in case you missed it somebody mentioned diesel cars are in going to be more expensive to run in the future, with more stringent exhaust checks, best avoid them in the second hand market.
All that said, if you can afford it I would focus at all electric models, I think VW do some reasonably priced cars in this market.
Hardly, it all depends if the owner is VAT registered or not and he declares it as a business expense !
Would not recommend getting a 2nd hand EV. Too much risk in a used battery. And Electric rates are due to go up soon.
You can get the battery tested before purchase to see how much of the original capacity is available.
I have a GLC petrol hybrid, April 2020 and it now has 91% of the original battery capacity left. The battery is guaranteed to be not less than 65% (i think) of capacity after 7 years.