New car time

londonbairn · 29 May 2014 at 12:58

If you must spend that amount, what about the new Fiesta ST?

shadow_boxer · 29 May 2014 at 13:18

Lots of good advice. Would never spend that much at that age. Fiesta ST for around 7K would be a good bet IMO.

mccarf · 29 May 2014 at 13:22

ElliottJames said:
I don't really want to go above 2L as I still have to pay my petrol and that RS 2.5 would be harder to insure I'd assume and more costly to run.

They're fairly similar size,power and target market. They aren't going to have much differences in running costs. Try an insurance quote on both of them and they'll probably come out much the same. Don't expect fuel economy in the astra to be much better than the RS either. The reason I suggested the RS is because it will lose less money when you come to sell, giving it a much lower overall running cost.

ADT · 29 May 2014 at 13:31

I would never spend that kind of money on a car at that age let alone a vauxhall... If you're looking for luxury then have a look at some German cars (BMW/Merc/Audi). No point in getting a quick car in London as the quickest you will be going is ~20 with constant stop start traffic

acemastr · 29 May 2014 at 13:46

The key word in the OP is 'Astra', I hear that and say 'nope'.

Get a 10 year old BMW 330ci for 3-5k, lots of gadgets, lots of power, insurance isn't that bad.

panthro · 29 May 2014 at 13:49

Peerzy said:
Please don't spend £20k at the age of 19 on any car unless £20k represents a small percentage of your yearly salary.

Didn't you do the same thing though? It worked out ok for you.

ElliottJames · 29 May 2014 at 13:55

mccarf said:
They're fairly similar size,power and target market. They aren't going to have much differences in running costs. Try an insurance quote on both of them and they'll probably come out much the same. Don't expect fuel economy in the astra to be much better than the RS either. The reason I suggested the RS is because it will lose less money when you come to sell, giving it a much lower overall running cost.

Thanks - going to have a look. Looking at an RS, ST2, GTC and a Audi a3 Sportback. Going to check quotes on all of them. I'm guessing most of you would chose a good speced A3 over a GTC any day?

The ST2 looks interesting, friends got one and they are nippy.

How quick are the EcoBoost 1.6 engines?

Peerzy · 29 May 2014 at 14:13

panthro said:
Didn't you do the same thing though? It worked out ok for you.

At 19/20 I spent £8k on the same sort of car the OP is looking at and loved it.

Joe T · 29 May 2014 at 18:25

acemastr said:
The key word in the OP is 'Astra', I hear that and say 'nope'.

Ah, but the word 'GTC' means that pretty much goes away.

Prejudices are hard to break I guess.