Ideas for a first car..

[TW]Fox · 22 Mar 2010 at 21:23

Captain_Slick said:
Skoda Felicia, Ford Mondeo and Ford Ka.

Wait so you went from a Mondeo to a Ka because you 'got bored'?

Why not accept the fact you cant have a Ferrari aged 17 and just stick with something half decent, accepting the fact nothing you can insure is going to thrill you every single time you drive it without fail, and nothing you drive in the future will if you heamorrage money on pointless car changes?

Gonzo0 · 22 Mar 2010 at 22:05

Its simple.

Ford Escort 5 door 1.6, quite nippy, comfy, very cheap to repair and if looked after right will last you a while.

Can pick a decent one up for well within your budget and i reckon you could easily get the insurance under your budget.

I paid £1800 from quinn direct on my Escort when i was 17 for referance.

Janesy B · 22 Mar 2010 at 22:11

Why on earth would you go from a Mondeo to a KA?

paradigm · 22 Mar 2010 at 22:24

Gonzo0 said:
Its simple.

Ford Escort 5 door 1.6, quite nippy, comfy, very cheap to repair and if looked after right will last you a while.

Can pick a decent one up for well within your budget and i reckon you could easily get the insurance under your budget.

I paid £1800 from quinn direct on my Escort when i was 17 for referance.

Why would ANYONE recommend an Escort? (RS Cosworth excepted).

Captain_Slick · 22 Mar 2010 at 22:44

Janesy B said:
Why on earth would you go from a Mondeo to a KA?

Insurance. :rolleyes:

iaind · 22 Mar 2010 at 22:50

You didnt think to check before you bought it?

Captain_Slick · 22 Mar 2010 at 23:01

iaind said:
You didnt think to check before you bought it?

It was the price of insurance next year, actually. The Ka halves what I'm paying, the Mondeo stays near enough the same.

Mr^B · 23 Mar 2010 at 07:27

paradigm said:
Why would ANYONE recommend an Escort? (RS Cosworth excepted).

I had an XR3i when I was 19 and it was the most awesomest car ever.

Clown · 23 Mar 2010 at 09:09

Captain_Slick said:
Insurance.

So you didn't get bored of the Mondeo, you downgraded because you couldn't afford the insurance on it. Why are you here again?

Captain_Slick · 23 Mar 2010 at 10:27

Clown said:
So you didn't get bored of the Mondeo, you downgraded because you couldn't afford the insurance on it. Why are you here again?

No, I was bored of it too. The Ka is actually more fun to drive than the mk2 Mondeo, but it's very basic in every other respect.

Why do you exist?

Clown · 23 Mar 2010 at 11:36

You said that you went to the Ka because of insurance, not because it would be more exciting. I'm here because you mentioned the Ka which is a clown car. So I got involved.

[TW]Fox · 23 Mar 2010 at 11:37

Captain_Slick said:
No, I was bored of it too. The Ka is actually more fun to drive than the mk2 Mondeo, but it's very basic in every other respect.

Buy right, buy once..

Why do you exist?

What a stupid thing to say. Why do YOU exist?

Janesy B · 23 Mar 2010 at 11:41

paradigm said:
Why would ANYONE recommend an Escort? (RS Cosworth excepted).

You could do worse for a first car, I certainly wouldn't pay over £500 for one though.

Captain_Slick · 23 Mar 2010 at 12:30

[TW]Fox;16213683 said:
What a stupid thing to say. Why do YOU exist?

Solely to post on this forum and give you a reason to post.

paradigm · 23 Mar 2010 at 12:40

Janesy B said:
You could do worse for a first car, I certainly wouldn't pay over £500 for one though.

Given his budget he can also do a LOT better than one.

DreXeL · 23 Mar 2010 at 13:02

Lopéz said:
I can't believe what kids pay for insurance these days, it's mental.

Agreed, it's astounding.

GT3 · 23 Mar 2010 at 13:13

Have things changed that much in 5 years. When I was 17 most normal average cars were around the £1200 mark to insure and I went for the boy racers favourite - Saxo VTR which was less than £2k to insure. And now I almost feel sick thinking how much I paid to insure my first car.

Darryl_1983 · 23 Mar 2010 at 13:46

My first car was a 306 XLTD, It was very cheap to buy and pretty cheap to insure (£800 i think), although i was about 23. But insurance was still an issue things like 1.1 saxo, Ka, etc were around £700. Never had a single problem with the 306 in the year that i had it too. Think the newer HDI version is better though, and well within your budget.

Lopéz · 23 Mar 2010 at 18:37

GT3 said:
And now I almost feel sick thinking how much I paid to insure my first car.

I felt physically unwell when Frizzell told me they wanted £900 to insure my first 309 GTI. Most kids would do somersaults if they got a quote like that today

mufc802 · 23 Mar 2010 at 19:23

DreXeL said:
Agreed, it's astounding.

I did agree, but come to think of it, when your paying that much for insurance wouldn't it make you be more careful not to crash? If it was cheap then it wouldn't really matter if you crashed because you could just get another cheap car and do it again.

Anyway, if you pay monthly it would only be around £200, and by next year, it has to go down.

Ideas for a first car..

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