Yaris as commuter hack

[YorkshireBloke]

Hi All,

Been a bit busy so my need for Forum Wisdom has not had chance to be released...

But a slipping cam-belt on a Mazda 626 I bought to absorb my 50 miles a day commute miles has written off the car.. . Very low compression suggests a big problem anyway, have to agree with my long-term independent garage and not spend another penny on the car.

"The First Loss Is The Best" is a little shop-keeper saying I learned long ago. if you've made an error and have to discount a product then make it a deep enough discount to sell it without "final reduction" or "reduced to clear" which look sad and desperate.

Maybe the same is true of "work-horse" cars, don't spend, then spend more : take the hit and move on!

I have been offered a petrol 1 ltr 3 door Yaris, 1999, for a modest few hundred but has 122,000 and is a bit tatty.

Selling my uncomfortable Ford Fiesta (I am HUGE ) would make that "cost neutral" fir me.

Or go for a diesel with 83,000 from a local dealer, trade in cost to change would be an extra £1200; affordable but painful what with my getting married in July ( yes, to SWIMBO. Really... ).

Thoughts?

Robert