First car - 1k budget

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Hi all.

The time has come to buy my first car, so i'm up for suggestions.

Not really keen on Corsa/Saxo etc.

Was thinking along the lines of a late Escort, Xsara, Almera and so on. Probably 1.4ish due to insurance..

Got a 1k budget for the car.

Any recommendations?

Cheers.
 
fiesta?

thousands about and lots of different shapes so lots to choose from.

my advise is buy a oldish car first off as you will get a few scrapes an dings.
i had 3 fiestas then 3 corsas then another fiesta then a vectra then a corsa an now a alfa romeo .....go figure :p
 
Probably about another 1k on top? Or would that not be enough for that type of car?

Obviously i'm not expecting to be driving anything amazing, but I would like a few basic features. :)
 
Can you get insurance for a first timer these days for 1k?

Mine was £700 TPO and that was 12 years ago.

First 3 years insurance is hell no other way of putting it.
 
I quite like the Xsara in Blue :) Nice looking cars and fairly kitted compared to an older Peugeot 306 model for the same price.

IIRC they're nearly the same car anyway.
 
Done a few online quotes on 15 year old 1.4 Fiestas/Escorts etc TPFT and i'm getting prices of £2500+.

No wonder theres so many people driving with no insurance! :rolleyes:
 
Phaser said:
Done a few online quotes on 15 year old 1.4 Fiestas/Escorts etc TPFT and i'm getting prices of £2500+.

No wonder theres so many people driving with no insurance! :rolleyes:
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Despite the adverts, I've found Sheila's Wheels are pretty damn cheap.
 
Phaser said:
Done a few online quotes on 15 year old 1.4 Fiestas/Escorts etc TPFT and i'm getting prices of £2500+.

No wonder theres so many people driving with no insurance! :rolleyes:
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In that case you need to try more insurance companies - the ones you've tried so far do not really want to insure someone with your details - hence the high price.

Try the Admiral group (admiral, elephant, bell, diamond) and add an older female driver as a 2nd driver.
 
Townlea said:
Who's that with? (the lowest) The lowest I seem to find is 1700!
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An insurance company that's cheap for one person might not be cheap for someone else.

The only way to find out if you've got the lowest insurance quote is to get a quote from every company. And it's best to go to each insurer individually rather than using a "we check eleventy billion insurers to find you the best quote" system.
 
I'd go for and did go for a Peouget 305 DT and although a 1.9 turbo its not that fat and is only IG5. How old are you?

Try confused.com for a rough idea on insurance, i got quoted £450 next year for my 306, 21 yo, 1 years driving, 0 ncb, no crashes, ect..... not bad I thought.

This is a pic of my car, cost me £1500 a year ago but you could get one for £1000 easy tbh. Mine was P reg, 92K, FSH.....

 
gam3r said:
Ain't they just for women :confused:
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Some of them you have to add a women as a seconed driver, although I think they have been told my the gov recently that they are breaking the law only insuring female drivers.
 
Spamalot said:
Try confused.com for a rough idea on insurance
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I tried Confused.com after I'd just got my insurance.

It told me that the cheapest was £1600, and that Admiral and Elephant wouldn't insure me - despite moving from Admiral to Elephant, and both quoting less than £750 for the exact same cover.
 
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