I have a 1998 1.25 Fiesta, which is getting expensive to get through MOTs. With the scrappage scheme, I am now considering buying a new car but I've only had used cars before so I'm looking for a bit of advice. As I forked out to get my car through it's MOT in January, I would like to get the most of the money I've already spent so don't want a new car until December/early 2010. Is it likely that the 300,000 scraps will have been used by then (I can't find a tally anywhere, only a release that 35,000 have been taken up by the end of May)? Do you think that I can get the best deal by ordering something now or waiting till later in the year? I'm looking for a similar car to my current Fiesta for c11k miles a year, almost all of which is on dual carriageways, for £5k-£6k+ scrap. I've seen you rate the i10 highly but are there any others you would recommend or should I ignore the scrap deal and use the money on a 2nd hand car instead? If I use the deal, the £2k already represents a 30% discount so should I accept the list price or is there any room for haggling or bargaining for extras? Possibly my biggest problem, is that my car was originally registered in N.I. so my V5 says date of first registration in the U.K. is in 2001. I've exchanged emails with the DVLA to ask if my car qualifies for the deal and they say that, because their records show my car was manufactured in December 1998, my car will qualify for the deal but I'm not entirely sure the DVLA were really reading what I asking. My car is old enough and I believe that N.I. is part of the UK, but do you know if this is how dealers will view my car?