Introduce me to cars!

Are you technical minded at all? You could save a tidy sum by doing services and repairs etc yourself. Though this is dependant on what car you get. When you come to get rid of the car, people will be less bothered about not having the stamp in the service book for a little hatchback than a bigger family size car.

Will space in the car be an issue? Will you regularly be carrying people and/or things about? Little hatchback may be too small.

1-2k could get you a nice little car + insurance for the car. Try and find something with 12 months tax and MOT to save you doing it yourself, though you may find the initial buy price higher.

Power Assisted Steering (PAS) and electric windows and the like are luxury, but so very useful too! Keep an eye out.

Dont buy the first car you see, or the second, or the third, find something your happy with, your not in the interim between car buying, your starting out, so start out with something good :)

As strange as it sounds dont worry about getting something /too/ nice. Its your first car, youll have (hopefully not, touch wood) little bangs bumps and maybe scrapes, or someone might to you.

Just my 2 cents, listen to other peeps for what car to buy, I have no idea on that front :P
 
I wouldn't consider pas and electric windows a luxury. My 1600 quid car has that, digital climate, electric heated leather, cruise etc etc...
 
iaind said:
I wouldn't consider pas and electric windows a luxury. My 1600 quid car has that, digital climate, electric heated leather, cruise etc etc...
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Indeed. Those two are pretty much standard fit on any normal run of the mill car built in the last 10 years (and if it didn't have one of the above, you'd most likely not be wanting it anyway).

Trip computers, an interior that isn't the cheapest cloth known to mankind, aircon/climate control, automatic lights/wipers, cruise control, steering wheel mounted controls, etc etc etc are all luxuries.
 
Theres two ways of looking at it as has been mentioned

1 : Dirt cheap car for £500, like an old Polo, advantages would be if you bump it doesnt matter however you crash it you die, it was the 1st anniversary of my 17 year old cousins death yesterday because of this. Also you would think older cars are cheaper on insurance, this isnt always the case

2 : Buy a more expensive car maybe £2 to £3k it should be safer but obviously it has more money in it so any damage caused would be a bit more of a pain

When I was 17 and first passed my test I went for option 2 and never had any problems and I was a bit of a nob back then
 
ThestigGT999 said:
it is a coupe

well I prefer coupe to hatchbacks so my recommendation is based upon what i think is better
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You should make recommendations on what you think is the best car for the OP not what you personally like or think is "better". Also a Tigra is a coupe convertible which has very feminist styling something which I doubt a young male is going to want to drive around in.
 
Pop your requirements into autotrader (price range, how old you want to go, how many miles you think is too much) and select national, any make / model.

Just browse the pictures until you see something you like. If nothing grabs you go for older / higher milers until you do.

I'd say something low powered but fun like an mx5 or mk3 mr2 but I've really no idea how badly you'd be violated on the insurance for those.
 
Chiiives said:
You should make recommendations on what you think is the best car for the OP not what you personally like or think is "better". Also a Tigra is a coupe convertible which has very feminist styling something which I doubt a young male is going to want to drive around in.
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duh but you can mod it (body kit)
http://www.modifiyeliler.net/resimler.php?id=582

doesn't look "very feminist styling"
 
blun said:
Oh good lord..
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Who let him out of consoles & hardware?

Personally I went the Fiesta route for my first car, never did me wrong and so far my other half has had no issues with hers either. She picked up a decent MK4 "down syndrome" 1.25 Ghia for £950 so all the trimmings (leccy windows, mirrors, heated front screen, AC etc) and under 60,000 miles on the clock. It has already been mentioned but oddball cars for young drivers can be surprisingly easy on the wallet when it comes to insurance compared to the more conventional Saxo/Corsa etc. A Xsara of some sort perhaps?
 
Pete19s said:
Who let him out of consoles & hardware?

Personally I went the Fiesta route for my first car, never did me wrong and so far my other half has had no issues with hers either. She picked up a decent MK4 "down syndrome" 1.25 Ghia for £950 so all the trimmings (leccy windows, mirrors, heated front screen, AC etc) and under 60,000 miles on the clock. It has already been mentioned but oddball cars for young drivers can be surprisingly easy on the wallet when it comes to insurance compared to the more conventional Saxo/Corsa etc. A Xsara of some sort perhaps?
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I'm not trolling so what is your problem
 
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