Car for friend 1-1.5k

[Richeh]

My friends car has recently been wrote off (I'm glad it was a very old Vauxhall Corsa with a Volkswagen badge).

Anyway, he is after a new car budget £1000-£1500, he would be willing to spend a couple hundred more if its worth it but would rather stick to the lower limit.

He is after...

1.4 Pref - 1.6 Max
3 or 5 Door
Power Steering

Not a huge deal of requirements except he would like to get something a little bit less common than a fiesta, corsa, golf etc and also not have it be a huge jump in his insurance. He is 25 with 5 years no claims (although this may change due to the little scrot who hit him now changing the story ).

Suggestions?

Cheers.

 

[[TW]Fox]

he would like to get something a little bit less common than a fiesta, corsa, golf etc

Then he's going to buy a crap car. Seriously, he has a grand, he can't be fussy over utter non issues like this. When he has enough money for a more expensive car he can be fussy and choosy over how 'common' what he buys is.

At this money any rare car will be rare because it's a steaming turd.

 

[bledd]

Focus/Fiesta..

 

[[TW]Fox]

£1k Focus? Does it come with an engine

 

[Nimzicki]

Civic/Colt?

 

[bledd]

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1332071.htm

 

[Janesy B]

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1332071.htm

He could have inflated the tyres properly

 

[osc89er]

And only 60 days of MOT time left. Sounds like they don't want to pay for a failed MOT to me...

 

[[TW]Fox]

Looks like another typical 1500 quid car to me, ie, a bag of crap

Finding a good one is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

 

[Clarkey]

Then he's going to buy a crap car. Seriously, he has a grand, he can't be fussy over utter non issues like this. When he has enough money for a more expensive car he can be fussy and choosy over how 'common' what he buys is.

At this money any rare car will be rare because it's a steaming turd.

Load of crap.

Civic/Colt?

This.

 

[Janesy B]

Civics are normally expensive to insure in comparison to other cars, no?

 

[Richeh]

In all fairness my mate is very open, at the common car area corsa, fiesta etc what general spec should he be looking for for £1500. And yes of course any other suggestions, he liked the look of a Tigra he saw they other day, how are they?

 

[[TW]Fox]

Load of crap.

Well no, not really.

This.

Civic, good shout but it's going to be pretty old for the money. Very old infact. Colt? See my original point tbh

To be honest I'd be after something like a 406, Mondeo, etc etc at this money. Cheap small cars are crap because most people in the £1k market want a small car, so demand and supply cause high prices for tatty cars and make the really nice ones go for outside of the budget anyway.

 

[Clarkey]

Get down off that high horse of yours, a Colt is just as good as a Civic.

Remind me again how many repairs your awesome BMW has had in the last couple of years? My steaming pile of turd has had zero, you need to get real.

 

[Phate]

Remind me again how many repairs your awesome BMW has had in the last couple of years? My steaming pile of turd has had zero, you need to get real.

Now look what you've done! Worms everywhere! tsk!

 

[[TW]Fox]

Get down off that high horse of yours, a Colt is just as good as a Civic.

Sure it is.

Remind me again how many repairs your awesome BMW has had in the last couple of years?

a) This has nothing to do with the thread
b) If potential repair bills are all that matters, buy a Kia Pride?

 

[Dogbreath]

At this money any rare car will be rare because it's a steaming turd.

Load of crap.

Civic/Colt?

This.

I may be missing some subtlety, but are you suggesting a Civic or Colt is somehow an unusual or rare car?

 

[Clarkey]

Sure it is.



a) This has nothing to do with the thread
b) If potential repair bills are all that matters, buy a Kia Pride?

So go on then, what's wrong with a Colt? You seem more informed than me, which is good going.

I may be missing some subtlety, but are you suggesting a Civic or Colt is somehow an unusual or rare car?

Compared to a Fiesta/Ka/Corsa/Saxo etc.. there is absolutely no doubt they are rare. I very rarely see another Colt on the road, I've only ever seen 4 or 5.

 

[[TW]Fox]

So go on then, what's wrong with a Colt? You seem more informed than me, which is good going.

Whats good about it? It's a hopelessly generic early 90's Japanese hatchback which doesn't manage to redeem itself in the styling stakes as well as the Civic manages. A good buy for a 500 quid 'get me to the station without breaking' car but beyond that?

The only really interesting thing about the Colt is quite how they managed to keep making them as long as they did. Nothing looks more completely out of place than an '02' plate on a Colt.

The Civic has more 'cred', a better range of engines, etc.

Compared to a Fiesta/Ka/Corsa/Saxo etc.. there is absolutely no doubt they are rare. I very rarely see another Colt on the road, I've only ever seen 4 or 5.

It's not 'different' - its just generic.

 

[Gaijin]

Civics are normally expensive to insure in comparison to other cars, no?

They are, but mine never cost more than 200 more to insure and that was in the first year of ownership.

Then I only really changed wheel bearings, ARB droppers and had my clutch problems over a 4 and a half period.

And the clutch had a good innings (108k) - mechanic reckons it could have been the original - I had no paperwork for a previous change. But then again, torque destroys clutches, and so I never really had a problem there......

Personally I preferred spending a little more on insurance and not repairing it as often. Others prefer spending less insuring it and risk having to repair it more.

Swings and roundabouts.