1K Car recommendations

joelk2 · 20 Jul 2020 at 12:58

if you had 1k to buy a car that needed to do around 40 miles a day as a mixture of a roads and motorway what would you choose.

dont need fast, dont need pretty just need cheap to run, insure and something thats likely to be reliable.

joelk2 · 20 Jul 2020 at 14:29

seems like a mindfield. :s

joelk2 · 20 Jul 2020 at 16:12

cool cheers chaps, yeah im not worried about fast. literally just used for work and back.

seems like japanese is the way to go though.

joelk2 · 20 Jul 2020 at 16:25

the yaris's locally already have 110-130k miles on, would that be an issue?

joelk2 · 20 Jul 2020 at 20:43

Acme said:
Boring Jap stuff is always a good shout. Corolla, Civic, Yaris etc... 15K a year is a bit much for most people to want to do in a tiny car like a Yaris though, especially with motorway time. Accord, Avensis?

I don't mind small to be honest. I once had an extended test drive in a seat Mii and thought it was superb. Considering how cheap they are new I was gutted none are even remotely close to my budget

joelk2 · 22 Jul 2020 at 13:11

think i might be able to up my budget to 2k which should hopefully help getting something a little more reliable.

is there any manufactures that you would specifically avoid? ie. i see a lot of 207's, fiesta;s, 107's, aygo's etc.

joelk2 · 22 Jul 2020 at 22:54

Cheers all. Week 1 of the school holidays and the wife is struggling already as we've only got one car.

joelk2 · 23 Jul 2020 at 20:40

I've upped my.budget again. Found a nice 1.4tdci fiesta, low mileage for age 2010, FSH and only 2 owners from new. 3.5k

joelk2 · 23 Jul 2020 at 21:01

akaFonzie said:
That's quite an increase!
Seems there's a lot of them around that price so don't get too bogged down in getting that one specifically if anything seems amiss!

I just didn't want to be walking into a potential shed situation with something so cheap.
What kinda amiss things would it be that I'd need to look for?

It seems a good price in comparison to others in that age range. They seem to be 3.5-4k for 2010 plates.

This pug also caught my eye.
https://www.landscars.co.uk/used-cars/peugeot-207-1-6-hdi-fap-allure-5dr-gloucester-202006039754364

joelk2 · 23 Jul 2020 at 21:18

Fluke? said:
There's a 2003 civic 1.6 100k in Gloucester on gumtree for £1400. Might be worth a look...

Are Honda's really that good? a lot of folks have suggested them now.

joelk2 · 23 Jul 2020 at 21:36

SkeeterUK said:
For 3.2k there was a mii on autotrader. I remember you said you liked this type further up the posts.

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/202007040865695?advert-type=dealer-stock&advertising-location=at_cars&advertising-location=at_profile_cars&fromDealerSearchResults=/dealers/lancashire/rossendale/valley-automobiles-ltd-10024085/stock?sort=price-asc&page=1&dealer=10024085&onesearchad=Used&onesearchad=Nearly%20New&advertising-location=at_cars&advertising-location=at_profile_cars&dpp=10024085

https://www.valleyautomobiles.co.uk...t_medium=mobile-web&at_campaign=website-visit

Tis nice but miles away other wise I'd be up for it.

These are the best 2 local ones.

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/202007171350678

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/202007171350272

joelk2 · 24 Jul 2020 at 06:20

Acme said:
I dont think you know what you want. Youve more than tripled your budget, and now people are recommending cars at all different prices?

Id rather do miles in a 1K passat/mondeo than a 3.5K Fiesta/jazz, just saying.

You are right I have no idea. I have previously had a few fiestas which is why I thought about them