Girly friend needs a £3.5k car

Mr^B · 30 Jul 2011 at 22:02

Aygo.

Skyboat · 30 Jul 2011 at 22:18

Depends which Corsa. The C's were terrible. Ford KAs are nothing special but again incredibly cheap to run and share a lot of parts with other models, but for 4k you can get a lot better.

Grande Punto is a good punt.

MikeHiow · 31 Jul 2011 at 00:12

A Yaris is the only conceivable option here

Fr0dders · 31 Jul 2011 at 00:16

I personally wouldn't bother recommending a car.

Just tell her to go look at the Toyota Yaris, Ford Fiesta & Fiat Panda.

Tell her to choose her favourite as all are fundamentally good cars. Women won't buy a car based on logic. She'll buy the one with the cute looking storage compartment or something. So just let her choose, then if she does pick a rotter you're not to blame.

daisycutter · 31 Jul 2011 at 05:59

Seat Ibiza sport tdi, 100bhp, great economy and nice drive
or a 1.6 tdci fiesta, £30 road tax, great economy.

BinnsY · 31 Jul 2011 at 12:08

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201110381472203

One of these to be honest. If she is only after small engines its doubtfull she needs a diesel. The 1.3 yaris engine will quite happily do more than 40MPG if driven sensibly.

BinnsY · 31 Jul 2011 at 12:25

Raymond Lin said:
I was in a 1.2 Corsa 2 weeks ago, same friend who bought a colt. She got thhe Corsa as a courtesy car as her old 1.3 KA was written off when got rear ended. She hated that Corsa, she says she has the foot to the floor and it won't move, I thaw no pull. The engine is too small for a car that size.

Umm...... was it broken?

Corsa 1.2i 16V Club 3d (01) 12.0 s 106 mph 73 bhp
Ka 1.3i (70ps) 3d 14.1 s 104 mph 69 bhp

I appreciate the corsa is 60KG heavier but it does have slightly more power and torque, is faster to 60, and has a higher top speed.

Raymond Lin · 31 Jul 2011 at 12:33

It was a 10 plate car. Pulling off from stop, into second gear and foot to the floor and you would expect you get that lunge forward. It didn't happen. You just accelerate like "smoothly", with no urgency.

and it was a 5Dr one, no idea how much heavier that is.

BinnsY · 31 Jul 2011 at 12:38

1.2 S 3d 12.7 s 107 mph 83 bhp

There even more powerful and still faster than a KA.

[TW]Fox · 31 Jul 2011 at 13:00

Raymond Lin said:
It was a 10 plate car. Pulling off from stop, into second gear and foot to the floor and you would expect you get that lunge forward.

Why would anyone expect to get a lunge forward in a Corsa 1.2?

panthro · 31 Jul 2011 at 13:01

MrLOL said:
I personally wouldn't bother recommending a car.

Just tell her to go look at the Toyota Yaris, Ford Fiesta & Fiat Panda.

Tell her to choose her favourite as all are fundamentally good cars. Women won't buy a car based on logic. She'll buy the one with the cute looking storage compartment or something. So just let her choose, then if she does pick a rotter you're not to blame.

So you would let your other half go out and pick whatever she wanted and not give her any advice, then when she comes home with a POS with a good storage compartment you would lay back and say "sorry love, not my problem"?

Will Gill · 31 Jul 2011 at 13:10

Raymond Lin said:
I was in a 1.2 Corsa 2 weeks ago, same friend who bought a colt. She got thhe Corsa as a courtesy car as her old 1.3 KA was written off when got rear ended. She hated that Corsa, she says she has the foot to the floor and it won't move, I thaw no pull. The engine is too small for a car that size.

That will be due to driver error, I've highlighted the areas of your post which give it away

Raymond Lin · 31 Jul 2011 at 13:45

Will Gill said:
That will be due to driver error, I've highlighted the areas of your post which give it away

LOL, could be, but i have been in both cars and the KA did feel quicker off the block. (may be nippy is the better choice of word)

BinnsY · 31 Jul 2011 at 16:48

I can believe it would feel quicker, its smaller and probably not as well built as a brand new corsa. In actuality its probably slower though.