General To change my dobbie or not

[alisonmcneilly]

The Fiat dealer has offers that are hard to refuse.
So the question is do I keep my 04 1.9JTD or change for an 2012 1.6v mylife with extras for a really good price?

 

[Ulpian]

Change. The old car will begin to cost real money soon.

However, I'd expect there to be offers for ever so don't get something you don't really like

 

[johnhififan]

Hi Alison,

Depends if you can afford it really. Its more fun to change it though and the new one is bound to be better. Perhaps have a look at dacia too.

 

[T14086]

what state is the doblo in? if it's ok then keep it and go on holiday and get some decent weather!

 

[alisonmcneilly]

Its not too bad will need a clutch soon and would need some body work tidied up if I am keeping it as I have some bad stone chip marks which have peeled the metalic lacquer off badly and they are starting to rust. It prob needs around £800-£10000 spent on itover the next 12 months incl next service.

 

[T14086]

Bodywork doesn't bother me, one of the doblos I have has loads of chips and dents (more hits than the beetles....blah blah blah) but it's a workhorse that takes me to work reliably every day, taxis the kids around, collects planks of wood, takes rubbish to the dump and normally has a german shepherd in the back! I have touched up some of the worse bits but it's reliability and running costs mean more to me however I understand not all people think the same way but what I will say is that dealers can't shift the new doblos as they are just to expensive so bargain hard then harder still

 

[alisonmcneilly]

The bonnet drivers wing and mirror are a mess lol! Would take about £200 to put right thats obviously at mates rates.
The clutch is on borrowed time has been bad for 2 yrs lol!

The ones I am looking at are around £12k mark and have all the top spec.

It's a hard call as I will def get this year out of my dobbie but will I get as good a deal on a new car in yrs time?