Dirt cheap student car

Solari said:
At the end of the day (cliché alert) - I think spending £500 on a car is fair enough if you only expect it to last you a year at the most without serious problems :) That was what i wanted out of my 1st car and it just about managed it. They are very cheap for a reason ;)
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They are cheap because of depreciation, this is due to a number of factors, age, mileage, make, model, desirability....

you can buy a £2k car that could conk out after a year or a £100 car that lasts 5.
 
Clarkey said:
do you have a licence? If not then I recommend you get onto it ASAP. I had the same view as you, never needed nor wanted a car at uni, ended up getting my licence at 21. Now I get raped on insurance for nice cars simply because I have not held my licence for long. I would be paying much less now if I had passed at 17, even if I hadn't driven a car at all between then and now.
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Is that just because you're under 25? I passed at 25, have had my license less than 2 years and my 4 litre XJS costs £500 a year to insure....what would you consider "rape" in insurance terms?
 
nokinidea said:
This will rage on forever until the OP tells us what car he ended up buying. :D


I'm sticking to my guns and saying get the 106..

This comes from someone in the motor trade that has seen a variety of both cars to form a more accurate opinion over someone who happened to buy one and not have it break down on them once in a few years...
It a no brainer when running costs are involved
106 is cheaper to run, cheaper to insure, as cheap to get parts for and is a dam site more reliable than a mondeo.
Generally it doesn't rot away in front of your eyes either. :D
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he wanted a similar car to a polo hence why everyone with a mondeo suggests that he gets a mondeo. they are really similar in style, size, running costs!!
 
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thought said:
he wanted a similar car to a polo hence why everyone with a mondeo suggests that he gets a mondeo. they are really similar in style, size, running costs!!
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He said nothing of the sort - he said he wanted a dirt cheap £500 car and gave an example of two, Golf and Polo. A Golf is nothing like a Polo either.
 
[TW]Fox;12263757 said:
He said nothing of the sort - he said he wanted a dirt cheap £500 car and gave an example of two, Golf and Polo. A Golf is nothing like a Polo either.
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a golf and polo are nothing like a mondeo, much smaller.
 
thought said:
a golf and polo are nothing like a mondeo, much smaller.
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Mondeos are mid sized family cars, Golfs are large hatchbacks, the difference in length is no more than a foot, but they are very easy to drive and have good visibility. If you wont buy a car as it is 30cm longer you may as well stick to a go kart.


EDIT: the mk2 hatch is probably less than 30cm longer than a golf maybe 15-20cm. but then again a golf isn't in budget so its not an option, most people also mention small cars as they think they will be cheaper, which is like sayign i do a thousand miles a year, ill buy a derv as it has better economy, it doesn't matter that its 10 more a litre and the derv cost £500 more to buy.
 
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[TW]Fox;12263975 said:
Your demonstration of how little you know about anything is getting boring now.

Golfs are hardly small.

What do you drive anyway?
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you have been pretty entertaining for me.

i have a cooper, but will be getting a BMW 3 series sometimes this autumn.
 
[TW]Fox;12264325 said:
Just becuase you are happy to drive a 17 year old girls car well into your 30's doesn't mean the rest of us are :p
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:D
Thank **** for the rallye stickers then ;)
 
aproctor said:
Mondeos are mid sized family cars, Golfs are large hatchbacks, the difference in length is no more than a foot, but they are very easy to drive and have good visibility. If you wont buy a car as it is 30cm longer you may as well stick to a go kart.


EDIT: the mk2 hatch is probably less than 30cm longer than a golf maybe 15-20cm. but then again a golf isn't in budget so its not an option, most people also mention small cars as they think they will be cheaper, which is like sayign i do a thousand miles a year, ill buy a derv as it has better economy, it doesn't matter that its 10 more a litre and the derv cost £500 more to buy.
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where you get this info on length of mondeo / golf?

new mondeos are 4.7meters long!
 
[TW]Fox;12264350 said:
How will you cope driving something so enormous as a 3 Series?
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i drive a citroen c5 2.2 '08 for work, and also had a 3 series estate last year, that OK for you?
 
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