OMFG. Another first car thread :)

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allllec

allllec

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Just been thinking about it some more, just wanted peoples inputs, thoughts and suggestions really.

Budget would be around £3k. But thats for the car and insurance! As you can imagine for a wee lil 17year old like me insurance is more than the cost of the car!

So far i've been thinking

Corsa. 1.0/1.2. For around 1k you seem to be able to get a nice tidy 60k example. Don't like corsa's in the slighest however. and insurance comes in at 1.4k

Fiat Seicento. Can get a pretty new (2000). 40k, good nic one for 1k and insurance is 1.2k. Don't find the car overally appealing but the price is attracting me somewhat.

Focus. Now this is where im stretching myself. For 1.7k~ish I can get a 1.6 LX with around 60-80k on the clock. They seem to be quite tidy. But insurance comes in at 2k. Now.. If I could be sure its very unlikley im going to see any major/expensive faults/repairs/service costs I would possibly go for one becuase I really like Focuses(foci?).


Now thats my short list.

I've looked at the following and they are all similar to the corsa description above except they are all 1.6k on the old insurance.

106's
Saxo's
Clio's
Fiesta's
Ka's
Polo's
Micra's

and I'm sure there are plenty of other small hatches i've thought about but can't remember them just now.

So, thoughts? I think the Corsa is probably my prefrence at the moment, like i said i dont like them but i prefer them over any other small hatchback.

Seicento, Well I understand at a whopping 900cc there gonna be pretty darn slow and anyoing but if someone could honestly say its going to be fairly reliabe/cost/hassel free I'd happly get one over a corsa.

Focus - I know you'r all going to say get one. And that clearly is what I want to do but I'm not sure I would be able to afford it.

(for now) all im looking for in a car is something that will run for 1-3years without be having to touch it. IE as cheap as possible. Only exception to that would be if i got something a bit nicer i wanted to hold onto for longer, say a focus.

Oh im pretty sure most of these cars fall into this catagory but 40+mpg is pretty important.

Anyway, any help appreciated.

Cheers

Alec
 
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You could spend over a grand on a first car, but its known that you will hit a other car and curb the wheels and that. try and spend less about 600ish quid on a first car, 1 that will get you around, and let you build up your no claims then think about getting a focus or some think more powerful :)
 
106's
Saxo's
Clio's
Fiesta's
Ka's
Polo's
Micra's

Out of them I'd have a dressed up (not chavtastically) Saxo or a 106 Quicksilver, I'm old though so what do i know.
 
ChoÞÞer said:
You could spend over a grand on a first car, but its known that you will hit a other car and curb the wheels and that. try and spend less about 600ish quid on a first car, 1 that will get you around, and let you build up your no claims then think about getting a focus or some think more powerful :)
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Well I was looking at sub £800 cars but most of them are around the 100k mile mark and that's when I become unsure of how long they are going to last.

But hay if any of the cars listed and likley (obviously all we can do is take an educated guess) to be okay at that milage for a year or two then i'll deffinatly check them out!
 
as long as its got a years tax and mot (or near enough)you be fine, mileage doesn't matter as a car may have clocked over 200k but still run sweet as its oil has been changed every month etc. see for me i am turning 17 this friday and i will be having a ford escort 1.6 lx, its clocked nearly 100k probz more and its a n reg worth about 300 quid, i don't care what others think as i would rather have a shed which i know runs sweet and have driven it before, then a little skateboard which i cant stand. but the choice is up 2 you.
 
Find yourself a Fiesta 1.25. They're a better car than all of the ones listed in your post (except the Fiesta, and the Focus, but I'm not sure how good a Focus you'll find for ~1700k (by the time you've paid for insurance))
 
allllec said:
Focus. Now this is where im stretching myself. For 1.7k~ish I can get a 1.6 LX with around 60-80k on the clock. They seem to be quite tidy. But insurance comes in at 2k. Now.. If I could be sure its very unlikley im going to see any major/expensive faults/repairs/service costs I would possibly go for one becuase I really like Focuses(foci?).

Focus - I know you'r all going to say get one. And that clearly is what I want to do but I'm not sure I would be able to afford it.

Alec
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You know what I'm going to say ;)

Have you tried getting quotes with Pru, Direct Line and Churchill, they were very good when I got mine at 17
 
Yeah tried all the big names as well as the big search engines. The focus is actually the only car where eCar isn't cheapest for me.

Endsleigh come out cheaper for a Focus.

Would you agree with other persons post about not getting a nice car as a first car?

Just for a laugh I looked up a 1.8 Zetec and it's litterally £200 more than a 1.6 LX :cool:
 
allllec said:
Would you agree with other persons post about not getting a nice car as a first car?
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I would certainly disagree with that.

Not everyone thinks they're Lewis Hamilton after passing and thus more likely to stack it.

Take things easy and you won't encounter problems.

Buy a car that will last, not some crap £600 shed, wondering when it's next likely to breakdown or such. The Focus doesn't do breakdown by the way, mine has been very very reliable even an old example like the one you will pick up will be, providing it's been cared for.
 
allllec said:
Daft question, is Ghia higher spec than Zetec?

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£200 more again than the 1.8, but 2.0 Ghia :cool: One day.
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The Ghia is classed as a Luxury spec, it's the one that comes with the awful fake wooden dash and other 'toys' such as heated seats, cruise etc etc.

The Zetec is classed as the more sporty model, these come with bolster seats, stiffer suspension and different dash colours etc.

Basically if you were on the motorway all day I'd 110% want the Ghia, if you're around town doing the occasional A road you'd want the Zetec.

Also try and get one with a Climate Pack it's almost a neccesity (heated windows for winter and AC for summer!)

I do get the impression from your OP that the Focus is the one you're after. Great first cars cheap to run, parts cost pittance, servicing you can do a LOT yourself and I almost certainly would with an older example. I've done all the servicing for my car btw. Apart from getting a stamp for an Oil Service which worked out cheaper at a garage than doing it myself!
 
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