£1500 - £2000 to spend on first car?!

[salami1212]

Ok, Basically, I have around £1500-£2000 to spend on a first car for myself, baring in mind that this has to include insurance.. I know, thats probably not feasable but I really want my own car, and am not sharing a C2 with my parents. I cant afford the insurance on the mazda 323. And Im not using the rusty N reg ford azura that my sister uses.. I think this might be possible if i spend £500 on a car and £1000 or something on the insurance.

I take it I wont be able to afford a 1.4? Or will i... the cars ive been looking at are all the usual ones, 106, clio (old or new), fiesta (curved model maybe), saxo (wanna keep my legs)..

Any ideas people?? Cheers

 

[digitalwolf]

Ok, Basically, I have around £1500-£2000 to spend on a first car for myself, baring in mind that this has to include insurance.. I know, thats probably not feasable but I really want my own car, and am not sharing a C2 with my parents. I cant afford the insurance on the mazda 323. And Im not using the rusty N reg ford azura that my sister uses.. I think this might be possible if i spend £500 on a car and £1000 or something on the insurance.

I take it I wont be able to afford a 1.4? Or will i... the cars ive been looking at are all the usual ones, 106, clio (old or new), fiesta (curved model maybe), saxo (wanna keep my legs)..

Any ideas people?? Cheers

Fiesta 1.25 Zetec.

or

306 1.9 DTurbo.

 

[salami1212]

306 1.9 DTurbo.

are you joking lol

 

[salami1212]

3 views lol

 

[Clarkey]

are you joking lol

why on earth would you think he is joking?

 

[Xez]

are you joking lol

Nope, theyre very cheap to insure being diesal and normally 5 door.

 

[paradigm]

are you joking lol

They are generally dirt cheap to insure, only Grp 5.

 

[Lopéz]

are you joking lol

"Turbo" does not necessarily mean "rocketship" especially when combined with the word "Diesel"

Some TD owners would have you believe otherwise of course!

 

[DannyW]

having driven the d-turbo and the 1.25 id say they are excellent 1st cars

 

[SB118]

"Turbo" does not necessarily mean "rocketship" especially when combined with the word "Diesel"

Some TD owners would have you believe otherwise of course!

Shush, we get just over a squillion bhp out of ours and it still gives 45mpg

Got a pair of 306s here, one dturbo, one non-turbo. awesome cars for mpg and they don't look as a dated as the ford offerings.

And they're obscenely cheap to buy too.

 

[salami1212]

okk, so id be able to afford a 306 d-turbo including insurance at 17, and still keep within the £1500-£2000 insurance.. ?

 

[loltim]

Depends on post code etc. Do some quotes?

 

[salami1212]

Depends on post code etc. Do some quotes?

kk i will, also, any ideas on the best place to buy em? ebay?

 

[Stellios]

okk, so id be able to afford a 306 d-turbo including insurance at 17, and still keep within the £1500-£2000 insurance.. ?

My 1.4 V reg 306 was £1300 to insure on my first year (I was 20), so £2k for car and insurance might be pushing it.

 

[whitecrook]

Dozens and Dozens of cars under a grand on autotrader. Look for a Mondeo / 406/ type car for cheap insurance and reasonable price.

 

[Stellios]

Dozens and Dozens of cars under a grand on autotrader. Look for a Mondeo / 406/ type car for cheap insurance and reasonable price.

I wanted a mondy originally (mainly due to Fox's pimping 24/7 at the time) but the £2200 insurance quote made baby jesus cry.

 

[Gaijin]

Cheap Honda Civic 1.4i or 1.5 VTEC-E, reliable, frugal and reasonably fun.

 

[Xez]

Hondas are generally really expensive to insure from what ive seen

 

[salami1212]

is there any difference between the insurance on the 5 door or 3 door d-turbos. how much more would the 3 door be? cheers

 

[SB118]

My 1.4 V reg 306 was £1300 to insure on my first year (I was 20), so £2k for car and insurance might be pushing it.

Dear god, how much do you pay for cars ?