Need to buy a car

Hi Sue. I can offer some general advice that I hope is helpful.

The used car market in Spain is very difficult. Because of the benign climate, people tend not to swap cars often, which leads to a shortage of choice for the buyer, and in turn, raises the prices.

The main problem that this causes is ludicrous sums of money being demanded for vehicles, which I hope you will forgive for describing as utter shitcarts.

After some consideration of this situation, I actually decided that as crazy sums of money were being asked for absolute wrecks, I upped the ante and spent a lot of money, but on a quailty German car. This was done in the full knowledge that I would be retaining this car for many, many years in exactly the same manner as the locals.

In short, spend the maximum you can afford with the intention of long term ownership, so make sure its a car you REALLY like.

Best wishes. Lee