The car hunt continues...

Spammeh

Spammeh

Spammeh

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I passed my test about a month ago and have been driving round in my mum 1.6 focus for a bit to get a bit of experience and essentially learning how to drive for real!

Loving the driving, but only having the 4-5 days a week is driving me up the wall so its time for me to have my own.

I'm 23 and have a 'reasonable' job but likewise its important that my car isn't a 'banger' as such. I know people always say that your first car should be rubbish as you'll probably wrap it round a tree but I'd rather not.

I don't want a big car either, ideally a small hatchback / supermini or whatever. I've been looking at Suzuki swifts (05 regs) and although they are lovely and from what I've read, reliable, at roughly £5k they are a little out of my price range without taking a loan out.

I'm hoping to spend about £3,500 tops really and I want something thats nippy for general road use, looks sporty and is comfortable. Decent MPG would be nice with the price of petrol nowadays...

Has anyone got any ideas where I should be looking at ideally? Yaris'? Polos? Clios? Ibiza's?

Help!
 
Newly qualified driver and a 2.5 V6. I'd like to see the insurance quotes. :eek:

Hell of a lot of car for the money however....
 
Think the mondeo is lovely, but the insurance is gonna be sky high on that, was looking for insurance to be at most 1400 really and the car a little smaller... :D
 
Spammeh said:
Think the mondeo is lovely, but the insurance is gonna be sky high on that, was looking for insurance to be at most 1400 really and the car a little smaller... :D
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Have you done a quote yet or are you making an assumption. If the latter, you might be pleasently surprised when you actually do a quote.
 
Scuzi said:
Have you done a quote yet or are you making an assumption. If the latter, you might be pleasently surprised when you actually do a quote.
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£2315 was the cheapest with Admiral that I could find, a grand cheaper and I would have excused the size of it!

You think I'm best looking at focus' then? or is there something else that I should be maybe looking at?
 
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