A pleasant journey over to Bristol today in bright holiday like weather, to help Amanda hunt for a bargain car to replace her Clio, written off last week. It was interesting to note in the three car sales places we visited, how few sub-£1000 cars in decent there are on offer these days. One of the dealers attributed this to the government's car scrappage incentive, taking out of circulation many low value, but otherwise serviceable high mileage vehicles.
This affects those who cannot afford to take out a loan or expend their savings on a high cost subsidised trade in for a new car, and are obliged to look for a low cost cash option. Fortunately with the write-off compensation money available, we were able to identify a few possible purchases after a trek around East Bristol suburbs, and Amanda opted to put a deposit on a diminutive Ford Ka, like the one she had before, only this time bright red.
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