Fiat Punto Sporting 1.4T

GravyMonster · 15 Aug 2008 at 10:27

Scottland said:
In 2 years time a Leon worth 5k will not be worth nothing.

Exactly, a £5K Leon will probably only lose ~£1-£1.5K over that time.

Still a good enough deposit for your next car.

Barks · 15 Aug 2008 at 10:29

Leon 1.8T insurance for me is £2k
Even when I get my first NCB, that isn't exactly going to fall to £1k!?

Also, I wouldn't be able to afford repairs if the 2nd hand car were to break.

InvaderGIR · 15 Aug 2008 at 10:31

scott212 said:
Also, I wouldn't be able to afford repairs if the 2nd hand car were to break.

But you could if the brand new one breaks? :confused:

Seriously, you don't seem to have a very good concept of money or cars. :/

InvG

GravyMonster · 15 Aug 2008 at 10:31

Don't go for the 1.8T then. The 1.6 is more than enough for your first car.

No matter what you buy you'll want to buy something better/faster after your first year anyway.

peterattheboro · 15 Aug 2008 at 10:32

Then don't get a Leon 1.8T. Wait till you have NCBs and your older.

Get a 1.6 Focus or similar like I suggested. 45,000 miles, £3-£3500. Nicely run in and all major niggles sorted. Next due breakdown is cambelt at around 80,000 miles, by then you'd have 2 NCBs and be shot of it.

Barks · 15 Aug 2008 at 10:32

InvaderGIR said:
But you could if the brand new one breaks?

Seriously, you don't seem to have a very good concept of money or cars. :/

InvG

New one is covered by warranty for 5 years.

If the Seat were to break I'd be screwed.

peterattheboro · 15 Aug 2008 at 10:33

InvaderGIR said:
But you could if the brand new one breaks?

Seriously, you don't seem to have a very good concept of money or cars. :/

InvG

He'll get a warranty.

He can get a second hand car from a garage and get a years warranty on it.

GravyMonster · 15 Aug 2008 at 10:33

And if you buy used you've got £5K (and probably a years warranty) in your pocket to fix it if it breaks!

Barks · 15 Aug 2008 at 10:35

peterattheboro said:
Then don't get a Leon 1.8T. Wait till you have NCBs and your older.

Get a 1.6 Focus or similar like I suggested. 45,000 miles, £3-£3500. Nicely run in and all major niggles sorted. Next due breakdown is cambelt at around 80,000 miles, by then you'd have 2 NCBs and be shot of it.

To be honest I'm not spending a penny on anything which isn't going to be fun to drive. The thing I love with the Punto is it has pretty decent performance and a very low insurance group.

GravyMonster · 15 Aug 2008 at 10:36

scott212 said:
To be honest I'm not spending a penny on anything which isn't going to be fun to drive.

And yet you were going to spank £10K on a 1.4 Punto :confused:

I think I'm out of this thread.

peterattheboro · 15 Aug 2008 at 10:37

scott212 said:
To be honest I'm not spending a penny on anything which isn't going to be fun to drive. The thing I love with the Punto is it has pretty decent performance and a very low insurance group.

But it's a rattley, horribly built piece of cack.

peterattheboro · 15 Aug 2008 at 10:38

Spunkey said:
And yet you were going to spank £10K on a 1.4 Punto

I think I'm out of this thread.

Me too.

I want Fox to take over. He'd have a field day.

Barks · 15 Aug 2008 at 10:42

Can you get Mini Cooper S models for £7000? I can get insured on those for £1,700. So insurance could possibly hit £1k when I'm 21 and have 1NCB which I can afford.

Scottland · 15 Aug 2008 at 10:43

peterattheboro said:
But it's a rattley, horribly built piece of cack.

To be fair, the new Punto is considerably better than the previous incarnations. And does stack up quite well against it's rivals, I'm not going to argue it's wise to drop 10k on one mind.

If the OP is concerned about warranty, maybe find an 1-2 year old model that has lost it's initial bulk of value, but still has 2/3 years or warranty left on it.

Richdog · 15 Aug 2008 at 10:44

scott212 said:
Perhaps but the way I see it:

I buy a second hand, say, 1.8T Seat Leon for £5000 with 60k miles.
2 years time, it is worth absolutely nothing.

I buy a brand new Punto 1.4T for £9000 with 1k miles.
2 years time it is still worth at least £4k

Or you use some common ****ing sense and get a cheap second-hand 1.2 Micra/Fiesta or similar for £1.5k that will be cheap on insurance and get you through uni without costing much money.

Jesus.

Barks · 15 Aug 2008 at 10:48

Are you all having a bad day at work or something?

I'm asking for advice and now I'm being labelled an idiot amongst other things.

LiE · 15 Aug 2008 at 10:52

peterattheboro · 15 Aug 2008 at 10:52

scott212 said:
Are you all having a bad day at work or something?

I'm asking for advice and now I'm being labelled an idiot amongst other things.

I'm having a fantastic day thanks and it's FRIIIIIDAYYY!!!!!

Please take all the advice on board and see that it's a ridiculous idea to blow 10k on a Punto.

MarkDavis · 15 Aug 2008 at 10:53

Putting all this nonsense about whether its sensible to buy new / used / university student / £10k / £1k etc etc, and getting back to the car itself, the Grande Punto 1.4 T-Jet would make a cracking first car and it is fun to drive with no unusual reliability concerns. The standard (non-Grande) Punto is a bit rubbish and an older design. Obviously there are other cars to choose from but if you have your heart set on the Punto Grande....

peterattheboro said:
But it's a rattley, horribly built piece of cack.

The 20k example I drove didn't rattle at all. Didn't seem particularly badly built either though the interior plastics are a bit cheap looking and obviously a world away from the interior fit/finish/materials of say a Audi A3 Sportback.... but then again you are talking about a budget supermini type car.

Richdog · 15 Aug 2008 at 10:55

scott212 said:
Are you all having a bad day at work or something?

I'm asking for advice and now I'm being labelled an idiot amongst other things.

What do you expect given the information you have provided?

"I'm at uni, pretty skint, can't afford much insurance... and I have to blow 10k on a brand-new car because the only way I can get half paid for is if its brand-new".

The mind booggles.