Right so it would have been about 10Yr old when you sold it. £3.5k was a good whack of money for it even allowing for the it still being somewhat below average milage @ 8000 per year. You done good.

To be fair, the FL's have a high resale value and 60% for 3 yr old not unusual. Your Skoda was costing you £3000 per year so by that account, my £2450 per year deprecation on my last FL was good in comparison.

Have looked at that previously and have bought one or two cars on that basis. Last time I checked on FL's the discount they were giving was not worth it for what would be a two owner car. However, I'll check it out again.

I think you got your sums wrong = by my reckoning your 4 years only cost you to £2.7k!! So you can be even happier :) That said, without knowing the times involved and thus relative values, but if it was recent and you got £3.5k for an 11 Yr old Landy with gearbox problems then that's...

I've looked at some used prices and 07 FL2's are anything from £12000 up!!! £9500 for a 06 FL1 might be an exception but not a good deal for sure. I've worked out that buying a 3 yr Old FL and taking into account its depreciation and either ongoing warranty or maintenance will cost nearly...

Last time I changed from an O8 to 11 plate - exactly three years old it was £7400 to change. Given that I would have needed to pay around £1000 to keep the 08 (tyres, service, mot, discs, pads etc) it made it a good deal for three years to buy new again. This time effectively the same deal but...

Have had FL's for years, base TD4 S, get them new and usually change them every three years. Just coming up for a change now - current model TD4 S is 1st March 2011. Made a few enquiries with dealers and seems the cost to change this time is heavy - much more than I have paid to change...