Had license for six years, time to buy a car. 5-7k budget

spm_uk · 27 Dec 2010 at 19:48

As title says, finally decided to open the purse strings and purchase a car.

Budget is 5-7k, the higher end would have to be something special

- Cheap to run
- Daily runner to work, maybe the odd road trip to France now and then

- Cheap on insurance

Not looking for anything too powerful as I'm a bit of a **** behind the wheel

Cheers.

spm_uk · 27 Dec 2010 at 19:56

I'm named on another car, only drive it a dozen times a year though.

spm_uk · 27 Dec 2010 at 20:15

Facelift Mk6 Fiesta 1.25 looks like a good option, majority of the time in it is going to be city driving, whats the MPG like on these?

spm_uk · 27 Dec 2010 at 20:22

lol like once a year. I don't plan on doing a beer run every week or anything

spm_uk · 28 Dec 2010 at 19:59

spm_uk · 28 Dec 2010 at 20:10

lol whoops, just noticed that.

What would you be looking for in that price range then?

spm_uk · 28 Dec 2010 at 20:36

For the 3k range, could I do worse than something like this?

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201045372640358