car advice

[pink witch]

I've just picked myself up an oldish polo as a daily driver, and although I didnt think I'd ever say it - I am pretty impressed! Cheap as chips to run, tax and insure - ok, I dont live in Brum, but insurance just under £90 pa, and tax £68 per 6 months - she cruises well at 70-80mph  - add to that a million mpg and your lil sis could have a pretty decent car till she gets more driving experience under her belt  -

[hyland770]

f**king hell stealthwolf ! Do you live in Baghdad!? A £2300 increase just on your location !!!?

that made me atually laugh out loud!!! 

i guess an almost cheaper option is to sell your house and move to somewhere where you get cheap insurance!!

[MrBounce]

i guess an almost cheaper option is to sell your house and move to somewhere where you get cheap insurance!!

Chances are if the area's that bad he won't have a house, just a hole in a wall... 

[stealthwolf]

Lol. Don't have a mortgage/house yet. Been two years since I finished uni and spent most of the money on mk5 and rent. I got a job in brum now so gonna go live with rents for a bit to save up some cash (and not have to worry about food etc). For aug-dec and apri-jul, I need a car to commute. For dec-apr, I can just walk to work.

Looking at older polos but biggest problem is spending money to do work on the car.

My last car was a 1999 ford fiesta that cost around £1800. Unfortunately, over two years of ownership it cost ~£1000 at least to get brakes changed, new clutch etc, so I want to avoid some of that.

[pink witch]

I reckon if you look around, find one with a full years ticket on it, and check out any advisories etc you shouldnt need to spend much in the first year - you can check the engine yourself for oil/water leaks, cambelt etc and if all looks ok and the bodyworks reasonablyrust free you shouldnt have a problem with an older car really - the one i just got is a 15 year old coupe, with just over 100k on it,
and a full ticket (excellent bodywork)
 For peace of mind, I ran it into local mot place and had him look over it as well, just needed a couple of small bits doing and its 100%
So dont dismiss older cars as needing work done - a lot have been pretty well maintained 

[Mr Blue]

stealthwolf i would sort that insurance price out for starters. No average day to day car is worth nearly 3k to insure

I wouldnt buy a vw for a first car either. You will be spending more time and money fixing it!


House deposite FTW

[Jay]

Flame me all you want, I almost bought one    

Pug 306 DTurbo, insurance group 5, MPG 42
http://www.parkers.co.uk/cars/specs/Detail.aspx?deriv=13406

Pug 306 DTurbo S
Insurance group 5, MPG 46
http://www.parkers.co.uk/cars/specs/Detail.aspx?deriv=11911

Pug 306 1.9 D LX
Insurance group 4, mpg 44

Bomb proof engines  

As a driver of 1 yr with no claims etc it came out MUCH cheaper than a MK2 Golf 1.6, £15 p/m and with that awesome fuel economy you can't beat it really.

[stealthwolf]

stealthwolf i would sort that insurance price out for starters.

That was me asking around maybe seven different mod-friendly insurers.

12 months MOT is no guarantee.

Will keep looking around.