Economical pensioner car for 3k recommendations
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MX5 unless she has problems with low slung seating then fiesta
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Why?
My step mum has one she loves it, she's 67, quiet, economical, reliable, modern, good vfm and not a rolling coffin on wheels like a Jazz, ding ding next stop the crematorium.
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Focus probably. Nice and practical, drives nicely, cheap to run.
But a Jazz is more quiet, more economical, probably more reliable and arguably more modern inside. And more comfortable for a pensioner to enter and exit.
Toyota Aygo / Citroen C1 / Pug 107. For the 1 litre it's £30 a year to tax. 60mpg. Peanuts to insure. Great around town and for nipping to the shops. Horrendous road noise on the motorway though. But ours rarely sees it. Overall build quality reminds me of old Fiat Unos and Renault 5 which do not instil confidence in it's solidity should you be hit, but ours took a rear end at a traffic light, survived, was repaired and is running well. They are prone to clutch problems on early cars, but can be sorted by replacing it with a thicker unit from the Yaris. I can't remember if later models came with the thicker clutch as standard though. But there's quite a few threads on the toyota owners forum if you want to do some reading about it.
It's just not suitable.
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Suitable for what? no ones said anything about health, not all pensioners have one foot in the grave
Suitable for what? no ones said anything about health, not all pensioners have one foot in the grave
I know, my Dad is 62 and drives an MGB.
If the budget allowed for a MK3 I'd probably go with you, but MK2s are increasingly getting rotten and aren't exactly quiet and comfortable.
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Sorry to jump on but i have been looking at Toyota Aygo / Citroen C1 / Pug 107 i tried the C1 but as soon as i stuck my foot on the clutch i got a sharp pain just above my ankle front and back.
How long have you had yours ? i am really unsure if to buy one or get a fiat panda or some other small car and i know what you mean about road noise even at 30mph.
We have one, its just a crappy little runaround tbh - but it does that job just fine. Not a car I'd buy if I ever intended to travel more than a couple of miles motorway ( panda is better in that respect) and it is not the last word in build quality by a long stretch....still its good fun to dawdle around town in.
Later cars have a better wearing clutch
Later cars have a better wearing clutch
Never experienced any physical pain from the clutch. It's just very light for my liking. I've not experienced any slip from my clutch either. Mine is a 2007, so I don't know if it comes with the beefier clutch (I'd have to do deeper research on the toyota owners forum) but it's coming up to 50k miles and is trouble free.
Had it just over a year (MOT was just a month or two back).
If you mean the second generation Panda and later cars, I can't comment on those. Never been near one. Had the misfortune to ride in a first generation Fiat Panda though. The road noise in the Aygo isn't too bad if it's just for popping around town. But if I was doing anything that involved a lot of daily mileage it would drive me nuts.
Do you know what year they improved the clutch. Because I've either got a good year, or I'm skating on very thin ice.
