Reliable but cheap first car?

[kyle_d]

Can anyone give me any suggestions on what car i should get as my first car? I can only afford to pay about £1500 for the car and i can't afford to pay over £2000 for the insurance. My mum seems to think i will be 'safer' buying a Vauxhall or a Ford as they're cheap to repair, but as one of the members on here said in another thread if i buy a reliable car hopefully i shouldnt have to repair it (much anyway). I'm 19 and held license under a year.

I cant get insured on any 1.4 saxo for under 2k!

Can anyone suggest any cars they think would suit me?

I was looking at a Corsa C as they're pretty new and can get them for about £1500-£1700 and they only cost about the same to insure.

[kyle_d]

Anyone got anything to say about Pug 106's? I love 'em but i've heard bad things about pugs.

[Andi9386]

Try a smaller engine Saxo.
I've got a 1.1 and paid about £900 for the insurance, and £1000 for the car 3rd hand.

[kyle_d]

Not too keen on the shape of the 1.1 saxos tbh.

[Luke]

Pick up a nice MK5 Fiesta for that money really.

[kyle_d]

Yeh that was one of the cars iv been looking at, i only really like this type...

http://www.fordfiestast.com/images/history/mk5%20zetec%20s%2001.jpg

Cant get them under 2k can you?

[dannyhall]

^ Beat me to it! MK5 Fiesta's are cheap and cheerful.

Only things are HCV (heater control valve), Rust and Coilpacks.

Zs's are mint cars. Insurance group 8 though, i was paying a £1k fully comp with 1 yrs NCB & 3 points....

If theres anything you wanna know about them, ask me. :)

[kyle_d]

Hmmm, i'll have to do some quotes and see what insurers are saying. Cheers!

Any others?

[JC-Furio]

Can anyone give me any suggestions on what car i should get as my first car? I can only afford to pay about £1500 for the car and i can't afford to pay over £2000 for the insurance. My mum seems to think i will be 'safer' buying a Vauxhall or a Ford as they're cheap to repair, but as one of the members on here said in another thread if i buy a reliable car hopefully i shouldnt have to repair it (much anyway). I'm 19 and held license under a year.

I cant get insured on any 1.4 saxo for under 2k!

Can anyone suggest any cars they think would suit me?

I was looking at a Corsa C as they're pretty new and can get them for about £1500-£1700 and they only cost about the same to insure.

Why not? I'm 18 and 1 years NCB and i'm paying £950 tpft on a 1.4 (51 reg). Your a year older with same experience, don't see how you can't get it under 2k mate.

[kyle_d]

You've got 1 years NCB, makes a lot of difference.. I passed in October 2007, but not got a car yet so got no driving experience.

Plus where i live doesnt help the insurance, its rated as a C area on that postcode thread.

I could probabley get a quote under 2k TPFT but i really dont wanna have to pay tht much insurance and not be fully comp tbh.

[Mr_suv]

think hes probably using something crappy like confused.com those sites are the worst for buying insurance from tbh

[JC-Furio]

1.1 isn't a bad car to start with mate, will let you build your ncb up and is cheap to buy and insure.

But cheap + reliable, aren't something usually put together... saying that, had no problems with mine :y:

[kyle_d]

Money supermarket is the main one i use lol

Bell, admiral & elephant quote me shit prices.

I don't have anyone in my family to add as a named driver either, only my mum but she has an automatic license which im thinking is gonna be dodgy to add her.

[kyle_d]

1.1 isn't a bad car to start with mate, will let you build your ncb up and is cheap to buy and insure.

But cheap + reliable, aren't something usually put together... saying that, had no problems with mine :y:

True, are they good cars though? I could pick up a Corsa C fo not much more than a saxo though.

[piggy123]

would you be interested in payin less for the car and a little more for the insurance?

as i have a 1.4 saxo westcoast for sale
looking for 1200 ish
pm me with what you want to know and ill reply with pics :)

thanks sam

[Mr_suv]

tbh if you like the shape of vt's so much buy a 1.1 saxo with low milage which will be a good reliable first car and buy a vt kit and alloys will cost you pennys tbh

[Sophie123]

saxos arent particularly well known for being reliable though...
but your on a saxo forum so that speaks volumes really.
i think your mind is made up tbh.

you tried the supermarkets for insurance, i find tesco and asda are reasonable.

[kyle_d]

would you be interested in payin less for the car and a little more for the insurance?

as i have a 1.4 saxo westcoast for sale
looking for 1200 ish
pm me with what you want to know and ill reply with pics :)

thanks sam

I love westies, whats the mileage and lets see a pic please mate. I don't have the money right now though, only about a grand max, will have more in about a month.

And i dont wanna be one of those people that has a 1.1 car and makes it look like a VTS tbh lol if i got a 1.1 the most id do is bang some rims on it.

[kyle_d]

saxos arent particularly well known for being reliable though...
but your on a saxo forum so that speaks volumes really.
i think your mind is made up tbh.

you tried the supermarkets for insurance, i find tesco and asda are reasonable.


It's really not lol my head is blagged i well don't know what to get, i dont know a right lot about cars to be honest im just basing my opinions on looks.

[Oli_K]

Tbh mate your asking on a saxo forum, so you will get alot of people come back and say saxo isnt a bad start but imo in your position you would be better off with a corsa, we both know you dont wanna be repairing it every other day, and yes you do get your 'lucky' saxos that never have a problem but lets be serious alot of saxos do have problems, but then so do alot of other cars, its difficult i would personally go down the corsa c route rather than a 1.1 saxo....

[Mr_suv]

would you be interested in payin less for the car and a little more for the insurance?

as i have a 1.4 saxo westcoast for sale
looking for 1200 ish
pm me with what you want to know and ill reply with pics :)

thanks sam

personally i think you should buy this bad boy ! if you search around instead of money supermarket because its poo poo try putting your mother on your policy as a named driver will bring it down by about 10-15% if she hasnt had any claims within the last 5 years hope this helps buddy

[Sophie123]

your first car i dont think should be based on looks, chances are your gonna knock it about a bit.
my first car was a micra...as far as reliability goes they are way up there.
get one that has been owned by an old lady (as most are!) and it will be kind to you.
mine was a 1994 and it had 2 mots while i had it and passed both times needing no work at all.
never failed to start.
loads of bits around in scrappys.
not many young people have them so insurnace is relatively low.

just an idea.
i know its not a 'cool' car but hey.

[bullit]

chances are your gonna bang it about a bit.

i loled

[Sophie123]

i loled

pervvvv.
you know what i meant.

[Mieran]

Peugeot 106 1.1 or QuickSilver if you can find one

[bullit]

pervvvv.
you know what i meant.

i meant that him banging his car, soph- dirty mind

[Sophie123]

i meant that him banging his car, soph- dirty mind

you mean like the bloke a few days ago on channel 5 (?) who has sex with his car???

[bullit]

you mean like the bloke a few days ago on channel 5 (?) who has sex with his car???

tell me your joking lol

i laughed at the thought of you saying he will prob dent his car etc. that was it lol

[Josh_24]

cars a car end of the day bud
you can make the 1.1's look good just look at a few on here

[Danr]

fiesta would be, and was my choice.

[Sophie123]

tell me your joking lol

i laughed at the thought of you saying he will prob dent his car etc. that was it lol

well most people do with their first car.

[craigant]

quinn direct insurance well cheap

[kyle_d]

personally i think you should buy this bad boy ! if you search around instead of money supermarket because its poo poo try putting your mother on your policy as a named driver will bring it down by about 10-15% if she hasnt had any claims within the last 5 years hope this helps buddy

Just done a quote on piggys westie on moneysupermarket and kwik fit came up with £2032 with my mum on the policy even though she has an auto license, i tried doing a quote direct with kwik fit and they didnt give me a price coz i put it has been modified, i was only gonna declare the rims!

Could i make them give me this price? I tried quinn direct and i put the registration in and then it told me to pick a type of saxo and west coast wasnt there :wacko: so i tried a couple of different ones and they were bring prices between £3-4k.

My mum's with kwik fit so If i could get that price i'd be well chuffed, although the next closest price on money supermarket was £3000 lol

And i see what people are saying about the 1.1s i just dont wanna be skint as fook and have a car i dont like that much, id rather be skint as fook and have a nice looking car :).

[piggy123]

its a bad perception that saying french cars break down loads!!!
mine has been loooked after since i got it and the only things that have gone wrong are the heater matrix( i broke it, didnt break under wear and tear), gearbox (from me being too eagre going round mallory) and the PAS pump where one of the graphite nodes was worn out.....

you get out of a car what you put in so at the end of the day yes it has had a few problems but yet very few and thats because ive serviced it regularly and always allowed it to get warm before revving it over 4k

[MK2SLAG]

tbh you will find a mint example of a corsa b or c for that price and they are ubber reliable if they havnt been thrashed within an inch of there lives!