Afternoon all, my mrs had an accident in our run around on Tuesday and it is looking to be a total loss. The car was a corsa sxi 1.4 twinport on a 56 plate, I owned it since new and it was incredibly cheap to run and a great little car.
I am looking to replace it as I will miss having a second car but the question is what should I replace it with? Budget is anything from 4 to about 10k, running costs etc arn't really an issue, I will consider both new and used, I guess that for a new or nearly new the budget could be stretched a little.
As a lot of you probably already know, I have a strange attraction to cars that have engines made of cheese and can't stop looking at RX8's but seen as the mrs has only 6 months driving experience and an accident under her belt this might not be the very best option, it's something that we will both probably drive so insurance might be high but I don't really care that much about that.
The mrs has a new mini cooper D coming so this is pretty much a second car for me and something to use in the interim while we wait for that, it will also come in handy if the Porsche is off the road as it has been for so much of my ownership (luckily she is running like a dream atm).
Bascially criteria are:
1) Must be a car and have 4 wheels
2) Must have at least some redeeming features
3) Needs to be fairly reliable
4) Something both me and the mrs can drive.
So the wise people of OCUK what shall it be? Should I be looking at little fiestas, Corsa''s etc or should I look at something more mondeo size? Or perhaps something like an mx5... I just need some ideas really.
I am looking to replace it as I will miss having a second car but the question is what should I replace it with? Budget is anything from 4 to about 10k, running costs etc arn't really an issue, I will consider both new and used, I guess that for a new or nearly new the budget could be stretched a little.
As a lot of you probably already know, I have a strange attraction to cars that have engines made of cheese and can't stop looking at RX8's but seen as the mrs has only 6 months driving experience and an accident under her belt this might not be the very best option, it's something that we will both probably drive so insurance might be high but I don't really care that much about that.
The mrs has a new mini cooper D coming so this is pretty much a second car for me and something to use in the interim while we wait for that, it will also come in handy if the Porsche is off the road as it has been for so much of my ownership (luckily she is running like a dream atm).
Bascially criteria are:
1) Must be a car and have 4 wheels
2) Must have at least some redeeming features
3) Needs to be fairly reliable
4) Something both me and the mrs can drive.
So the wise people of OCUK what shall it be? Should I be looking at little fiestas, Corsa''s etc or should I look at something more mondeo size? Or perhaps something like an mx5... I just need some ideas really.
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I also know that my car buying history is somewhat checkered, I just need to decide what to buy. I have been having a little look and there seems to be loads to choose from even at the low end of the budget.
