4k car no point?

ants83

ants83

ants83

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i have planned to get a car within the next year for 3 to 4kish. was lookinmg at mazda6's. I have however been told by a few people that its not a good idea to spend this money as it wont buy my a crap car but neither will it a good car. Is this sensible? surley there must be decent 3/4k motors out there.
 
Those people are stupid. There are thousands of 'good' cars out there for under £4K. Infact, there are plenty under £1K depending on what you want from a car.

If you want a good, 'boring', utilitarian saloon, then the world is your oyster at almost any price range.
 
sigma said:
There are good and crap cars at any price range. Tell us what you want from the car and we can help. :)
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was looking at a maxda6 the 2.3l version. found a few for 4k/just under with about 60 all the way up to over 100k miles on. i do like the look of these cars but i have heard good thing about the modeo ghia x also but imo doesnt look as good!
 
As already said, £3-£4k buys you a whole host of decent motors, if you are willing to go big (in terms of car size), you'd be surprised what your budget puts you behind the wheel of.
 
I can sort of see the point here. £4k seems to buy better versions of cheap cars rather than anything appreciably nicer - it isnt enough for current generation stuff, but it seems too much to spend on things like Mondeo Mk3's or, as above, 8 year old Toyotas.
 
4k will buy you a pile of crap if you want it to or it can buy a decent/reliable car all depends the marque(s) you are looking at.
 
A mate of mine just spent 4k on an impreza WRX.

60k on the clock but full service history, unmodified and well, its jap so it will be fine lol

Tonnes of good cars for 4k, especially if you want some mint examples of older cars.
 
The £4000 mark is a minefield. It is too much to loose on a POS and too little to be guaranteed a bargain.
It is true that fantastic cars can be had for £4000 though.
I once bought a 1 previous owner golf, low miles at around this price point, It was eventually a very good car after I had sorted it out. I paid to have a scratch painted on the boot, then the clutch went (depends on how they have been driven) then I had to do the brakes, the cambelt, the tyres and then the exhaust. All of a sudden that bargain £4000 car wasn't so much of a bargain.
It was fine after all that had been done though.

A friend of mine has just bought a '51 Ford Focus estate (for work) 60,000 miles, 2 owners 1.8 TDCI for £1500! At that price I could stomach a few repair bills such as tyres and exhausts.
 
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Got mine for £3700, and I think it's a lot of car for the money. Depends on what you want from a car though?
 
SkodaMart said:
The £4000 mark is a minefield. It is too much to loose on a POS and too little to be guaranteed a bargain.
It is true that fantastic cars can be had for £4000 though.
I once bought a 1 previous owner golf, low miles at around this price point, It was eventually a very good car after I had sorted it out. I paid to have a scratch painted on the boot, then the clutch went (depends on how they have been driven) then I had to do the brakes, the cambelt, the tyres and then the exhaust. All of a sudden that bargain £4000 car wasn't so much of a bargain.
It was fine after all that had been done though.

A friend of mine has just bought a '51 Ford Focus estate (for work) 60,000 miles, 2 owners 1.8 TDCI for £1500! At that price I could stomach a few repair bills such as tyres and exhausts.
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I'm not really getting what you are complaining about? The cast majority of those bits were routine maintenance. Not even that but you should have been abke to tell that the car would be requiring brakes, tyres and a cambelt from when you bought the car If you had checked it properly. Its not like they were out of the blue surprise repairs.
 
I am getting at, if I had spent more I would have got a car that wasn't about to need a lot of 'routine repairs'
 
SkodaMart said:
I am getting at, if I had spent more I would have got a car that wasn't about to need a lot of 'routine repairs'
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the only sweet spot is to get to a new car with a complete warranty, otherwise you are always at risk

but I must say that's a very half empty glass view
 
Indeed a new budget car can make far more sense. Kia for example.
 
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