TASK: Find me a car :D:D:D

NarChaDBaueR · 5 Jun 2007 at 23:59

Hey all,

Well im learning to drive now, hoping to do about 4-6 hours a week, squeese em all in!! so as soon as i get passed i need a car. My dad has a tipo which is for sale but also being used by a mate of his for the mean while.

So if the Tipo doesnt sell then i 'can' have it although its a bit of an old's mobile. But its a car!! But if it does sell he said he'll help contribute towards a car etc etc.

I get about 500 pound a month from work, but my only real out goings would be 25 for internet and 10-15 a week for food so that leaves me about 400 pound + what ever my dad gives me which i dont know! i could always save for another month and have at least a thousand but idealy the cheaper the better!!

So what are your suggestions guys, short list so far;
Clio 1.4rt
106
Fiat bravo - bit more expensive but i would stretch for one of these lol
cinquecento - mate had one and it struggled so much with 5 of us going up a hill but they seem good fun.

Jack!!!

caeteez · 6 Jun 2007 at 00:13

I should think that the Clio is the best handling of the selection there, but I cant say thats 100% true.

-westy- · 6 Jun 2007 at 00:35

caeteez said:
I should think that the Clio is the best handling of the selection there, but I cant say thats 100% true.

I'd go with the 106 on the handling side of things, but out of that list I'd go for the Clio as a first car - plently of features, and the 1.4 8v F7 engine is solid.

I gave mine death for months on end, never skipped a beat.

Stellios · 6 Jun 2007 at 00:37

Pug 106, is alright, but i found one very very cramped. Possibly look at the 306, its pretty similar a car, but more more spacious. Good fun cars to drive though, pleanty feedback through the wheel and encourages you to rag it.

IMO aviod the Fiat Bravo, very nice looking cars, I was looking at them when i was looking at my first car. Everyone i spoke to said they were quite unreliable and expensive for wht they are.

chiquento - Just dont buy a pink one

jellybeard999 · 6 Jun 2007 at 01:44

Stellios said:
IMO aviod the Fiat Bravo, very nice looking cars, I was looking at them when i was looking at my first car. Everyone i spoke to said they were quite unreliable and expensive for wht they are.

Its cheap and Italian, so its going to be unreliable by definition, as is anything cheap and French.

-westy- · 6 Jun 2007 at 10:14

jellybeard999 said:
Its cheap and Italian, so its going to be unreliable by definition, as is anything cheap and French.

**WOOOOOOOSSSHHH*

nice sweeping generalisation there.

NarChaDBaueR · 6 Jun 2007 at 10:26

pink chinqueentotototooto sounds good lol!!

[TW]Fox · 6 Jun 2007 at 10:42

-westy- said:
**WOOOOOOOSSSHHH*

nice sweeping generalisation there.

It's true though.

Gilly · 6 Jun 2007 at 10:47

Stellios said:
IMO aviod the Fiat Bravo, very nice looking cars,

They must have different looking Bravos where you live

-westy- said:
**WOOOOOOOSSSHHH*

nice sweeping generalisation there.

Whats the wooosh for? That usually means something going over someone's head :/ it doesn't make any sense in this context.

therealnerd2 · 6 Jun 2007 at 11:02

Gilly said:
Whats the wooosh for? That usually means something going over someone's head :/ it doesn't make any sense in this context.

I think it was from the sweeping

Luke · 6 Jun 2007 at 11:21

Mk4 fiesta 1.25? I had one a few years back and wouldn't hesitate to recommend it.

Gilly · 6 Jun 2007 at 11:23

therealnerd2 said:
I think it was from the sweeping

I've never heard a whoosh when I've been sweeping

"andy" · 6 Jun 2007 at 11:31

your not sweeping fast enough then !

waso_dude · 6 Jun 2007 at 11:42

I've got a Fiat Bravo a 1.4 my first year insurance in my mums name was 1200 quid

they are expensive to insure and run. 1 years no claims now and its 900ish / 75 a month.

But are awsome cars, handle soo nice, and are really nippy, have nice extras as standard - sports suspention.

Gilly · 6 Jun 2007 at 13:16

waso_dude said:
I've got a Fiat Bravo a 1.4 my first year insurance in my mums name was 1200 quid

they are expensive to insure and run. 1 years no claims now and its 900ish / 75 a month.

But are awsome cars, handle soo nice, and are really nippy, have nice extras as standard - sports suspention.

I mean no offence whatsoever by this question, but do you have any frame of reference?

merlin · 6 Jun 2007 at 13:21

You heard it here first guys - the Fiat Bravo is an awesome car.

panthro · 6 Jun 2007 at 13:24

merlin said:
You heard it here first guys - the Fiat Bravo is an awesome car.

I think its alright for a first car.

merlin · 6 Jun 2007 at 13:25

panthro said:
I think its alright for a first car.

But would you say it was awesome?

panthro · 6 Jun 2007 at 13:30

merlin said:
But would you say it was awesome?

If I had not driven anything else and enjoyed driving it then who knows? Awesome is obviously an overstatement but if it fits the bill then what can you say?

vila · 6 Jun 2007 at 13:31

NarChaDBaueR said:
Clio 1.4rt
106
Fiat bravo - bit more expensive but i would stretch for one of these lol
cinquecento - mate had one and it struggled so much with 5 of us going up a hill but they seem good fun.

Jack!!!

Uber cheap fench or italian cars just seem to be a really bad idea tbh.

I had a clio as a first car, it wasnt even really old or cheap at the time - it cost me lots to fix, parts were expensive and had so many other problems that I couldnt fix and were really annoying.

If i was at that stage again I would definetly be looking at something Jap/German/Ford ect