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So I'm only in the process of learning to drive, but my missus is looking at getting a new car.

We have found one for a good price from a trader, but are unsure what the line "HPI Clear logbook to be applied for hence reduced price. £5,690 Price reduced." means.

Why would a clear log book need to be applied for? Would that indicate that their is some fraudulent or criminal connection to the car?

Your expertise is greatly appreciated! :D
 
DiamondMark said:
It means they dont have the V5 log book, but they have had it checked by HPi for being stolen, on finance or insurance loss.

Im not sure why they would reduce the price because of no log book, i would be careful with that one.
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Cheers. I would be instantly weary if it were a private seller, but then I guess trade sellers can be dodgy too.
 
Full service history is there, the only reason we are querying it is because it's a good deal for a 55 reg car with less than 60k miles on the clock.
 
Thanks guys, will give it a miss.

My gf is pretty fussy, and since her A3 is likely to be written off due to an accident on Friday (not her fault), I've been searching for the only 3 cars she'd be happy with, another A3, a Golf, or a Civic. Needs to have less than 60k miles on the clock, be a 1.6L petrol, ideally a 3-door, and cost less than £6k.

Joy!
 
I've been pushing the idea of a Focus, but she is adamant on what she wants, plus she knows more about cars than me :(

Ideally she would like a 2003 or newer 3-door A3, as hers has been rock solid, even factoring in the accident. 118k on the clock and it's still going strong, not shabby for an S-reg.

Has to be 1.6L for fuel economy, she does a fair bit of mileage, including trips from London to Portsmouth at least twice a month, and she is happy with what she gets from her current car.

I could probably convince her of an 80k mile limit, but she really want's to be as far away from 100k as possible.
 
Saytan said:
despite the fact that by your own admission, her 113k car was rock solid?
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So far, who knows what could happen in the next few months, and it's worth no more than £1k at the moment. It's going through oil a bit faster than it really should, and the ABS light keeps coming on even though the ABS is fine, but all it would take is the head gasket to go and the car would be beyond economical repair.

The only thing she's had to do to it in the 5 years she's had it is replace the original battery.
 
[TW]Fox;16929276 said:
She does not have enough money for a low mileage current shape A3. It really is that simple.
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I've also pushed the 'get another older A3' angle, and I guess she'll eventually come round once we can't find another alternative. Or hopefully her dad will give her a helping hand. :D

I just don't know what is better, an older model with lower mileage, or a newer model with higher, if general maintenance and such has been equal.

I should threaten her with a Seat.
 
[TW]Fox;16929348 said:
What's to stop any of that happening on any other car you buy?
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Probability?

Are car that has been put under half the stress of another is less probable to develop a related fault. Sure it still could before the older one, but it is less likely.

Obviously if a car has been driven terribly for 20k miles, it will be in a worse state than one looked after over 50k miles, but that isn't really something that can be discovered on autotrader. :(

Some cars can just take more punishment than others I guess.
 
[TW]Fox;16929195 said:
Why do some people have requirements that are totally out of sync with budget? Remind her she has 6k not 10k.
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I come to you all for more advise please :D

See insurance pay out will be £1,700, a fair bit more than we were expecting, but after seeing an S-reg Golf yesterday that the seller wanted no less than £2,500 for, my gf is starting to come round to the fact that she cannot be as picky.

So the ideas are as follows:

Get a stopgap car with the payout, something like an 03 Astra, 51 Alfa 147 (are these any good?), or 51 Polo, then save like made for the next 10 months, sell the stopgap for about £1k and spend £7k on something nicer for longer.

Or

Spend the £3k we currently have on an 03 Fiesta/Focus, 04 Polo, 01 Golf, have it for 2 years, then sell and see what we can afford.

Thoughts?

Also, are Seat Ibizas ok as budget cars? We've figured that 1.4L is as low as we can go power wise, so Ibizas, Polos and other hatches are now on our radar, but we haven't a foggy as to what is good apart from avoiding Citroens and Peugeots like the plague!
 
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