Haha you gonna bring it to Scotland!
It's for personal use like driving to work as I pay 280 quid a month on buses etc
Will also be for driving round my mum, kid and g/f
I should bleedin' cocoSelling the wifes Fiesta soon.
1.4 Zetec in silver, 5 door 2003 model, 47k on the clock. Very clean.
Looking for £2500 but negotiable
Interested?
I should bleedin' coco
Shut it, troublemaker \o/
Look on autotrader....it's the going rate.........ish
Gonna be purchasing my first car soon hopefully and I have a budget of 1000-2000 quid. I don't want anything fancy as I am 34 and not a boy racer. Any advise on does n donts plus cars I should be looking at (models) would be very helpful! Cheers in advance
I think the VW/Seat/Skoda/Audi group ones are excellent value and really reliable. There's the bigger Golf/Leon (1.8 or 1.6) class or the smaller Polo/Ibiza (1.4) class. I'd probably go with a Seat or Skoda, as they are cheaper but pretty much identical.
Other advice:
- my preference is for older but lower mileage cars (in contrast to newer high mileage ones). Maybe get one around the 60k mark, that has just had a cam belt change.
- go and buy it with a mate who is a mechanic or knows a lot about cars. It's absolutely invaluable to have someone who knows the things to look out for under the bonnet and during the test drive. You are also less likely to be ripped off if someone there is confident about cars.
- don't get pressured into a purchase. Every seller tries the 'we've got other viewers coming a bit later' line
My mechanic suggested the opposite to this.
Older, low mileage cars may have been sitting a lot, with short start/stop journeys to the shops twice a week, not good for the system.
Newer, high mileage cars are likely to have done a lot of motorway cruising which is best for the engine (if not thrashed) and as long as serviced at right mileage intervals, no problem.
My mechanic suggested the opposite to this.
Older, low mileage cars may have been sitting a lot, with short start/stop journeys to the shops twice a week, not good for the system.
Newer, high mileage cars are likely to have done a lot of motorway cruising which is best for the engine (if not thrashed) and as long as serviced at right mileage intervals, no problem.
Just recently bought a 2000 reg BMW 330ci coupe for £1600 so there's plenty of bargains to be had.
Regarding mileage, you really want to be aiming for a car that has done around 7k to 10k a year. German made engines (BMW, Audi, Skoda, VW) like to be driven. You'll have all sort of problems with clogged engines if you buy low mileage high age. You can't go wrong with german cars with 80k to 130k miles. Best bet is to look on autotrader and see what sort of miles are on the models you want. If there's very few with 100k+ miles, don't buy them as they obviously don't last. But there's plenty of BMWs and Audis with even 300k+ miles and still going strong
I fancy a bird's motor, wouldn't mind a two seater hard top convertible Merc. Is that too gay?