Guidance Please - Cheap to Run 3k

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joelk2

joelk2

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Hello Folks,

I know these come up often and everyone seems excellent at suggestions.

backstory is, a year and a half ago i bought a cheap run around for £1500. it was a W reg VW polo. ive always heard good things about VW and how reliable they are etc so thought it would do me for a good while.

since i bought it ive spent £500 on repairs and i now have something wrong with the gearbox which ive been told will cost me £450. this is kind of the nail in the coffin for this car.

im thinking of just trading it in and getting something else. what would you recommend for 3k

cheap to run and more importantly reliable (as much as they can be for 3k) or would you suggest adding say another 1k to the budget?

ive seen an 07 1.4 Dynamique Clio around the corner with 83k on the clock for £2700

would you suggest something else?
 
Is that all that's wrong?

It would be better to spend £450 to fix the Polo and know you have a functioning vehicle that should continue to run for a good few years without trouble. Rather than spending £3k on a potential nail.
 
every few months something goes wrong with it. ive spend 1/3 of the cost on repairs already i dont really want to have to spend another 1/3 on more. and then no doubt in another few months it would be something else.
 
Yes but you're talking about spending 2x the cost on a car which may have its own problems. Think of it this way, once you fixed something, that part probably won't go wrong again for a long time.
 
Wish people would just start threads stating I want a new car !!! Then it would stop all the posts analysing the finances & other sensible reasons.

Budget 3k Cheap to run/Maintain Car wanted - Lets start again shall we. :p
 
4T5 said:
Wish people would just start threads stating I want a new car !!! Then it would stop all the posts analysing the finances & other sensible reasons.

Budget 3k Cheap to run/Maintain Car wanted - Lets start again shall we. :p
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True, but if he doesn't want a new car, and the OP's purpose is to save money. Spending £3k on a car isn't the answer.
 
rossk26 said:
True, but if he doesn't want a new car, and the OP's purpose is to save money. Spending £3k on a car isn't the answer.
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Exactly.

Buying a W reg car of virtually any type will end up in bills, regardless of whether it's a perceived reliable marque. The saving you make is the fact you spent so little on the car in the first place.

If it were me and the car was in largely decent shape (no excessive rust in any important places, etc) then I'd suck it up, continue using it and fix it as and when it needs.
 
well the aim was i only had 1.5k in the first place to buy a car so thought it would be alright. i just begrudge spending more on it based on the fact its gone wrong so often within my ownership.

ok so maybe i will rephrase it, if you had 3k to spend on a car which is reliable and cheap to run what would you buy?
 
mate for a start you are wrong on your choices already for a cheap to run about and reliable motors.
vw = nice perceived quality but definetely something in bound to go wrong around 80000 regardless how well the car was maintained/serviced.

renault = electrical problems not much reliable.

i would suggest you choose a toyota yaris. nice spacious interiors and reliable too, should last you a few 100 thousands miles. plenty of corollas too, if you dont mind the its slight blandness.
 
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