C1 Vs Secondhand

[Martin_1973_uk]

People often say to me "Why buy a brand new C1 when you could buy something decent secondhand for the same price". Well I can answer this soon because I bought my C1 in June this year, a petrol Cool edition for £6,500 where as my partner bought a Vauxhall Corsa SXi, three years old for £5,000. The Corsa was from a main dealer and came with a years warrenty. Both cars are cheap to run to make the test fairer.

Over the next year I'll be able to compare which was the better choice. So far the Corsa drives smoother, being four cylinder. The spec is also a lot better on the Corsa with no reported problems so far. The C1 does feel newer though. For me I prefer the C1 as its newer although I'll post her response as well in time as she prefers the Corsa but admits the C1 is surprisingly nice to drive.

[ColinC1]

I like buying new, as I find older cars start acting up and can cost as much in the long run.

 

My last small car got to four year old and a supension spring burst on it, so it would have been £450 to repair, so I traded it like it was, for a C1 as I liked the modern look of it.

 

The advantage to me was that I only had to splash out £6k (minus the trade-in value of my old car) for a new car with a 3 year warrenty, gives piece of mind. plus the fact that the engine and gearbox is of Japanese reliability, so that swayed me towards a city bug.

 

Now it is over one year old and 8k miles under its belt, I have been very happy with it :angry: